[pct-l] fire near Hat Creek????

[Georgi Heitman]

Ben,
Come ahead.....It's been open for over a week now.....I thought I'd reported
it so on or around 8.24, but looking back, I see I just answered Ma and Pa
Kettle's E-mail.  I'm sorry...It ain't perty, but it's there, it's open and
there's water at both Caches 44 and 22.  The burned area begins north of
Subway Cave and extends about two to two and a half miles north of the
trailhead at the top of Hwy 44.  It didn't burn very far out into the old
1987 "Lost" fire.  There is another section of the trail that was apparently
burned over as well, by another of the 39 fires set the night of Aug. 1.
The thunder storm that night was the worst I've ever seen or heard.  The
strike that started the Sugar Loaf Complex touched down in at least two
places, which grew together and spread in all four directions before a heavy
downpour on 8.06 worked a small miracle, or I suspect, given the strength of
the winds we had for several days after the firefighters gained control, it
might still be burning.  The danger in most places around the Hat Creek
Valley was properly doused that night, just in time for large numbers of our
teams to be redirected to the fire burning in the Santa Cruz Mt's along the
coast...the one that required the evacuation of Bonny Doon.
I'd like to know the status of the fire that was reported in the Marbles on
8.27.  Is the trail still closed there?

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Schifrin Benjamin <benschif at mac.com> wrote:

> Have you heard when they will reopen Hat Creek Rim? I was hoping to get up
> there, next week.
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> Ben Schifrin
> 17360 High Grade Lane
> Sonora, CA 95370
> 209.586.5767
> benschif at mac.com
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> On Aug 31, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Georgi Heitman wrote:
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>  I think you're seeing the Day Fire....not only far to the east of the Hat
>> Creek area, but even east of of Fall River Mills, (follow 299 toward
>> Alturas, past MacArthur and maybe even Bieber and Nubieber)  Not sure
>> exactly where Mt. Eddy is, but if it's anywhere near due west of highway
>> 89
>> between Old Station and the 299/89 highway crossing, it'd probably look
>> like
>> it's around here.  Thank Heavens it's not!
>> FireFly,
>> from The Hideaway at Old Station
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