RP Listener Forum - Radio Paradise

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 8:42pm

oldslabsides wrote:

things are gonna start getting equally scary down here if we don't get some rain soon.

They've been scary too long here in south texas. It's freakin depressing.

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 7:58pm

ptooey wrote:

See also GeoMAC. Glad to hear you're getting some rain down there. Things are scary this summer.

things are gonna start getting equally scary down here if we don't get some rain soon.

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 7:56pm

ptooey wrote:

See also GeoMAC. Glad to hear you're getting some rain down there. Things are scary this summer.

We have had 4 tenths of an inch so far still comming down hard. Land of extreams. thanks for the web site

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 7:40pm

glmace wrote:

Thank God it's raining on the Arapaho fire in SE wyoming! 92000 acres and not slowing down much. Forest is tinder dry and rough country. Interesting web site to keep up on fire is: www.inciweb.org/incident/2959

See also GeoMAC. Glad to hear you're getting some rain down there. Things are scary this summer.

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 7:22pm

Thank God it's raining on the Arapaho fire in SE wyoming! 92000 acres and not slowing down much. Forest is tinder dry and rough country. Interesting web site to keep up on fire is: www.inciweb.org/incident/2959

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 9:05am

cc_rider wrote:

An update on the recovery from our fire(s). We were out there a couple weeks ago, and it's kind of weird how things are coming back. Among the burnt-up sticks of trees, there is a carpet of green coming up. Mostly oaks, I think they're post oaks, but no matter. Apparently the roots are very fire-resistant, and they are sending out strong bunches of baby trees around the base of each burned-up tree trunk. The big issue right now is making sure the pines for which Bastrop is famous get a chance at recovery as well.

In Colorado, huge swaths of trees had already been destroyed by beetles. Entire mountainsides brown where they should be green and lush. The fire is merely finishing the job. Not to say it's not a terrible tragedy, of course it is: lives lost, homes destroyed, lives changed forever. Just like here. And just like here, the land will recover. It won't be pretty, or quick. But there will be green on those hills sooner than you would think.

Absolutely, and those beetles will continue to destroy our pine forests until they've all been replaced and probably past then, too. The only things that kill the beetles are fire and temps that drop below -30°F for a week or so. Or an unseasonally early or late hard freeze (September or May, 0°F-ish). Since it hasn't frozen that hard here for a couple of decades and likely won't again for a couple of millenia (give or take an eon), it's up to fire. Certainly worth re-thinking that chalet in the mountains. Unless you like meadows and stone buildings, I guess.

Posted: Jul 5, 2012 - 8:53am

An update on the recovery from our fire(s). We were out there a couple weeks ago, and it's kind of weird how things are coming back. Among the burnt-up sticks of trees, there is a carpet of green coming up. Mostly oaks, I think they're post oaks, but no matter. Apparently the roots are very fire-resistant, and they are sending out strong bunches of baby trees around the base of each burned-up tree trunk. The big issue right now is making sure the pines for which Bastrop is famous get a chance at recovery as well.

In Colorado, huge swaths of trees had already been destroyed by beetles. Entire mountainsides brown where they should be green and lush. The fire is merely finishing the job. Not to say it's not a terrible tragedy, of course it is: lives lost, homes destroyed, lives changed forever. Just like here. And just like here, the land will recover. It won't be pretty, or quick. But there will be green on those hills sooner than you would think.

Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 1:40pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Looks like pics from our fire last year. Just awful.

Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 1:36pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Heartbreaking.

Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 1:26pm

Posted: Jun 28, 2012 - 4:08am

for safety for all of those in the area

Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 7:02pm

The little community just north of us (Roundup) that was destroyed with flooding water is now burning up.

Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 6:23am

Gallery

Posted: May 12, 2010 - 10:23am

Rod wrote:

Thanks man, I appreciate that. {#Lol}

I encourage people when I can.

On that fire note...

Beware!
It's not very dry out there because of all the rain we had this season.
Lots of fuel to burn!

Of course, if we didn't have a wet year, it would be a bad fire season too!

Sarcasm intended.

Posted: May 12, 2010 - 9:39am

KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

Rod, your a giant in my eyes. {#Mrgreen}

Thanks man, I appreciate that. {#Lol}

Posted: May 12, 2010 - 9:34am

Rod wrote:

No worries, there are no new fires here. I just found this pic taken after the Jesusita fire here in Santa Barbara back in late '08. This shows the how the fire completely surrounded the Corona del Mar Water Treatment Plant. I was just up there yesterday and it is really green and thriving again. {#Mrgreen}

Rod, your a giant in my eyes. {#Mrgreen}

Posted: May 12, 2010 - 9:24am

No worries, there are no new fires here. I just found this pic taken after the Jesusita fire here in Santa Barbara back in (*edit - May of '09) This shows the how the fire completely surrounded the Corona del Mar Water Treatment Plant. I was just up there yesterday and it is really green and thriving again. (I didn't take this photo. I'm not that tall)

Posted: Sep 3, 2009 - 6:05pm

they just announced that the 'station ' fire was arson , so now it is a murder investigation ...

Posted: Sep 3, 2009 - 12:11pm

n4ku wrote:

Is California on fire?

Not meaning to make light of the situation.

Sure seems like it. We're used to hearing about fires south of the Bay Area, but it was another matter entirely when my subdivision came within a half-mile of getting wiped out last Sunday afternoon here in (North) Auburn.

Posted: Sep 3, 2009 - 11:40am

Is California on fire?

Not meaning to make light of the situation.