[pct-l] Stehekin closed...........

[Wayne Kraft]

A report here, dated tomorrow (??), says Stehekin has NOT been  
evacuated.

http://www.wenworld.com/sub/story.php?id=1157825613-115-833

I'll advise this list further when I am convinced I know what's  
happening, but right now I'm not.
On Sep 9, 2006, at 4:04 PM, Wayne Kraft wrote:

> Brett, there are plenty of fires burning right now that are labeled
> Wildland Use Fires and these fires are being allowed to burn.  I
> think that's wrong, but the point will be debated.  I don't think the
> Flicker Fire that threatens (or has already consumed?) Stehekin is in
> that class.  The terrain on which the fire was burning was simply too
> steep to establish a fire line. Dumping stuff on a fire is helpful,
> but it won't hold a monster fire like this one.  It may very well be
> that Stehekin was doomed from the beginning.  Now that the fire's
> intensity and direction are clear, yes, you are right, there are few
> resources to throw at it because they are all in use elsewhere on the
> remaining 5 million or so acres we're torching this season.  It may
> also be that the fire would have done what it is doing regardless of
> the resources thrown at it.  The question that needs answering is,
> why are we experiencing record fire years one year after another?
> What caused these conditions to develop?  Could/Should something have
> been done differently in the management of this resource?  I don't
> know this area or that subject matter well enough to know the answer,
> but I am interested in hearing the answers and I think these
> questions should be asked until there are some.
>
> Wayne Kraft
>
>
> On Sep 9, 2006, at 3:06 PM, Brett wrote:
>
>> Unbelievable. The "unarmed" community as well as area fire
>> fighting resources have had fair warning on this fire for
>> more than a month. One would have expected a different
>> outcome by this point. Either it was permitted to grow into
>> a monster, or it's been stoppable all along but for
>> insufficient resources.
>>
>> - bf
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "andrea dinsmore" <buggy_boo69 at hughes.net>
>> To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 4:08 PM
>> Subject: [pct-l] Stehikin closed...........
>>
>>
>>> Saturday noon...........Word has come from Stehikin that
>>> evacuation in now in process. Hikers that are there are
>>> being bussed back to the trail. The post office is trying
>>> to figure out what to do with the hiker mail. The fire is
>>> 300 yards from town and unstoppable. I will keep everyone
>>> as updated as possible. Take care,
>>>
>>> Andrea Dinsmore
>>> Skykomish
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