[pct-l] That pesky Blankenship fire...

[Rob Langsdorf]

I recall hiking through a fire in Sequoia NP years ago that had been burning for month and had only burned about 500 acres. The Park Service had put up a sign deeming it a control burn and let people backpack through it. But that was back in the days before some batch of lawyers made such things impossible.
       Rob
      From: "vanvelzer at charter.net" <vanvelzer at charter.net>
 To: 'Paint YW' <paintyourwagonhikes at gmail.com>; "'pct-l at backcountry.net'" <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
 Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2015 10:43 PM
 Subject: Re: [pct-l] That pesky Blankenship fire...
   
Seems weird to me that this fire grew so slowly. Here in So. Ca. it
can grow that fast in just a few hours.Golly

    -----------------------------------------From: "Paint YW" 

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Sent: Sat, 29 Aug 2015 22:15:44 -0500
Subject: [pct-l] That pesky Blankenship fire...

 The fire was reported/discovered on July 14. 
Earlier this week, the fire's size was reported to be 180 acres.
 Today, the fire is reported to be 212 acres.
 47 days have elapsed since the discovery of this fire.
PaintYW
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