journeys through the mist

Browsing Month 'August, 2007'

Tonight I made a trip to the grocery store to pick up cat food, and made a loop through the produce section to pick up some fruit. I bought a variety of goodies and was looking forward to savoring them over the next few days. On the way home, I was listening to NPR radio [...]

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Bone Creek fire 8/24/07 PM

August 24, 2007 Comments Off

Just a little while ago InciWeb posted a report on Bone Creek, and unless it changes or flares up significantly, it will be their last posted report. It is listed at 40% contained and at 4027 acres, the same as yesterday. Fire Behavior: Minimal fire behavior today with occassional showers and high humidity over the [...]

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Bone Creek Fire 8/23/07 AM

August 23, 2007 Comments Off

InciWeb this morning reports the Bone Creek fire as 40% contained and has risen to 4027 acres. The rains yesterday helped considerably and dropped around an inch of rain on the fire. Total personnel on the fire is today listed at 264, down from 365 yesterday Fire Behavior: Isolated torching with minimal fire behavior. Significant [...]

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Bone Creek fire 8/22/07 Noon

August 22, 2007 Comments Off

InciWeb has just updated the status of the Bone Creek fire which is now at 25% containment and 3759 acres. The number of personnel assigned to this fire is now at 365. According to InciWeb: Fire Behavior: Moderate behavior with single tree and group torching. Fire behavior has moderated from previous, but is expected to [...]

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Little Goose fire 8/22/07 Early PM – UPDATE

August 22, 2007 Comments Off

InciWeb is now listing the Little Goose fire as 100% contained, which is good news for all of us. There is no word yet on whether the evacuation orders are still in effect or not, or whether the roads have been opened. As soon as I can get any information, I will post it. Once [...]

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In case you had not heard, there were a couple injuries on Monday to firefighters on the Little Goose fire. From InciWeb: Two fire fighters were injured when a log that was being cut into smaller sections unexpectedly moved from a secure location. It hit the two fire fighters working next to the log. One [...]

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Garland Gulch fire 8/21/07 PM

August 21, 2007 Comments Off

I’ve seen a lot of people searching for information on the the Garland Gulch fire, and according to Steve Sequin, Public Information Officer with Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center, the Garland Gulch fire is right at 100% contained today. The reason it hasn’t been showing up on any of the official websites is that they [...]

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InciWeb has this update this morning on Bone Creek: The Rocky Mountain Area Incident Management Team managing the Little Goose Fire has moved their base of operations to the Wyoming Department of Transportation shop at Burgess Junction to better serve the fire suppression efforts on the Bone Creek Fire. The Bone Creek Fire is now [...]

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