Agness, Oregon Residents receive fire evacuation warning

Oregon Live/ AP ^ | JEFF BARNARD | JEFF BARNARD

[EBUCK]

G'Pa! Repost that map to illustrate your point that the Florence fire is almost entirely inside the Kalmiopsis reserve.

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[EBUCK]

So they don't let the fires burn until they threaten human populations? Or was my guestimation that there wasn't enough support/means to fight the fires wrong?

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[DBtoo]

I am going to click on the "rural cleansing" keyword and see what pops up. This is quite alarming. I didn't realize just how bad the fires here in Alaska were either. I hope there is no real effort to "cleanse" the rural areas of people. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. BTW, we had rain last night in SW Alaska, and today it is damp and cooler. Sort of more normal for this time of year.

[DBtoo]

I still wonder what all those FEMA guys were doing exploring all over Alaska a couple of weeks ago. It was no secret by the way, they had badges and jackets with big letters FEMA across the back. They looked more like Secret Service types to me somehow. I was around when they were renting vehicles. They were going all over the state, to every nook and cranny. There were 14 of them in our town.

[snowtigger]

You are right about them letting "harmless" fires burn. >
On the other hand, in the old days, 50's,60's&70's they used to agressively fight even remote fires. Support was even more difficult then.

They claim the new policy is good for the moose population. Tell it to those caught in the fire...