Year: 2009
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How Much Will the Big Meadow Fire Cost? NPS Says $5mil
Photo courtesy NPS. With only 50% of the Big Meadow Fire contained and its rapid growth to the Tioga Road in the North, the National Park Service is estimating the cost of the fire to be around $5,000,000. Released in the Yosemite Daily Report, the $5 million price tag is the accumulated cost of the…
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A Birds Eye View of the Big Meadow Fire
Edie from over at LittleRedTent.net just posted this awesome satellite image on Flickr showing the Big Meadow Fire in Yosemite. It gives you a pretty good idea of what’s burnt.
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How Low Can You Go
A helicopter hovers over the Merced River by El Portal siphoning up water to drop on the Big Meadow Fire. Photo by Jessica Merz. Wow this pilot has some serious cajones. He is right down in the river. I bet his feet got wet.
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-30
Send the S.O.S. cos I'm crashing. I'll see you guys tomorrow. Have a great night. # finished big meadow, but there was fire outside the northern coordinate. Making one more run to pick it up (via @NIROPS_N149Z) # I think he's referring to a back fire set to burn down veg and make a fire…
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Photo of the Day: Dusk at Sunrise by Taylor Davis
Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of sunset at Sunrise High Sierra Camp from Taylor Davis. What I really like about this shot are the tones and great colors. Very nice. Great shot, Taylor. Hey if you think this shot is awesome you should see the rest of Taylor’s photos. You can…
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Tioga Road Delays – Possible Closure
The Tioga Road in Yosemite National Park will have restricted access, between Crane Flat and White Wolf, beginning Monday, August 31, continuing until fire operations along the road are complete. This segment of the road will have controlled access with a pilot car during daylight hours, and be closed completely each night. Motorists should expect…
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Big Meadow Fire Update
The Big Meadow Fire on August 27th. Photo courtesy NPS. Yesterday, firefighters made good progress improving fire lines east of El Portal. The active portion of the fire is in the north and northwest flanks away from Foresta and El Portal. Today, the highest priority continues to be improving fire lines east of El Portal…
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Going High Tech on the Big Meadow Fire
Today’s modern Army rolls on the backs of satellite communications and high tech reconaissance. Likewise today’s modern fire commander has at his disposal some of the top thermal imaging equipment to help pinpoint potential problems, hotspots, spot fires and gauge the size of the fire. Here’s a thermal imaging map from the USFS (Forest Service)…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-29
Clouds and higher humidity are expected tomorrow. Let's. Hope no thunderstorms ruin it by starting more fires. # Still a little hazy and smoky but definitely not as bad as it was yesterday. # Currently the air in Yosemite is unhealthy for sensitive groups. The smoke from the nearby Big Meadow Fire is clogging the…
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Photo of the Day: Rockscape by Tom Grubbe
To try to keep with some normalcy amid all the fire stuff I decided to get back to posting a Photo of the Day. Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot of Lembert Dome and some glacial erratic captured by Tom Grubbe. If you’d like to see more of Tom’s photography be sure…