Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska A little disconserting

These guys have been flying over our house for the past two days and now I can see the smoke plume from the fire from our house.



The wind also seems to be kicking up.

That would suck...

I'd guess it better to see them and the smoke, than the smoke alone.

Haven't lost anything to a fire, but came damn close in 2011 so I know the feeling.

Will keep y'all in thoughts and prayers

Good thing for us the wind is blowing the other way, bad thing is the wind was blowing pretty good last night and really kicked up the fire.

Looks like the wind is shifting again, can see the smoke from the ridge above our house.

This is concerning... you don't live that far away from me

No, that's downright disturbing

You'll have to stop by and help me polish off a growler if our house is still standing after they have the fire contained.

Might be the McHugh creek fire? Just read a blip that 2 firefighters were hospitalized with exhaustion and dehydration.

If this is the same fire.

Yes, it's a very difficult fire to fight as it's on very steep ground (literally the side of a mountain) with deep canyons. Add to that the weight of fire fighting equipment, high heat and breathing smoke and my hat is off the hot shot crews and the pilots that have been fighting the fire.



So long as the wind doesn't change direction and drive the fire down the inlet towards Potter Valley the firefighters should be able to stop the fire as it climbs the peak. Looking at the smoke today it appears the fire is working it's way back up the valley to McHugh lake which is just parkland, albeit a beautiful part of the park.



I'm thankful to have been able to get a lot of hiking in that area this winter and summer as after the fire the area is going to have very unstable hillsides for quite some time.

that is great looking country. Nature can be cruel, but almost always rebounds big time.

Hope you and others are staying safe.

No way I could ever pack the gear those hotshots do anymore at my age and in that terrain

I would take issue with that statement were it not for its factual basis. Property values dropped in our neighborhood as soon as we moved in, and that seems to be a trend.

Pretty sure the fire will stop when it hits "treeline" in the vertical direction. Not so sure about the horizontal. We live in a truly terrible area for fires, given the beetle kill and annual 7'+ grass/pushki growth.

A fall fire would be particularly disastrous for us, because we see winds that rival the arm. I need to hang an anemometer one of these days.

Count me in for the growler, but you already knew that...

That sucks. I truly hope the fire is contained soon and you suffer no damage.

If you fling arrows, I've managed a 50yd range at home.

Not to be the guy that always one-up's people (I know a guy that's way worse about that than me) but I think we are good to 70.... could go further, but I'd have to start mowing the muni's grass, and that ain't gonna happen.

Still, arrows and beer is always a good combo.

I think I can stretch it to 70 if I shoot from the other corner of the lot, but more of a chance of a putting an arrow in a winter tire, or the neighbor's dog.

Wear boots.

For BS or spilled beer?

If we make it through tonight without being evacuated and the rain comes Friday we should be through the worst of it. But the winds are supposed to build this evening pushing the fire our way.

High time to say a few words for the fire to go out, will do here.

Well, the rain is here...

thats good news.