Red Rabbit

More of Hwy 67 and 12A west to open noon today 8/28. https://www.facebook.com/KaibabNF/posts/pfbid029gruZtaTvPFtKdgLzpqf8GaUVvZLb3Tuf6qLdKSeV9qihpmrPy6qW9vV94cTbKSMl?__cft__[0]=AZWfoSPmGSd2aNNbwiVFKzj5CbKtDeA-6DJ_sY7KlBCtEq7uzHAPSwBefyVlqZIAC7Ff-2DVJvfNgRcbyCqIrQqCkQcGF1iesbCFs1k0LHBR25WK7pUe-pfEu63KdEz5017-qkxJVEjWlGRJEtUMfnCpQImWGrDeUWfqPob3ii35JrXXa2oB2vLFeTTCh0AiF-1MpHSZ8zMD67dTFu_Ql2fp&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/kaibab/alerts/white-sage-dragon-bravo-fires-temporary-area-closure-public-health-and-safety

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r03/kaibab/newsroom/releases/kaibab-nf-further-reduce-north-kaibab-closure-area https://www.facebook.com/KaibabNF/posts/pfbid029vqLUYECzqbJ9SxgMBpiW8K5wBUZFnK5EbydGnFVJbPBU3nnWvUHGhmQUb1TnQq4l?__cft__[0]=AZWGN3xojYNnGhysWRGN30gkmDVZ4CxzhENIDogxL61w-slLHmM0ZQhmvBPCWmZKzgh-qwTAEdBpwDHUlP0DxYfG4tTEcIfoBrLwrnD2QyGalPQHcSSOQl6Zxl0uFOivjCR-iDwtxQdtQ3dsw1uU3OFt26QdxykTlgQHT8mrURvSYQfY7wPSMeWVeBjXSulhOReXs99gA5fFZzDHADFG_JRm&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

The Dragon Bravo fire began as a small lightning caused fire within a few miles of the historical lodge on the north rim of the Grand Canyon and has grown to a 112,000 acre monster on the North Kaibab. Earlier this week, I went to the south rim to observe and photograph the fire for a few days. Intense fire formed a dramatic pyrocumulus cloud. Smoke settled into the canyon each night. The scenes were dramatic, beautiful, saddening, maddening and depressing to me- a mix of emotions.

The grid of spots northwest of the fire bondary is gone this morning. I was told that the dots forming the grid may have been satellite artifacts. But that NW finger grew and joined the main body and the fire spotted across FR 610. On flightradar now, there are two small choppers making loops down towards the entrance station, presumably dropping buckets of water. This morning's map:

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Do any of you wildland fire fighters have any thoughts about the grid pattern of hotspots seen on the map to the northwest of the main fire boundary? https://www.facebook.com/doug.koepsel/posts/pfbid0vruLkyBGvku5tYE6HWYh1ohMe1s1hH8dt2UkrMa47Kd9T74tM9gNqCqj7K4L8ne9l?__cft__[0]=AZV1Anw0dbBeD_DgDe2F2trT0rXU-e__vRoCQCw8CHJ67bd5IfS0DydQLDhYBJCCzkGdTqKhBVEKoGrrCieROQqK2G6_G7afshpKETg8xB-1ZFiRamb5rjYeSB7AFjfU6gaCuSMMhRaIbbbgvz1_rAAeBFYvkqZlnh3z4upzZKmKrg&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

re the mules: "news about the mules came in this morning from GRCA Superintendent Ed Keeble: All of the mules, every single one, were corralled and taken safely, and alive, to their main ranch in southern Utah! "

I have been looking at AirNow to see from the nightly IR where the fires have spread and direction they are going. https://fire.airnow.gov/#9.26/36.4945/-111.939 The Grand canyon webcam is not pretty. https://www.nps.gov/media/webcam/view.htm?id=CC0CA1C7-E607-6F46-707E19938BBFEE63

Yes, the lodge has burned. Mules were turned loose as there was not enough time to evac nor enough trailers. From what I have heard, many but not all NPS housing lost, backcountry office, general storee, campground, visitor center, cabins were lost. The NPS announcement seems to have some spin, imo.

The White Sage fire is making a run across the north end of 12A. https://fire.airnow.gov/#11.18/36.7984/-112.22 https://app.watchduty.org/i/55231

The last half of Lee's statement sounds like it comes from Terminator "I'll be back"

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I just looked and do not see a survey or any discourse about this issue on his website. https://crane.house.gov/about/

https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/hearing-protection-act-stripped-from-senate-budget-bill/

Word is from Randy Newberg that Lee’s second language was denied by the Parliamentarian and he has promised to submit a third version.