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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1643589" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>In 2014 the Carlton complex burnt over 400,000+ acres to the south and west of Omak. The next year 500,000+ acres to north burnt. I don't remember the exact numbers but added together it was over a million acres. The Carlton fire burnt 17% of the housing in the county. The last couple days the Cold Springs fire burnt everything to the south and east. All three of these fires burnt right up to edge of the towns of Okanagan and Omak. Yesterday the saw mill on the east edge of town burnt. The fire ran a good 30 miles south and jumped the Columbia River. The river there is about half a mile wide. How do you build a fire break bigger than half a mile of water? For administrative purposes they are calling the fire south of the river the Pearl Hill fire. Between Cold Springs and Pearl Hill they have burnt almost 340,000 acres. There is not much left to burn in the area around Omak.</p><p>The Northwest Interangency Coordination Center map list 28 major fires in Washington and Oregon. The majority are not contained. They have no idea on containment or the property loss. The big one east of Salem Oregon has several small towns surrounded or in its path. Over here in Eastern Oregon we presently have no fires going. But everyone is holding their breath.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1643589, member: 498"] In 2014 the Carlton complex burnt over 400,000+ acres to the south and west of Omak. The next year 500,000+ acres to north burnt. I don't remember the exact numbers but added together it was over a million acres. The Carlton fire burnt 17% of the housing in the county. The last couple days the Cold Springs fire burnt everything to the south and east. All three of these fires burnt right up to edge of the towns of Okanagan and Omak. Yesterday the saw mill on the east edge of town burnt. The fire ran a good 30 miles south and jumped the Columbia River. The river there is about half a mile wide. How do you build a fire break bigger than half a mile of water? For administrative purposes they are calling the fire south of the river the Pearl Hill fire. Between Cold Springs and Pearl Hill they have burnt almost 340,000 acres. There is not much left to burn in the area around Omak. The Northwest Interangency Coordination Center map list 28 major fires in Washington and Oregon. The majority are not contained. They have no idea on containment or the property loss. The big one east of Salem Oregon has several small towns surrounded or in its path. Over here in Eastern Oregon we presently have no fires going. But everyone is holding their breath. [/QUOTE]
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