Cle Elum wildfire

[+Sol seaker]

The radio this morning reported they thought it would be another 5 days or more before it would be under control.

Estimations of the size of the effected area is 22,000 acres.

 

The good news is it doesn't look like it's going to effect the Ape mega-event. The bad news is it's effecting a whole lot of people, wildlife, pets... uh, and yeah, geocaches.

 

Here's an up-to-date map of the fire:

 

 

link to map page

 

for a recent article, click here

 

another good article

[+hydnsek]

The radio this morning reported they thought it would be another 5 days or more before it would be under control.

Estimations of the size of the effected area is 22,000 acres.

 

The good news is it doesn't look like it's going to effect the Ape mega-event. The bad news is it's effecting a whole lot of people, wildlife, pets... uh, and yeah, geocaches.

 

Here's an up-to-date map of the fire:

 

 

link to map page

 

for a recent article, click here

 

another good article

There was never much risk it would impact the APE event. The fire is in the valleys of Central Washington, 40 miles east of Snoqualmie Pass (in the middle of the Cascade Mountains), and the fire's moving east, away from the Cascades.

 

However, if you're driving here from eastern Washington or beyond, you should check the fire reports to be sure the roads you're traveling are open. E.g, Hwy 97 has been closed north of I-90 due to the fire, so if you're coming from Wenatchee, you probably want to take Hwy 2 over the mountains.

 

At least two area cachers have been impacted by the fire: GeekGirl and Reino's home north of Ellensburg is in the red zone on the east side of the map, and the area has been evacuated since Monday. As of a few hours ago, their house was still standing, but the fire is very close. Let's all think good thoughts for them!

[+travisl]

It does, however, affect several other caches. I've cobbled together this very rough map, based on the one posted above. Marked caches are inside or are very close to the fire perimeter, as marked by the red line. In a few weeks, after things die down and people have started to try to put their lives back together, it might be worth a day trip to see what's there and what's gone.

[+Dgwphotos]

It does, however, affect several other caches. I've cobbled together this very rough map, based on the one posted above. Marked caches are inside or are very close to the fire perimeter, as marked by the red line. In a few weeks, after things die down and people have started to try to put their lives back together, it might be worth a day trip to see what's there and what's gone.

Apparently, that area has added a lot of caches since I left. The Ellensburg Formation Lahars cache is an Earth Cache, so it should not be affected.