[BULK] - Re: [BULK] - [pct-l] So. Calif Forests to Close until Rain?

[msaenz at mve-architects.com (Mike Saenz)]

Yep.
I live in Lake Elsinore, and when these 'Devil Winds" kick up, whatever
moisture is left in the brush gets sucked dry. This is the worst of the
worst part of fire season here (for those unfamiliar with SoCal) started
a bit early too...

Currently, there's no significant winds blowing, but it's mighty dry out
there.

Start praying the SGW is spared for another season.
There is so much deadwood, dry brush and bark-beetle damage out there,
it's a tinderbox.

There was a recent discussion on the SWG BBS http://www.sgwa.org/ about
backpackers lighting campfires in the SGW and if it was appropriate to
confront or report them. I say HELL YES!

I'll report that there was a severe beating of an arsonist...



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-----Original Message-----
From: Eric [mailto:radpin@gmail.com] 
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:27 AM
To: Mike Saenz
Cc: Craig Milo Rogers; pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [BULK] - Re: [BULK] - [pct-l] So. Calif Forests to Close until
Rain?

I live in San Diego, and on the news last night there was a ranger who
said that all areas south of Interstate 8 in San Diego will be closed
until rainfall. We had some Santa Ana winds blowing through (crazy 10%
humidity hot winds that blow from the deserts) the last few days, and
a couple of fires sparked up. In Santa Ana's, everything burns like a
blow torch around here.

Our big fires of last year were due to them as well. The article from
the UT:

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040923-0709-forest.html

Next weekend I'm headed out to Laguna Mountain (even a little part on
the PCT!), which is north of I-8, so hopefully that stays open.




On Fri, 24 Sep 2004 08:15:37 -0700, Mike Saenz
<msaenz@mve-architects.com> wrote:
> Well, then I saw the next post regarding "extreme" vs "critical"...
> I heard this morning that the Angelus NF is closed.
> The rest of the forests will probably follow suit shortly.
> 
> NOAA reports:
> 
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA
> 
> 700 AM PDT FRI SEP 24 2004
> 
> .SYNOPSIS...STATIONARY HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BRING WARM...DRY
WEATHER
> THIS WEEKEND. A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST
WILL
> BRING COOLING AND A DEEPER MARINE LAYER NEXT WEEK.
> 
> The additional moisture may keep the forest open...
> 
> I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.
> 
> M i c h a e l   S a e n z
> McLarand Vasquez Emsiek & Partners, Inc.
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Milo Rogers [mailto:rogers@isi.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:46 PM
> To: Mike Saenz
> Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [BULK] - [pct-l] So. Calif Forests to Close until Rain?
> 
> On 04.09.23, Mike Saenz wrote:
> > I've got a permit for mid-October to summit San G...
> > Got snowed out last November the last time I tried to summit San G.
> 
>         Don't give up yet!  Let's see what the official restrictions
> say.
> 
>                                         Craig "Computer" Rogers
> 
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