Drought for the west

[SaskHunter]

The sky finally cleared today in Sask, no smoke in sight which is a first in over a month. It's our forst "cool" day in weeks. Still dry as hell though. Took this picture a few days ago of a cow moose and her calves on my neighbours lawn enjoying the cool sprinkler water, they stayed there for over 5 hours...



That picture clearly represents the drought we're going through here, green grass Vs yellow dead grass. I've never seen this little water around and temps are stupid high.

 

[theat]

This is the fire just down the road from my house. Been going since a storm came through on July 7th and started around a dozen fires. Even with limited resources they got them all out except this one. The team working it has been doing a good job slowly bringing it down to the valley where they have been able to put in solid lines.

 

[Finnman]

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This is the fire just down the road from my house. Been going since a storm came through on July 7th and started around a dozen fires. Even with limited resources they got them all out except this one. The team working it has been doing a good job slowly bringing it down to the valley where they have been able to put in solid lines.

Is that the Woods creek fire?

 

[Irrelevant]

It won’t last long, trust me. The fire in the distance probably doubled in size today due to the wind.

But I think it just ran into a giant fire break from earlier this year.

 

[theat]

Is that the Woods creek fire?

Thorne Creek Fire.

 

[Wallydeuce]

Smoke from that CA fires hit UT today due to northwesterly cold front blowing in. Can’t imagine what it’s like for you folks in the midst of it. 600 miles away, and this is what the sun looked like here today. Sorry for the poor quality iPhone pic - it doesn’t do it justice. I had the windows opened this morning and literally went outside to see if the hill above my place was on fire.

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Great representation. I went through that Saturday morning. I spoke with my wife Friday night ( she's at home in Las Vegas) and she said she thought Mount Charleston was on fire because visibly was down to one mile. I was at our cabin in southern Utah and the sky was full of stars. Your photo was identical to my view Saturday morning, 165 miles east of home. I thought, "please Lord no, Kolob's on fire". The closest fire truck is 90 minutes away. A couple of phone calls and I find out it's from a fire over 700 miles away. Air quality alerts have been issued as far away as Denver. Good Lord!

 

[bpitt]

Anybody know what it's like around Sheridan right now?

 

[Irrelevant]

Anybody know what it's like around Sheridan right now?

https://www.wyoroad.info/highway/webcameras/I90Sheridan/I90Sheridan.jpg

 

[Irrelevant]

Probably should start an new thread, but I thought this was pretty interesting.

A Former College Professor Accused Of Serial Arson Is Denied Bail In California

"Where [Gary] Maynard went, fires started. Not just once, but over and over again," the government said in a court memorandum.

www.npr.org

Glad to read the level of effort they went through to catch him.

 

[BigHornRam]

Probably should start an new thread, but I thought this was pretty interesting.

A Former College Professor Accused Of Serial Arson Is Denied Bail In California

"Where [Gary] Maynard went, fires started. Not just once, but over and over again," the government said in a court memorandum.

www.npr.org

Glad to read the level of effort they went through to catch him.

SMH

 

[hank4elk]

SMH

Had a similar situation happen in the 90's. Arson investigator came to survey a series fires we had in and around campgrounds along the coast. He came back again & again, for a year and followed the trail.
It led to an arson investigator. One he had learned from.

 

[Wildabeest]

We’ve got a fire burning 7 miles from Park City in Parleys Canyon with winds pushing it over the mountain towards town. They’ve done mandatory evacuations for 650 homes so far. Looks like it’s snowing out my window with all the ash coming down.

Parleys Canyon Fire 10 percent contained at 539 acres

A wildfire is burning in Parleys Canyon near Park City.

www.fox13now.com

 

[Irrelevant]

After a very tame 2020 for WA, we seem to be making up ground fast!

 

[MarvB]

Damn Wenatchee area is getting surrounded!

 

[MarvB]

Took my mom back to Nor CA this weekend after fishing her out of the smoke and heat for awhile. This was what the air looked like there (tasted even worse) with a AQI of over 500 Sunday morning. It improved by the time we left yesterday to a mere 325+ but that was accompanied by 115* at her place

Sky’s not bad at our place this morning..windows open and a breeze blowing

 

[Oak]

’Extremely serious:’ Federal regulators declare first-ever shortage on the Colorado River as water officials look toward a drier future

 

[WyoDoug]

It's a plausible theory but I do not think it will happen in any of our lifetimes. There is a significant amount of evidence proving that most of the west was at one time under the ocean. This is proven by the fossils found throughout the west. The tectonic plates are constantly moving and shifting and elevations are constantly changing. There is evidence that the west coast might drop off the Continental Shelf somewhere in the very distant future also.

 

[diamond hitch]

As does tilt of the earth as shown by the shift in the declination.

 

[Beanland_fan]

Seems like rain almost every day in the east for last couple weeks. All goes out to sea. I always wonder why our country couldn’t have engineered a national water system. We are too far gone perhaps. But I’ll bet the ancient Romans would have succeeded....

Somehow late to this thread, but I’m 56 and a water resources engineer and I’m willing to bet there will be a pipeline from the Mississippi to the west sometime in our lifetime.

 

[Irrelevant]

’Extremely serious:’ Federal regulators declare first-ever shortage on the Colorado River as water officials look toward a drier future

Interesting that it's a year out.

Somehow late to this thread, but I’m 56 and a water resources engineer and I’m willing to bet there will be a pipeline from the Mississippi to the west sometime in our lifetime.

With western water law going east would certainly be easier.