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Placer County Water Agency:
"The mammoth King Fire spread rapidly into Placer County Wednesday night. … The head of the fire has moved all the way to Placer County Water Agency’s Hell Hole Reservoir on the Rubicon River. It seriously threatens PCWA power generation and PG&E transmission facilities. The swath of fire in Placer County is 6 miles wide and fire officials report no containment after last night." For those unfamiliar with the area, they are talking about where people often end up when lost out of bounds from Alpine ski slopes. About 80,000 acres already, and the fire is headed in the direction of Truckee, Squaw, or Alpine, about equal distance from each on slightly different bearings. Wind will decide. The ski hills are both sparsely forested and should fare well. Lifts are more vulnerable, I would suppose - mostly steel but sufficient man-made stuff to mess up if swept by even a ground fire. Buildings are all wood sided. Truckee has much of it's housing (including my Mansion on the fire side of town) embedded in forested areas - no guaranteed natural fire breaks. Not good. Bud not yet disaster. Lucky for Squaw I already paid for passes and locker. g |
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On 9/19/14 2:38 PM, lal_truckee wrote:
Sorry - meant for a ski group. IGNORE Placer County Water Agency: CUT |
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