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PearliePoo2

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20. Here are two pages for some more info on this fire:

Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:01 PM

Jul 2015

Inciweb page with recent photos:
http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/photographs/4305/

Paradise Fire Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paradise-Fire/831205013596015?fref=nf

BTW..I have hiked, camped and fished this area for 40 years. It is a treasure to behold. I have witnessed Roosevelt Elk come wandering right through my campsite on the Hoh River. A Bull stopped to slurp some Redhook Ale from a cup on the picnic table. We didn't dare move or make a sound.
When the wind is from the right direction, I can smell this fire from my porch. I can hardly bear it.

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The Wettest Rainforest in the United States Has Gone Up in Flames [View all] RiverLover Jul 2015 OP

kick, kick, kick.... daleanime Jul 2015 #1

Thanks daleanime. RiverLover Jul 2015 #3

OMG newfie11 Jul 2015 #2

That is the caring. This "gloom & doom" isn't a "fear of death" for ourselves as environmentalists, RiverLover Jul 2015 #4

When I think about leaving a letter for my 10 y.o. grandson to read someday.... Hekate Jul 2015 #23

It's pretty much over...I'm beyond disgust. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #5

Olympic was on my "must see" list, too DFW Jul 2015 #6

Me too. RiverLover Jul 2015 #11

Sounds like it! DFW Jul 2015 #18

Go see it. It's a big park. Sol Duc, Hoh Valley, Ilsa Jul 2015 #13

Oh, it's there! DFW Jul 2015 #19

Come on out! Canoe52 Aug 2015 #43

I've been to the PNW before DFW Aug 2015 #45

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jul 2015 #7

Sure. RiverLover Jul 2015 #9

Kick efilon Jul 2015 #8

The Olympics are a treasure, this is very sad. erronis Jul 2015 #10

I grieve for our younglings. chervilant Jul 2015 #12

How did the fire start? As I read I was thinking of why farmers are warned not to put wet hay into jwirr Jul 2015 #14

According to the inciweb report, lightning OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #22

That will do it to I guess. There must be some dry wood even in a rainforest. jwirr Jul 2015 #32

We are hay growers. Boudica the Lyoness Jul 2015 #30

Fire is not unheard of on the Olympic Peninsula OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #15

Read the article, online poker. RiverLover Jul 2015 #16

I read the article. OnlinePoker Jul 2015 #17

Here are two pages for some more info on this fire: PearliePoo2 Jul 2015 #20

Thank so much for sharing the links & your personal account. RiverLover Jul 2015 #21

I bet that ale tasted like nectar to that elk. Enthusiast Jul 2015 #25

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #24

We just hit 100 degree weather here in Portland for the first time in three years too... cascadiance Jul 2015 #26

We broke a 100-year heat record in Ottawa on Wednesday. GliderGuider Jul 2015 #27

Paging Ms.Clinton.Your pipeline is ready. n/t jtuck004 Jul 2015 #28

..._ _ _ ... Alkene Jul 2015 #29

…how can this be??? Climate change is a hoax doncha know. Jack-o-Lantern Jul 2015 #31

Rest easy in this case angrychair Jul 2015 #33

Interactive map of US wildfires. FuzzyRabbit Aug 2015 #34

Very true angrychair Aug 2015 #37

You work with US forest service, maybe? Thanks for the info but RiverLover Aug 2015 #38

No problem angrychair Aug 2015 #42

Very interesting. Thanks. I appreciate your take that the most concerning thing is the volume of RiverLover Aug 2015 #44

Wildfire is a normal ecosytem function. However... Zambero Aug 2015 #35

Good post, so true. And with drought, the forests aren't able to recover as well after fires, RiverLover Aug 2015 #39

This is so sad, and terrifying. nt SunSeeker Aug 2015 #36

Yes. RiverLover Aug 2015 #40

No matter what, keep investing. It might get better, financially, for you. raouldukelives Aug 2015 #41