Fire!
UPDATE (7/19): Fire is now 100% contained! However, the River Fire grew to over 9,600 acres.
UPDATE (7/12): We woke up to an acrid smoke haze this morning, but it cleared by the afternoon as the wind changed. The River Fire is now 9,000 acres and 10% contained. The Highway 41 road into Yosemite is threatened.
About 5:30 pm (our time) today I noticed what I thought was a developing thunderhead in the distance . . .
Nope. It wasn’t thunderclouds. It was smoke from a nearby fire — dubbed the River Fire. The fire is about 15 miles from us here in Mariposa.
What started as an 80-acre fire bloomed to a 2500-acre fire a fire hours later.
So, we have our “Go” bags ready. We’ll keep you posted.
Here’s a link to the CAL FIRE web page on the River Fire: https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2021/7/11/river-fire/
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Oh wow! First an earthquake now this… I hope this fire is contained and you remain safe.
Stupid weather!!!
Have a compass also. Don’t u just love it?!…..NOT!!!!! Please stay safe. Nj
I admire your preparedness. I hope you don’t have to evacuate and the fire is contained SOON.
Ever vigilant.. take good care. Love you.
Sister Mary
Stay safe.
Wish I could send some of our Michigan rain. Good to know you are so alert.