http://katu.com/news/local/updated-list-of-eagle-creek-fire-evacuations

State of emergency declared for the East county and a level one evacuation in effect here.
I'm very unlikely to have a direct problem from the fire at my location.

Photos from KPTV

Firefighters protecting Multnomah Falls Lodge

Eagle Creek Fire burning through Oneonta Gorge tunnel

 

Is it actually down in the gorge? That wind there is probably turning the place into a blast furnace.

 

Is it actually down in the gorge? That wind there is probably turning the place into a blast furnace.

Yes, that's why it traveled 13 miles in one night. Started because of this idiot.

http://www.kgw.com/news/osp-identif...er-teen-as-eagle-creek-fire-suspect/471324692

ORTLAND, Ore. -- Oregon State Police have identified a 15-year-old Vancouver teen as a suspect in starting the Eagle Creek Fire.

Police believe the suspect and others may have used fireworks that started the fire Saturday. Police say they contacted the teen suspect in the parking lot of Eagle Creek Trail on Saturday night and interviewed him.

 

https://www.upi.com/Science_News/20...spreading-across-United-States/2271504642983/

 

We're getting smoke and ash from the fire and we're near the foothills of the coast range.

 

Had a red sun in late afternoon here. Caused by smoke from fires both near and far.

 

Unbelievable, just unbelievable. With pure stupidity as the root cause.

Ron

 

33,000 acres and threatening several landmarks. If it was a sociopathic 15 year old and his friends, I hope the parents are able to pay for losses and expenses.

He's from Vancouver and he managed to cause a fire in Washington too.

 

http://www.kptv.com/story/36314010/...ted-logging-fuels-raging-fires?autostart=true

 

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/damage-to-angel-s-rest-trail-seen-from-sky8/472043861

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/crews...d-river-prepare-in-case-winds-shift/471935915

 

Still burning. Pictures from up the old highway road near the house.
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/rescu...-hikers-trapped-by-eagle-creek-fire/470354816

http://www.oregonlive.com/wildfires...lume_rises_as_columbia.html#incart_river_home
Help is on the way.
http://www.kgw.com/weather/rain-is-coming-portland-to-get-first-soaking-in-three-months/474668833

 

All of this because of a few idiots.

Ron

 

All of this because of a few idiots.

Ron

Isn't that usually the case? The ‘Governor of the Gorge’ is on patrol to stop them.

 

Thanks for sharing it was a good video. I will be curious to see the punishment meted out for the damage done.

Ron

 

You can't win. Rain is killing the fires but:

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/rescu...-hikers-trapped-by-eagle-creek-fire/470354816

TROUTDALE, Ore. -- A flash flood watch has been issued by the National Weather Service for late Sunday afternoon through just after midnight for the Eagle Creek and Whitewater fire burn areas.

The watch includes Government Camp, Detroit, Santiam Pass, Corbett, Rooster Rock, Multnomah Falls, Cascade Locks, Hood River, North Bonneville, Stevenson, Carson, and Underwood.

 

 

All in all it will be 50 years before the forest is back to where it was before the fire. I'll be long dead and my grandchildren at about the age I am today. All because some kids were foolish and stupid. Really a damn shame.

Ron

 

All in all it will be 50 years before the forest is back to where it was before the fire. I'll be long dead and my grandchildren at about the age I am today. All because some kids were foolish and stupid. Really a damn shame.

Ron

The kids that started this this should be forced to spend the next 50 years planting and caring for the forest, living on site. No TV, no internet, no electricity. . Just the very basic of necessities it takes to survive.

 

I would support that.

Ron

 

The kids that started this this should be forced to spend the next 50 years planting and caring for the forest, living on site. No TV, no internet, no electricity. . Just the very basic of necessities it takes to survive.

And their parents.