Meyer Ranch Fire, Conifer

[Ah Pook]

http://jeffcosheriff1.blogspot.com/2011/04/meyer-ranch-fire-20-contained.html

Anyone in that area?

It's not even fire season...yet. :(

[DD977GM2]

This fire season is going to be a rough one. I hope it turns out to be not as bad as we all seem to be predicting, but the snowfall from winter is way way down and I dont see the rains helping much.

I for one am bringing a couple fire extinguishers and 15 gallons of water in 5 gallon jugs when I go to the mountains to shoot just in case. Im just firing FMJ and I dont even own tracers, but I wanna be somewhat prepared in event something happens.

I think Im more concerned with the catalidic converter starting a brush fire then a hot gun or rounds hitting rocks and creating sparks.

[cebeu]

Anyone in that area?

Drove by last night on the commute up 285, lot of activity. I'm quite a few miles south and west of the burn site but...yeah...my awareness level is "up" and I'm tracking status.

[Mtn.man]

Was coming up the mtn. first fire was before Indian Hills turn, had just started.
Came around turn and the field was on fire at
Myers. 2 trucks (citizens) were already there very small like 10x20.
Passed alot of USFS fire trucks coming from way off.

Kinda hard to believe it takes a whole box of matches or a lighter to make a camp fire but a spark from a chain supposedly lit these.

[ghettodub]

I'll be passing through there later today. Bummer to see all these fires near where i grew up

[rockhound]

we are about 13 miles further up the hill. thankfully. feel sorry for those people affected by it. the Hayman burned up to the back of my neighborhood a few years ago.

i haven't driven down to see the damage yet, the Meyer ranch is a beautiful piece of land.

we had lots of rain last season, plenty of fuel on the forest floor at the moment.


keep your butts in your car please, i understand they think this one was started by a trailer dragging a safety chain and setting sparks

[Uberjager]

It's maybe like 5 miles from me, and this is the first I've heard of it.