WHAT IS GOING ON?  WHAT ABOUT THE ANIMALS?  They say no human lives were lost.  Well, what about the animals in the forests – where are they – no one seems to be concerned about them!

Why are we having so many fires?  It is to the point now that the FBI needs to step in.  This has been an ongoing saga (not just this year but for years this has been going on in these states)  and none of these governors seem to be too concerned about their state or the people’s properties.

They have satellites in the sky, they can check to see if a human was involved.  Something is wrong with the way they are fighting these fires – they either wait too long before they get serious about fighting the fire or the retardant chemicals they are using is not working.

This business of letting the fire burn and containing the fire is a bunch of bull – snuff it out immediately because you don’t know when the wind is going to shift or gain in velocity.  You are killing all of the animals in the process because they have nowhere to go.  Where are the people who give us this jargon about saving animals?

Fires threaten homes in Idaho, Washington, California and Oregon

Ralph Ellis and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN

(CNN)—Wildfires ravaged four Western states Sunday, with scores of homes and cabins lost, and many more menaced by flames.  What about the animals in these areas?   Nobody is talking about them!

In Idaho, the Soda Fire has covered 283,686 acres in Owyhee County, in the southeast corner of the state. The fire was 25% contained with 860 people working to bring it under control, according to the national fire tracking website InciWeb.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

The Lawyer Complex Fire near Kamiah, in northwest Idaho, has destroyed an estimated 50 homes and 75 outbuildings, according to the state’s Department of Lands.

So far, it is 15% contained, with more than 770 people working to bring the flames under control. It includes the Old Greer, Kamiah Gulch, Lawyer 6 and Adams Grade fires, across a combined total of around 20,759 acres.

There have been no reports of death or injury as a result of the fire, authorities said.  (What about the wild animals – since you are talking about no deaths – do you not consider the animals?)

However, Cheryl Lee Wissler, 70, of Adams Grade, died Friday when she fell and suffered a head injury while preparing for possible evacuation, said the sheriff’s department.

Mandatory evacuations remain in place around Kamiah.

Washington state

Wind-pushed fires around Chelan and McNeil Canyon, in central Washington state, burned 38,793 acres and were 30% contained Sunday afternoon, according to InciWeb.

An estimated 100 structures have already been lost, including homes and cabins in the four fires around Chelan, a town of about 4,000 people, according to Chelan County Emergency Management. No deaths or serious injuries have been reported.

Up to 1,500 evacuation orders are in place, and fire officials are scrambling to come up with a plan of attack.

About 9,000 homes were without power as wildfires outside Chelan burned down utility poles and at least one substation was taken off-line.

Lightning strikes started the fires Friday morning, said Jim Duck of the Central Washington Interagency Communication Center.

In northwest Douglas County, embers from the Chelan County fire crossed the Columbia River and ignited additional fires, CNN affiliate KOMO reported. Two homes were destroyed and evacuation notices were issued for about 150 homes in McNiel Canyon, KOMO said. Evacuation preparation was under way for the cities of Bridgeport and Mansfield.

Eleven separate wildfires forced the closure of the Pacific Crest Trail between Glacier Pass and Holman Pass, KOMO said.

Oregon

According to InciWeb’s 1 p.m. ET update, 300 people are battling the Canyon Creek Complex Fire, which covers 34,143 acres in eastern Oregon.

Homes have been lost and crews are doing structural assessments now to figure out how many.

“There are challenges getting immediate assessments due to the inaccessibility caused by burnt out wooden creosote bridges, rolling rocks, and hazard trees,” state fire marshal officials said in a statement.

The fire was caused by lightning.

California

About 1,000 miles to the south, in California’s Angeles National Forest, the Cabin Fire started Saturday. By Sunday afternoon, it had burned 1,448 acres and was 20% contained, according to InciWeb. Five structures have burned down.

Ten firefighters were evacuated with minor injuries and 639 personnel are on scene, InciWeb said.

The fire is south of Falling Springs off Highway 39, which is closed in the affected areas for the rest of the weekend.

The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for parts of California, where four years of historic drought have made it easy for flames to spread.

‘A tinderbox’: Firefighter dies as thousands battle California wildfires.

It is a crying shame that this CA governor won’t put more desalination plants into service.  What is he trying to do to the people of CA – he calls in all of these illegals from south of the border and is he now trying to get rid of them by either starving them of water or burning them up?

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