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[deleted] t1_iwa2zx5 wrote

The fire damage is amazing.

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iamlucky13 t1_iweiarz wrote

I'm thankful it's not worse.

I can see the dead trees on the flanks of Baring Mountain, but fortunately a lot of trees still alive closer to the location this photo was taken from. Most of that is burned area, too, but fortunately the fire mostly stayed at lower intensity after the first two days, so the underbrush burned through there, but a lot of the trees should have survived.

There's a nice map of the burn severity here. I'm hoping to go hike up there soon to get a better sense of what this really means on the ground, but I haven't checked the current status of forest roads in the area:

https://inciweb-prod-media-bucket.s3.us-gov-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/%5Bdate%3Acustom%3AY%5D-%5Bdate%3Acustom%3Am%5D/BoltCreek_SoilBurnSeverity_Public_8x11_land.pdf?VersionId=lXlc.KbasSDVqBMS6LIfmb2g_q8M0KY0

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thewaveishere25 t1_iwkpt5d wrote

At least it was mostly dangerously dry underbrush and not very many trees IIRC. As much as the smoke sucked, this was ultimately healthier for the forest and prevents larger fires in the future that do destroy entire forests, so they mostly focused on keeping it away from people

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-make-haste-slowly- t1_iwdnu8i wrote

When did it burn?

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[deleted] t1_iwdo7yz wrote

Early September until the rains started a few weeks ago. I was up here over the weekend. It’s amazing to see. In some places it burned right down to the highway.

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