[pct-l] Apache Fire Called in by PCT Hikers (with photos)

[Scott Herriott]

Asabat posted:


>I'm a little concerned by a comment on another
> journal
http://postholer.com/journal/viewJournal.php?sid=da3dfe057f680d3790ea97c08c7d294a&entry_id=2125
> that "the fire has almost certainly been accidently
> started by other
> hikers being careless with their stove in the windy
> conditions" .
> This photo
> http://www.towncrier.com/pctfire_files/pctfire.1.jpg
> makes that
> questionable in my mind, given the stump looks too
> jagged to use as a
> table and not in a good place to use as a windbreak
> for a stove. Perhaps
> it was an old lightning strike fanned by new winds?




Yeah, that stump doesn't look very stove friendly. 
Where could one find data concerning recent lightning
strikes in the area?











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