Peace reg burning already!!!

[Backwoods]

It's dry out! Big winds dry climate up in 7b, watch your fires controlled or not, +28 out today in the peace, few fires already.

[Mauser98]

It's serious. Evacuations in Baldonnal, Taylor area and near Buick. Highway 29 between Charlie Lake and Hudsons Hope is closed.


https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaHighwayNews/ (https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaHighwayNews/)

[pronghorn]

Yes we have fires burning all around today with super high winds...

[Ry151]

48 fires in the peace region already. If this continues July and August are going to be scary. They claimed a state of emergency already

[Xenomorph]

Saw all the alarm posts on FB page of BC fires. It's barely mid April, definitely pay attention out there.

[goatdancer]

Hey Bridger. Are you OK out there at Charlie Lake?

[BCHunterFSJ]

Saw all the alarm posts on FB page of BC fires. It's barely mid April, definitely pay attention out there.

Just got evacuated late last night from Charlie Lake area, as did my 2 sons on the Hudson's Hope road!
Scary stuff...

[Angus]

Looking over Fort St. John to the South Taylor Hill last night.

A Darcy Shawchek photograph.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/o-FORT-ST-JOHN-FIRE-570.jpg

[604Stalker]

Sorry to hear that people are being evacuated. Thanks for rhe heads up.

[bridger]

Hey Bridger. Are you OK out there at Charlie Lake?

Hi yes we are ok and thanks for asking. Big fire last night about three miles west of us but wind pushed it north.

[goatdancer]

Hi yes we are ok and thanks for asking. Big fire last night about three miles west of us but wind pushed it north.

We were "refugees" in Kelowna in 2003. Fortunately we didn't get burned out like a lot of others. Hope you don't have any serious problems up there.

[swampthing]

Good luck to you guys. We sent crews this morning to clear burnt trees so powerlines could be rebuilt. Crazy year for sure. Two fires in PG city limits yesterday. Got them under control quickly.

[Hammerhead]

That's crazy this early in the season. Hope nobody loses their homes.
HH

[SPILTZ]

Got a phone call to go rebuild those Powerlines that Swampthing's crews are going to clear for!! Sounds pretty bad up there hopefully everyone is ok!!!

[okas]

sounds like work:| ever evil there becomes a good

[Backwoods]

Yes powerlines down everywhere, a lot of houses in the Rural areas are with out power, crazy how fast it spread!! I ived in Kelowna for the OK MNT. park fire in 03', being evacuated over 2 weeks living at friends and in a hotel was a terrible time, hope all goes well for the people dealing with it in your yard, im right in town in FSJ so only work is affected for me and friends properties as of now. Hope no mounts where damaged at peace taxidermy!! caught a few pics of the hwy 29 fire just starting, i parked at the rest stop across from peace taxidermy took minutes for thhttp://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah160/bigbuck8692/HWY%2029%20fire_zpsqz4d9wl5.pngat fire to come up the hill

[Backwoods]

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah160/bigbuck8692/hwy%2029%20fire1_zpsqtjrdlks.png

[Backwoods]

Work is going to slow down even more this weekhttp://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah160/bigbuck8692/fire%20on%20its%20way_zpsvfcxswjd.png

[Backwoods]

that was today on the way back to john from out in the field.http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah160/bigbuck8692/alaska%20hwy%20fire_zpskhbqtkwi.png

[Backwoods]

http://i1379.photobucket.com/albums/ah160/bigbuck8692/fire%20alaska%20hwy%202_zpsdgg0cpqp.pngAlong the Alaska hwy. power lines down!!

[Backwoods]

Going to suck for shed hunting and camping in 7b now!!!!! might have to slip back to my old stomping grounds in reg 8!!!

[Sitkaspruce]

Just got back from working the EOC for a few days.....was good to get back and involved, even if it was on the outside!!! Now watching a big smoke plume out toward Cecil lake....believe it or not, some farmers were still lighting up.......

Things are slowing down and other than the big fire up off the Beatton Airport Rd (5500 ha+), the Pine fire and and the Lone Prairie fire (850 ha+) most are either in mop-up or patrol. Evac notices have been rescinded and people are allowed to get back to living their life....

Hydro is working hard to get things back to normal and then the long road to replacing all the poles and transmission lines back up will begin.

More crews are on their way and with mother nature helping out, the fires should be on their way out.

Cheers

SS

[srupp]

Thanks SS for the on the ground update..
Cheers
Steven

[rocksteady]

Having a huge wind event like that in the "spring dip" is always dangerous.

Spring dip is where the grasses have not greened up and the other trees have not broke their state of dormancy. The foliar moisture content is at its lowest point of the year.

Been thru a couple of these events when I lived in vanderhoof.

However, once the wind subsides, the fires are pretty easy to corral...


It is in NO WAY an indication of how the rest of fire season will be..

[Sitkaspruce]

I fully agree Mike. We had crossover on Monday and it was a strange day...the morning was dead still and erie quiet, then the winds came up and things started to go sideways. The perfect storm as the papers put it.

29 deg, 24% RH, sustained 50-60 k winds and downed power lines/farmers burning off fields and holder over burn piles all contributed to a sh*t storm........

Cheers

SS

[Arctic Lake]

Having a huge wind event like that in the "spring dip" is always dangerous.

Spring dip is where the grasses have not greened up and the other trees have not broke their state of dormancy. The foliar moisture content is at its lowest point of the year.

Been thru a couple of these events when I lived in vanderhoof.

However, once the wind subsides, the fires are pretty easy to corral...


It is in NO WAY an indication of how the rest of fire season will be..

Great information ! Thanks !

Arctic Lake

[BCHunterFSJ]

Along the Peace River from Attachie lookout...

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y391/BCHunter_photos1/DSCN0398%201024x768_zps8rylaqqh.jpg (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/BCHunter_photos1/media/DSCN0398%201024x768_zps8rylaqqh.jpg.html)

http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y391/BCHunter_photos1/DSCN0397%201024x768_zpsbcusfl5i.jpg (http://s1272.photobucket.com/user/BCHunter_photos1/media/DSCN0397%201024x768_zpsbcusfl5i.jpg.html)

[bridger]

Vic. Dud the Buick fire get anywhere close too you ?

[BgBlkDg]

This MIGHT be the first burns of a severe fire season, or, BC could get rain from May through next Sept. I have seen more "Fire Weather Forecasts" that were not "on" than I care to remember and we can only wait and hope.

Much of this problem is the decades of underfunding/staffing of the BCFS and BOTH political parties are complicit in that, as votes come out of various "blocs" in the Lower Mainland and south-central BC........grants to newcomers equal votes and everything else is usually "beyond Hope".

Wish I was young again, I used to be pretty good at detection/suppression and I enjoyed it.

[rocksteady]

Looks like a realt good habitat improvement burn...

[eric]

^^^^^^ that's what I was thinking...

[BCHunterFSJ]

Vic. Dud the Buick fire get anywhere close too you ?

Not yet Rich; monitoring it closely...