We were pretty happy with the 3 prescribed burns yesterday, but
the one we did today was 6 times bigger than all of them combined: 550
acres! It was crazy. For the most part the flames went no higher
than our knees again... but occasionally... there would be a gust or a drastic
change in the wind's direction. I was
stationed along a road and on one such instance what was just a thin line of
fire turned into a wave that washed over the concrete. While dealing with the spot over the wind
changed and shot the flames back in my direction. The fires weren't very high, but the radiant
heat was so intense it singed most of the hairs in front of my face. Other than that, the fire burned smoothly on
my side. It was pretty cool watching the
snags waaaay back in the unit light up.
One kind of looked like the Eye of Sauron.
Anyhow, carrying
all of the fire gear, extra water, and the occasional blower has left me rather
sore. Going to head to bed but know that
we're all safe and we all loved getting away from messing with invasives. Until next time friends!
The last photo was taken by Alayna. The rest were taken by Steve and I on my camera.
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