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Prayers please. This fire is 16 miles from my daughter's home in North Idaho. It was apparently set yesterday by careless campers. Bayview is on the shore of Lake Pend Orielle, ID, a popular vacation area.
I don't believe this particular fire is a threat to my family, but the entire area is at risk. 16% relative humidity today and strong winds. Reporters are saying this is a very dangerous fire that "could blow up."
I know there are other FReepers in the area.
A good way to keep up to date is to use Twitter, #CapeHornFire
https://twitter.com/hashtag/CapeHornFire?src=hash
www.geomac.gov
We saw the smoke come up from Cape Horn in its earl;y stages. We thought to ourselves that this could be a really bad one. We made our bi weekly trip to the local garbage dump in Athol (formerly know as the Athol Mall before they started watching it full time)and then headed down into Bayview for lunch at Ralph’s Coffee Shop. Ralph had the scanner up ,and we could hear it go from bad to worse to extremely bad. I had almost finished my burger (really good there) when the first evac advisory came over the scanner. Ralph shut down right then and there and we hightailed it out of there.
There are a lot of nice places in amongst big trees all over that area. Perimeter Road is a narrow, twisty bottleneck of a road. Got closed down early on by a rockslide.
We can smell the smoke over here today - we’re about 8 miles east of that area. So we’re on full alert with hoses and heavy equipment at the ready.
That fire could go all the way to Montana if it’s as dry as they say.
I used to live in Hayden. Travelled all over N. Idaho for my job. Prayers up to everyone up there.
Prayers for the residents and the fire fighters.
Praying for you now!
I join in urgent prayer for everyone at risk!
Used to live within a few miles of there. Had a five acre tract north and a bit east of Athol. My oldest son and his family live in Post Falls.