[pct-l] question - fire

[AsABat]

That's the plan, even in a house fire, air is usually best right at the ground. 

I don't want to go in more detail as I don't want to give any ideas. Even with lots of training and safety equipment firefighters die every year. Best to avoid fires. 


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juma <juma3 at cox.net> wrote:

interesting. If you get into a clearing, can you get more air down
low? 

On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 18:24 -0800, AsABat wrote:
> What to do if a fires coming? Get out of the way! 
> 
> Never get above a fire, as fire moves very fast uphill. The tops of chimneys (gullies) are even worse. So moving downhill is *usually* better, but watch for burning logs and pine cones rolling down the hill. 
> 
> You can't outrun a fire driven by wind. Can you find a large safe area, rock slab, dirt clearing, pond. Even so, the temperature could still get you, or the gasses or low oxygen. 
> 
> Hikers usually wear nylon or poly clothing. When it burns, it melts on your skin. 
> 
> I called in a forest fire last year on the PCT. When I first saw the smoke I was concerned, as I continued I saw it was miles away, burning away from me. Dispatch said they already heard about it an hour earlier, and should be getting to it "soon". 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> AsABat
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> juma <juma3 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> typical pct-l...focusing on the imagined insults. I guess no one knows
> what to do about an approaching fire. or are you two just trying to
> tease me?)
> 
> On Fri, 2012-03-02 at 20:33 -0500, aslive at charter.net wrote:
> > juma
> > 
> > I'm sorry, but I see no need to insult section hikers. Please be a bit 
> > more respectful as we all use and love the trail. Just because not all 
> > of us can just take off for six months to go hiking is no reason to 
> > insult a whole demographic. There are many beer swilling thru-hikers 
> > also and many a fire has been started by thru-hikers. This is not meant 
> > to attack thru-hikers, just to set the record straight. I hope you did 
> > not intend to insult and create divisions.
> > 
> > Shepherd
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 12:38 PM, juma wrote:
> > 
> > > Hey, what is the school solution if you suddenly smell smoke and see a
> > > fire headed your way when you are out in the desert??
> > >
> > > I have no concern about how it may have been started by some careless,
> > > beer carrying, slackpacking section hiker.
> > >
> > > juma
> > >
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