Fires on the Mountain....pix

[Motorsport-SVX]

The fire on our northern border mountains
seems to be all over the news. Heres a few pics taken
from the desert just past my back yard.
At the moment its pretty tame looking, but its off
and on huge plumes of smoke......crazy.
This pic is of the northern mountain. Summerhaven
and Mt Lemmon is up there in the middle of the smoke.

[Motorsport-SVX]

on the mountains to the east of the city....
lovely....

[Motorsport-SVX]

are making rounds 24 hours back and forth to both
locations....This one was cruising over my house......
Ill have to get a pick of the big ass orange Copter with the bucket
hangin down....

[SVXRide]

so, when do you start hosing down your SVX (or start driving it out of town)? Wish we could send you some of the continuous rain we've been having out here for the last month+
Good luck!
-Bill

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by SVXRide
so, when do you start hosing down your SVX (or start driving it out of town)? Wish we could send you some of the continuous rain we've been having out here for the last month+
Good luck!
-Bill

Could use the rain, havent seen a drop in about 4 months...
We use to rent come nice cabins up there during the winter, but looks like not this yr. Its the only time Ive been able to test my Svx in the snow up there.

[nubs]

Originally posted by Motorsport-SVX


Could use the rain, havent seen a drop in about 4 months...


Wish we could give you some of ours. The last time I heard,we are 10 inches over our normal for the whole year. It has rained like 18 of the last 21 days.

[Motorsport-SVX]

took these this afternoon.....yikes

[svxeno]

That's gotta be erie feeling. :eek:

We've had constant rain for over 1 week. Soggy here!



Good luck,


Randy ii

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by svxeno
That's gotta be erie feeling. :eek:

We've had constant rain for over 1 week. Soggy here!



Good luck,


Randy ii

The city is surrounded by mountain ranges and
the closest ones north of the city are on fire, and
if you look to the east range (Rincon Mts) they are also
ablaze. At nite you can see the orange glow of the flames
very well.
Esp knowing how many cabins up there and homes
are gone. Ski resort is long gone too.
Everyone always goes up there during the summer
months to get away from the 100+ degree weather
in the valley. Now all we'll be able to go up there and
see when they re open the hwy is torched pines and furs.

[Motorsport-SVX]

looking eastward....
they arent trying to put out this fire as much
as they are the other larger one, since its in a less
populated area....
But its a constant reminder.....
Anyone tired or rain or water.....this would be a good place
to live.

[nubs]

Originally posted by Motorsport-SVX


Anyone tired or rain or water.....this would be a good place
to live.

Although I am really tired of all the rain,it is much preferred over fire and smoke:)

[Noir]

hey dayle, thanks for sharing :D. those are some pretty nice pictures of the mountains though they are on fire. it does look pretty nice out there. i'll have to add that to my list of places to go. even with the fire. :D

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by nubs


Although I am really tired of all the rain,it is much preferred over fire and smoke:)

4-5 months of just sunshine is hard to leave...
the fires are few and far between thank god, and
the wind is blowing north, so weve been lucky not to
get smoke in the valley.
I like seeing where other people live and their city, gives you
ideas where to visit one day.
Maybe we should start a post of "pics of your town" :)

[jscorse]

Maybe we should start a post of "pics of your town"

I LOVE that idea. I don't get here much lately, but I'm always attracted to posts with attachements.

It's not that I don't LOVE to read our combined ramblings....its just that, well to quote a familiar phrase... I picture's worth a 100 words.

Let's see what I got on my HD... my wife is a photo nut, in only a year and a half she's easily shot over 9000 photos. All 4GB on our HD and backed up on DVD (the only place it would fit)

Oh back to the subject. I was out in AZ last year on business. Nice place to visit...but too flat and brown for me. And DAMN hot.

People complain about the cold up here, but it's ok...It's a dry cold. :D

Well...all I could find on my work HD was a shot of my driveway...

[Noir]

not a bad idea dayle, i'll see if i can find some shots of atlanta. hmm...well it'll look like the smoke from all the smog. first thing i noticed when i went to florida was the clear sky and the smog free air. i almost gagged from all that clean air.

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by Noir
not a bad idea dayle, i'll see if i can find some shots of atlanta. hmm...well it'll look like the smoke from all the smog. first thing i noticed when i went to florida was the clear sky and the smog free air. i almost gagged from all that clean air.

thanks, man in that one pic I can almost smell
the woods :) :)
grew up in NY and sometimes miss the east coast....
sometimes dont :p
Im going to start a new thread since maybe not everyones reading up on this one...

[Motorsport-SVX]

right now its really flaring up....I swear the cities
going to burn down (haha)
but seriously.....in the 20yrs Ive been here.....
never seen it this bad......yikes

[Motorsport-SVX]

this links pretty cool, theres a webcam at the university
in the middle of town facing north....

http://www.cs.arizona.edu/camera/week.html

lots of pics, but even better, ...at the bottom theres mpeg
movies showing the coarse of the day in time elapsed form...
pretty cool.....well, sorta.

[Alycone]

I'm rather fond of your state's huge cacti, I don't like to think of them toasted. Nice photos, though.

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by Alycone
I'm rather fond of your state's huge cacti, I don't like to think of them toasted. Nice photos, though.

The Sahauro cactus dont grow that high up in the mountains..
so far we just lost alot of fur trees and pines....and cabins.

I want to give you a slide show of what took place today..
this first pic...was looking out the front door of my shop
today about 3pm....

[Motorsport-SVX]

just another day around here...
the Volcano is a just north there :mad:

[Uncamitzi]

Looks like a fire...


sorry



Has anyone been hurt? It's been burning a long time now! How much further can it burn?

[Motorsport-SVX]

yeah, thats smoke filling sky.....made for a lovely
sunset.....Looks like an atomic blast went off.....

[Motorsport-SVX]

off the beaten path a little on the way home for a better
shot of it.....to get home, I had to get closer....ugh.
Take some pics tonite of the fire at nite....they started
evacuating some houses high up in the foothills.......

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by Uncamitzi
Looks like a fire...


sorry



Has anyone been hurt? It's been burning a long time now! How much further can it burn?

Its been now like 3 weeks....and over 35k acres.
Its a huge range, it goes from the to the front depending on the wind.....It can burn plenty more if you look to the left of the smoke....not in the pic, the west side of the range is on fire too.
not as bad, but its all over the place.:mad: :mad:

[Uncamitzi]

in as much as they have tried to control fire in the area and let too much under brush and deadfall build up? Other than the property damage are you hearing anything about this being good for the range in general?

[Motorsport-SVX]

Originally posted by Uncamitzi
in as much as they have tried to control fire in the area and let too much under brush and deadfall build up? Other than the property damage are you hearing anything about this being good for the range in general?

alot like Yellowstone.....but with more people and homes
invloved now. Im sure it has some good points, but
those wont be seen until a few months from now.

[Alycone]

:eek: Wow, those are amazing photos, I didn't realize how close it was. The air quality must be awful.

Hey, is there any chance you could get a pic of an svx in front of the volcanoish background? :)