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| This beach, I think. |
The fire is now 65% contained and has burned about 400 acres. Fires are burning all over the west.
Here is a link to the initial news story about the fire, when it began on August 3rd.
The above link will eventually probably not function.
The photo shown in that news link seems to show this same area, from this photo I took from the batteries, out toward the Columbia River.
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| This is that trail, looking back towards the parking lot. I wonder what it looks like now. I remember when walking back to the parking lot people passing me headed for the beach with cigarettes hanging from their mouths. How could people be that careless? Smoking in your own car, that's one thing, but..... |
Gosh darn it, I hate to hear of a fire in that area. Glad it's almost put out. There are so many fires burning. Tonight also on the news, said 160 miles of highway 84 in eastern Oregon are now closed due to a massive fire, that went from zero acres to 7000 very quickly there. No more campfires allowed in the woods, even at campgrounds, I think I heard, too.
I don't like to think about the beautiful area I just visited burning like that. There are elk herds and deer and so many animals out there too.
I am so sorry. We get bush fires every summer in most states. The damage is huge, and the loss of wildlife and habitat breaks my heart. We often lose people too.
ReplyDeleteThe news often covers your fires, EC and they can make the ones here seem small. But the habitat damage, the wildlife deaths and suffering and that of people killed or who lose their homes is huge. Later on, areas that burned, are primed for landslides with any slope and rain.
DeletePine leaf beetle kills the trees? I heard less than normal cold winters had not killed them of in years of late.
ReplyDeleteGoing to look it up, Andrew, because I wondered about disease, and we have lots of bugs in Oregon.
DeleteI found a website showing the trees of Oregon, including Pines, to first try to ID the trees, but then decided to email the website writer, an Oregon State University person. He responded. He said they are likely Lodgepole pines and that they are know to be affected by salt water in the air which can turn the ends of their needles brown. There you have it!
DeleteI've been hearing about fires in Oregon and wondered how they might be affecting you. Fires are one of most fierce things known to man. I hate to hear about when they happen, but in most cases, they remind us that Nature is always more powerful than we are. Here's hoping that the fire will soon be out.
ReplyDeleteHere's hoping!
DeleteScary stuff. A friend of mine is cavalier about the dangers she used to face but that doesn't reduce the impact on the poor animals.
ReplyDeleteWas she a wildland firefighter, Darla?
DeleteFire is deversating it come way too quickly and destroys everything in its path.
ReplyDeleteIt does, WA and then takes so long for recovery.
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