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Sunday, August 5. 2007

Two links

Two excellent links from readers:

US Forest fires, mapped and updated. You can click on each fire and learn the details. I wonder how that map compares with past summers. Montana and Idaho look rough.

Mark Steyn implies that the media covers up for Saudi jihad-supporters.

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Does anyone here (pilots maybe?) have a website that will show a current satellite picture? I would REALLY like to know where that dang thing is!!
#1 apple pie on 2007-08-05 19:32 (Reply)
AP,

I think all you'll see is smoke. The CIA has satellites that can see through it but the public doesn'get access to that level of technology.

I think the Air Force or NOAA may have see thru stuff also that you could get. They'll keep the Forrest Dept. people updated ..I hope
#1.1 Habu on 2007-08-05 20:47 (Reply)
AP...I use to use Terraserver.com. It was free years ago. I just looked it up and there's a $19.95 price on membership but their resolution is very very good.

Next I'm gonna try Google Earth (I think that's the name)
Best
H
#1.1.1 Habu on 2007-08-05 20:53 (Reply)
AP

Google Earth has a free download program plus various money upgrades...Ijust did the free and looked at Ovando but it's not close to real time .. not much utility for you under the current pressure.
H
#1.1.1.1 Habu on 2007-08-05 21:10 (Reply)
This may be what you are looking for AP.

http://adds.aviationweather.gov/satellite/displaySat.php?region=LWS&isingle=single&itype=vis

Use the satellite button on the left for different areas. Its all smoke or cloud right now. No detail.
#2 Luther McLeod on 2007-08-05 20:01 (Reply)
Thank you very much. I have also found fire tracker, but they have not yet posted maps for my area. Sorry, Habu for got to check your area, but I think you are a lot farther away than we are. From what I can see we are out of harms way, UNLESS of course, there is fire debris, crowning and wind shifting. I have been planning to buy my beloved a new chain saw for our annivesary--you bet I will now!! Also, one of those really nice pumps that you can put in a creek, or a well, or what have you to get water closer to where you need it. I heard some husband muttering about we don't need that anymore--Big Q Ranc and Feed is gonna love me! I once watched a fire take out a 200 year old tree it must have been about 5 or 6 stories tall. From the time the fire reached the base of the tree until there was no evidence that a tree had ever been there was less than 3 minutes. GONE--TOTALLY GONE in 3 minutes! I have a very healthy respect for fire. But to have so many moving so rapidly around the Missoula - Helena-Bob Marshall-Glacier area is amazing. I don't think it has ever been this bad. The fire right behind us has been declared the #1 priority fire in the US. They have called for equipment from the other states. My biggest concern is that this is an area that Plum Creek has been planning to "develop". This fire may enable them to move more quickly now. The politcal struggle has been to try to have the state buy it from Plum Creek. It will be interesting to see how this plays out politically when smoke has died down. Your prayers are much appreciated.
#3 apple pie on 2007-08-05 21:06 (Reply)
Ditto to the above on the satellite stuff. The USFS probably gets aerial infrared photos that cut through the smoke for their own planning use and are working off those, plus what the tanker guys and others tell them.

I know a gal who is almost certainly out there fighting it right now, but I have no way to get in touch. And she is probably rather busy. But she may have a story or three in a few months.

Stay safe now. Have your beloved chop down a nice big firebreak all around the house sometime.
#3.1 Skookumchuk (Link) on 2007-08-05 22:36 (Reply)
Thank you folks very much. I think Tuesday will be the telling day. We will be in SEA so are out of harm's way. I have a difficult time with the smoke. Plans for the fall have changed a little due to the delay in construction of cabin. Ahh, life-- Life--LIFE!
#4 apple pie on 2007-08-06 11:11 (Reply)

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