The McKinney Fire lawyers from Robins Cloud LLP are holding a Town Hall Meeting at the Best Western Miner’s Inn, on Friday, August 19th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm in Yreka.Come learn about the investigation into Pacific Power’s role in causing this devastating fire and what could have been done to prevent it. Get free help, […]
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Horror in Paradise
By Mike GrifantiniThe warm, strong trade winds welcomed Paul at the Kahului Airport as he stepped from the plane. He deftly pulled his suitcase on its rollers, knowing the route to the shuttle that would take him to the resort where he always stayed.The ride was beautiful, as always: the greenery along the roads, the […]
Latest Words From Rachel Smith, Forest Supervisor, Klamath National Forest
Today Highway 96 reopened. The reopening, albeit in a limited fashion with a pilot car guiding traffic safely and slowly through the fire ravaged landscape, feels like another milestone in our response to the devastating McKinney Fire. I want to emphasize, however, that although we’ve achieved 75% containment on the fire, we are not done […]
Little Humbug Creek After The Monster Storm
By now most of Siskiyou is aware of the 20 mile stretch of Klamath River were the fish were suffocated by mud! If not please read: https://www.siskiyou.news/post/fish-killed-dissolved-oxygen-levels-dropping-to-zero-on-the-nights-of-august-3-and-4 I meet up with, Terry Smith ~right sideGlenn Njaa ~ left sideTerry and Glenn work for Siskiyou County Road Department. They were doing damage assessment on the culverts […]
A Morning With The Siskiyou Air Force
Did you know that Siskiyou County has an Air Force? Well it does out at Siskiyou airport just outside of Montague. It is a very impressive display of firefighting aircraft that has been deployed to combat the #McKinneyFireFueling up, this helicopter's mission is very critical. It is the command center in the sky. It carries […]
6th Aug 2022 Column from Rachel Smith, Forest Supervisor, Klamath National Forest
Yesterday marked a week since the McKinney took off. We’ve experienced some heartbreaking losses – four lives lost, 87 residences reported as destroyed so far (the assessment is only about halfway done), and an uncountable impact to our remarkable National Forest and private property. But, we are gaining ground. As of this morning’s briefing, our […]
Fish Killed, Dissolved Oxygen Levels Dropping to ZERO on the nights of August 3 and 4
Photos and content provided byS. Craig Tucker, PhDThese pictures were taken between Indian Creek which flows though Happy Camp and Seiad Creek about 20 miles upstream. Observations suggest that this was a temporal event. That is to say a massive debris slide out of areas impacted by the #McKinneyFire entered the mainstream Klamath River at […]
#McKinney Fire Beyond Words When Plume Collapsed Causing The Fire To Become Deadly.
This occurs when fire is in heavy fuels and sends up a massive plume…. then the fire enters an area of light fuels causing the plume to collapse much like a building collapse. It sends out an ember cloud for miles.Interview with Jon whom took this video while responding to the fire with another engine […]
JUNIOR LIVESTOCK MARKET ANIMAL SHOW MOVED TO JACKSON COUNTY EXPO
*** IMPORTANT JUNIOR LIVESTOCK INFORMATIONFROM; CLIFF MUNSON, CEOThe State of Emergency declared in Siskiyou County by Governor Newsom for the McKinney Fire set in motion a base camp being placed on the fairground facility by CalFire. The timing of this catastrophic event made it impossible to predict an end date and the Siskiyou Golden Fair […]
IR Mapping Discovers 27 Acre Fire In Siskiyou Crest Biological Area
The USDA Forest Service National Infrared Operations (NIROPS) Unit using high resolution airborne infrared imagery and fire detection data to infrared interpreters. The timely availability of acquired imagery and derived data enables infrared interpreters to generate tactical scale fire mapping that support situational awareness and informed decision-making by incident command teams. On mapping the #McKinneyFire […]
