Yellowstone on fire!

[Dymphna]

'Crews battle blaze at Yellowstone National Park'
(http://tinyurl.com/yb3arue)

Here we go again. They will fight the fire from the air or from the
road. But in the park the policy is not to go off road to fight the
fire. It is bad, but then it was ready to burn.

--
Dymphna
Message origin: www.TRAVEL.com

[Ron Recer]

"Dymphna" <Dymphna...@no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message
news:Dymphna...@no-mx.forums.travel.com...

>
> 'Crews battle blaze at Yellowstone National Park'
> (http://tinyurl.com/yb3arue)
>
> Here we go again. They will fight the fire from the air or from the
> road. But in the park the policy is not to go off road to fight the
> fire. It is bad, but then it was ready to burn.
>

Periodic updates are available directly from YNP at

http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/09099.htm

or at

http://www.inciweb.org/state/52/

There are at least 3 other fires currently burning in YNP. In total there
have been 20 fires this summer, but most haven't exceeded 1/2 acre in size.

We drove along the lake road late Friday morning just hours before it was
closed for 4-5 hours. The smoke was very thick making it difficult to see
oncoming vehicles that didn't have their lights on. The road was briefly
closed again Saturday afternoon and reopened only for traffic escorted by
YNP vehicles.

We are 35 miles north of the north entrance to YNP and the smoke has been
around all day. We can't smell smoke, but everything looks hazy. Besides
the fires in YNP there is a fire near the Bridger Bowl Ski area north of
Bozeman, MT, so it is hard to tell where the smoke is coming from.

Ron

[Peter Lawrence]

Ron Recer wrote:
>
> Periodic updates are available directly from YNP at
>
> http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/09099.htm
>
> or at
>
> http://www.inciweb.org/state/52/
>
> There are at least 3 other fires currently burning in YNP. In total there
> have been 20 fires this summer, but most haven't exceeded 1/2 acre in size.
>
> We drove along the lake road late Friday morning just hours before it was
> closed for 4-5 hours. The smoke was very thick making it difficult to see
> oncoming vehicles that didn't have their lights on. The road was briefly
> closed again Saturday afternoon and reopened only for traffic escorted by
> YNP vehicles.
>
> We are 35 miles north of the north entrance to YNP and the smoke has been
> around all day. We can't smell smoke, but everything looks hazy. Besides
> the fires in YNP there is a fire near the Bridger Bowl Ski area north of
> Bozeman, MT, so it is hard to tell where the smoke is coming from.

Just an FYI... But YNP is a very ambiguous acronym for Yellowstone
considering Yosemite National Park is often referred to as YNP in and around
Yosemite. You can actually buy souvenirs in Yosemite that use the YNP
acronym. It's probably best in this newsgroup to avoid using the YNP
acronym when referring to either Yosemite or Yellowstone.

- Peter

[Ron Recer]

"Peter Lawrence" <humm...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:h9s7u4$feb$1...@news.eternal-september.org...

You are right. We spend 2-4 months in the Yellowstone area every summer and
I get in the habit of using YNP to refer to Yellowstone NP.

Ron

[D_Frum...@ndersnat.ch]

Ron Recer <RonR...@aol.com> wrote:
> "Dymphna" <Dymphna...@no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message
> news:Dymphna...@no-mx.forums.travel.com...
> >
> > 'Crews battle blaze at Yellowstone National Park'
> > (http://tinyurl.com/yb3arue)
> >
> > Here we go again. They will fight the fire from the air or from the
> > road. But in the park the policy is not to go off road to fight the
> > fire. It is bad, but then it was ready to burn.

<SNIP>

Based on what the weather maps are looking out, I'd hazard a
prediction that Mom Nature will put out the fires with no help from us.

Bill

__o | How many wilderness areas do we need?
_`\(,_ | How many Brahms symphonies do we need?
(_)/ (_) | - Robert Marshall

[Ron Recer]

<D_Frum...@ndersnat.ch> wrote in message
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> Ron Recer <RonR...@aol.com> wrote:
>> "Dymphna" <Dymphna...@no-mx.forums.travel.com> wrote in message
>> news:Dymphna...@no-mx.forums.travel.com...
>> >
>> > 'Crews battle blaze at Yellowstone National Park'
>> > (http://tinyurl.com/yb3arue)
>> >
>> > Here we go again. They will fight the fire from the air or from the
>> > road. But in the park the policy is not to go off road to fight the
>> > fire. It is bad, but then it was ready to burn.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> Based on what the weather maps are looking out, I'd hazard a
> prediction that Mom Nature will put out the fires with no help from us.
>
>
> Bill
>

Yep, see today's fire report from Yellowstone NP at:

http://www.nps.gov/yell/parknews/arnica-fire-update-september-30-11-am.htm

Ron