Summertime Smoke Season Starts Again 😒

[OverlanderJK]

Damn, the fires in Alaska are unreal

Aren’t they every year?

 

[Mike Pierson]

Ugh, this is only 5ish miles from my house… little too close for comfort.

 

[sm31]

Aren’t they every year?

Lol... they're a bit worse than usual this year. A very dry first half of the summer but rain is headed our way this week (fingers crossed). Fortunately, it hasn't been too bad around Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula. Had a bit of haze a couple of weeks ago but it's been clear for awhile... if anyone is headed up for vacation.

The interior, Fairbanks, etc. are still pretty bad though.

 

[HighwayTrout]

 

[OverlanderJK]

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Close. But seeing those choppers in action is so cool.

 

[TrailHunter]

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Near your House?

 

[HighwayTrout]

Near your House?

Yea. It was down the road. The fire started just as I got off work. So as I was getting closer, that picture of the smoke had me saying fuck fuck fuck knowing my house is on that side of the hill. Hauled balls to the house. Checked in with some neighbors, plugged in our fridge and freezer to a generator as power was out. Then bailed to take the wife and kid to get ice cream. lol
Thankfully there was a slight breeze going away from my place and I’m down hill from where it was so I wasn’t too worried once I was able to see everything.

 

[wayoflife]

Yea. It was down the road. The fire started just as I got off work. So as I was getting closer, that picture of the smoke had me saying fuck fuck fuck knowing my house is on that side of the hill. Hauled balls to the house. Checked in with some neighbors, plugged in our fridge and freezer to a generator as power was out. Then bailed to take the wife and kid to get ice cream. lol
Thankfully there was a slight breeze going away from my place and I’m down hill from where it was so I wasn’t too worried once I was able to see everything.

Wow, talk about too close for comfort! Glad to hear your house and family are okay

And good on you for taking those awesome pics while all that was going on

 

[Brute]

Damn, the fires in Alaska are unreal

When I flew into Iliamna from the lodge I was at in Alaska, they were doing a crew change of firefighters…man, they looked beat…

this was a staging area for jump fighters…they have my respect.

 

[WJCO]

Yea. It was down the road. The fire started just as I got off work. So as I was getting closer, that picture of the smoke had me saying fuck fuck fuck knowing my house is on that side of the hill. Hauled balls to the house. Checked in with some neighbors, plugged in our fridge and freezer to a generator as power was out. Then bailed to take the wife and kid to get ice cream. lol
Thankfully there was a slight breeze going away from my place and I’m down hill from where it was so I wasn’t too worried once I was able to see everything.

Glad to hear your house is ok. Scary shit.

 

[Trail Bud]

Yea. It was down the road. The fire started just as I got off work. So as I was getting closer, that picture of the smoke had me saying fuck fuck fuck knowing my house is on that side of the hill. Hauled balls to the house. Checked in with some neighbors, plugged in our fridge and freezer to a generator as power was out. Then bailed to take the wife and kid to get ice cream. lol
Thankfully there was a slight breeze going away from my place and I’m down hill from where it was so I wasn’t too worried once I was able to see everything.

Glad it’s working for you.

 

[bobfriesenhahn]

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Is that actual water???

 

[HighwayTrout]

Is that actual water???

Lol
It looked pretty nasty as it was being dropped. Jet black pond “water”.

 

[Bullwinckle]

Yea. It was down the road. The fire started just as I got off work. So as I was getting closer, that picture of the smoke had me saying fuck fuck fuck knowing my house is on that side of the hill. Hauled balls to the house. Checked in with some neighbors, plugged in our fridge and freezer to a generator as power was out. Then bailed to take the wife and kid to get ice cream. lol
Thankfully there was a slight breeze going away from my place and I’m down hill from where it was so I wasn’t too worried once I was able to see everything.

Damn that sucks but glad everything is ok. Hopefully they put it out by now?

 

[HighwayTrout]

Damn that sucks but glad everything is ok. Hopefully they put it out by now?

Looks like they have a pretty hood handle on it. CalFire website is saying 50% contained. Still tons of helicopter activity.

 

[Bullwinckle]

Looks like they have a pretty hood handle on it. CalFire website is saying 50% contained. Still tons of helicopter activity.

That’s good to hear. Hopefully they get it out soon.

 

[TrailHunter]

Looks like they have a pretty hood handle on it. CalFire website is saying 50% contained. Still tons of helicopter activity.

If you had to evacuate and save only 1 vehicle… what would you choose?

 

[Brute]

If you had to evacuate and save only 1 vehicle… what would you choose?

The one that runs the best…

 

[HighwayTrout]

If you had to evacuate and save only 1 vehicle… what would you choose?

Welp.
sent ‘69 roadrunner down the road a few months ago. So I’d probably save the 210k mile Honda Civic.

 

[wayoflife]

And, here we go again. Thanks California