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

[TYVEK wooster]

good day everybody.

     it is very sad to think about the town of stehikin being burnt down.    
      if the fire does consume the town,  how is this going to effect next 
years hikers on the trail to canada???

the only positive thing that i can think of about this fire is that that 
will mean there wont be anymore big fires in that area for quite a long 
time.

TYVEK


>From: Wayne Kraft <wayneskraft at comcast.net>
>To: PCT-L MailingList <pct-l at backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stehekin closed...........
>Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 18:28:32 -0700
>
>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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