The Fire Thread

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livestock is a fantastic fire control system. Goats and sheep, they eat and eat until it is dirt or they move the containment fence. They eat until it is just dead wood, and even some of that. I guess we should call it business climate change, from Ag to donated hills and mega mansions. The shot shows Wildwood. Parts are homes, parts are still range land. The coastal sage scrub has not taken hold. The image is from Frank Knight about 1970. you can see parts of the old roadbed that became the Lynnmere trail, also the main Wildwood road from the end of Arboles just after the death of Gunsmoke. The upper right ridge is the one made famous in Sparticus, Where Burt rallied the slaves to battle the Roman Legion. The photo does not show where I did the OTB on the Lynnmere.
Happy trails in the depths of climate change.

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da big hills said:
livestock is a fantastic fire control system. Goats and sheep, they eat and eat until it is dirt or they move the containment fence. They eat until it is just dead wood, and even some of that. I guess we should call it business climate change, from Ag to donated hills and mega mansions. The shot shows Wildwood. Parts are homes, parts are still range land. The coastal sage scrub has not taken hold. The image is from Frank Knight about 1970. you can see parts of the old roadbed that became the Lynnmere trail, also the main Wildwood road from the end of Arboles just after the death of Gunsmoke. The upper right ridge is the one made famous in Sparticus, Where Burt rallied the slaves to battle the Roman Legion. The photo does not show where I did the OTB on the Lynnmere.
Happy trails in the depths of climate change.

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That’s thick. That’s dense. What the hell; I’ll like it. Happy hillbilly goat trails.
 
Thanks; that area had vegetation that was so dry I wonder how they'll ever get the fires out until they can attack from above. This AM, visibility and wind prevented that.
 
11k+ acres.
New evacuations in Mission Viejo and warnings for back along Santiago Canyon, Williams etc.
Did see a bullfrog this morning with a snorkel. From flight direction might be getting water from the Lake Forest lakes.
Also saw a flight record of a helo picking up water at Lake Mission Viejo and dropping it in Borrego Canyon.
So, Whiting will largely be toast.
 
This is all so depressing. Hopefully everyone is safe and that everyone’s home remains safe

Limestone Canyon, which is toast, was the crown jewel of the Irvine Ranch landmarks. They had done so much work on bringing back native species and plants including planting seeds for oak trees off Hicks Canyon (Lots of volunteers involved). The park was a home for a lot of wildlife.
 
SingleTrackJB said:
This is all so depressing. Hopefully everyone is safe and that everyone’s home remains safe

Limestone Canyon, which is toast, was the crown jewel of the Irvine Ranch landmarks. They had done so much work on bringing back native species and plants including planting seeds for oak trees off Hicks Canyon (Lots of volunteers involved). The park was a home for a lot of wildlife.
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Bright side: Archaeologists and the Native Americans are able to survey the ground with >80% surface visibility for the first time in Centuries. Happy grubbing costs are reduced substantially for home builders and jesters, and landslides are also metaphor trails!
 
Just cruised past Whiting on the way home from the office (wanted to check on a work colleagues house as he had to evacuate). It appears that the firies are on top of things, saw about 4 helicopters working, very little smoke around now. They've cut a massive firebreak up behind the Ralphs at the Borrego end. The Glen Ranch road end looks to have survived unscathed. Took a couple of quick pics. The hills north of Whiting all look to be toast.
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