My wife and I made our first visit to Yosemite in May of 2013. We loved it so much we returned in May of 2014! It is a special place for us and I am so thankful for all the work done by all involved to preserve this fabulous National Park!
A couple days after the Rim Fire started, I hiked to a peak in the Oakland/Berkeley hills where you see some of the Sierras on a clear day. I saw what I thought was a huge thunderhead over the Sierras, them I realized it was smoke from the Rim Fire. That night on the news they said the Pyro cumulus cloud got up to 57,000ft. These huge fires we are getting are unprecedented in modern times, with the worst year being the 4,000,000 acres lost in California in 2020. But researchers from the UC system discovered that an average of 4,000,000 acres used to burn in California every year, and once every 30 years or so, up to 11,800,000 acres would burn.
My wife and I had finished a camping trip in Humphreys Basin and were at the East entrance to Yosemite at Tioga Pass. I looked up and said, "I have never seen such a huge thunder cloud." by the time we were near White Wolf, it was obvious it was a huge fire not a thunderstorm. It was the beginning of the fire and it had not yet reached the park. Even then I knew it would be a long time before it was under control.
Twenty years ago, when I first started work on "The Cannonball Express", I had my doubts that we'd ever treat fire like a servant rather than a master. The 100,000 acres burned in the devastating 2014 King Fire reinforced this belief. We know what we need to do in fuels reduction projects. Now can we find the public funding to get them through the environmental permitting process? I hope so. Or someday a Pineapple Express is gonna put downtown Sacramento under 8 feet of muddy brown water.
Sacramento flooded a lot in the 1800s and early 1900s before the levee system was built. Native Americans warned settlers not to build towns near rivers in the central valley, because during heavy rain/snow years, the central valley would turn into a giant inland sea. Try looking up the Great Flood of 1862. Most of the western USA had major flooding and thousands of people were killed.
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The public may not realize, the Rim Fire scarred over 50% more land outside of Yosemite than within park boundaries. Stanislaus National Forest and the communities within the Rim Fire boundary will never live long enough to see the same forest or re-coop financial losses. Great Clip for the Park Service, but this video is not representative of the full event and impacts of the Rim Fire, as the title may convey. Thank you to all agencies, men and women that stepped in to help.
The Rim Fire burned almost 79,000 acres within Yosemite National Park. Whereas the total area of the burn was more than 257,000 acres, it is correct to say that the fire burned over 226% more land outside the park than within park boundaries. Not just 50% more. Well over 200% more. I was near the fire zone 25 miles west of the park, and there were busloads of Eskimo firefighters that had flown in from Nome, Alaska to fight the fire in 100°F heat. Unbelievable.
There are places in the Stanislaus National Forest and adjoining private land where you cannot walk through the forest because there are so many young trees, brush and deadfalls and branches on the ground. Plus there are 5 times as many trees per acre as there was before California was settled. That is due to 150 years of fire suppression. Fortunately, the USFS is now making an attempt to clear the forest of excess fuel.
I have been in Yosemite and it is truly a wonderful place. I hate to see fire burn trees that take so long to grow back. I live in Florida and I just did a hike in a local state park that I haven't been to in awhile and I was shocked to see all the damage done to trees and vegetation by controlled burns. I have been a hiker for a long time and I think man does more harm than good with these so called prescribed burns. We somehow think we can do better than nature when it comes to wildfires but we cannot. Time after time and location after location, I see all the dead trees and loss of habitat caused by controlled burns. Many times they get out of control and do a lot more damage than planned. I understand also how frightening it can be when there is fire. Where I live, it is more remote and there are a lot of woods and when there is the smell of smoke and ashes are falling from the sky and you don't know where the fire is and how close, it can be very alarming. About 13 years ago, I was in Glacier National Park and it was on fire! I was told then that the fire was caused by lightning and they were letting it burn. If it had been caused by humans, they would have put it out. I think this is a good policy but I know too that fire is dangerous and when it's approaching your house, you just want the fire to be extinguished.
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These fire fighters have my highest praise! Hats off to them for the hard work they do.
My wife and I made our first visit to Yosemite in May of 2013. We loved it so much we returned in May of 2014!
It is a special place for us and I am so thankful for all the work done by all involved to preserve this fabulous National Park!
A couple days after the Rim Fire started, I hiked to a peak in the Oakland/Berkeley hills where you see some of the Sierras on a clear day. I saw what I thought was a huge thunderhead over the Sierras, them I realized it was smoke from the Rim Fire.
That night on the news they said the Pyro cumulus cloud got up to 57,000ft.
These huge fires we are getting are unprecedented in modern times, with the worst year being the 4,000,000 acres lost in California in 2020. But researchers from the UC system discovered that an average of 4,000,000 acres used to burn in California every year, and once every 30 years or so, up to 11,800,000 acres would burn.
Special thanks to the Fire Fighters that do all that they do.
My wife and I had finished a camping trip in Humphreys Basin and were at the East entrance to Yosemite at Tioga Pass. I looked up and said, "I have never seen such a huge thunder cloud." by the time we were near White Wolf, it was obvious it was a huge fire not a thunderstorm. It was the beginning of the fire and it had not yet reached the park. Even then I knew it would be a long time before it was under control.
Good management
Great message!
I was living there during the Arch Rock fire, or more commonly called the "A Rock Fire". It was crazy!
Well done Prodeal!
Twenty years ago, when I first started work on "The Cannonball Express", I had my doubts that we'd ever treat fire like a servant rather than a master. The 100,000 acres burned in the devastating 2014 King Fire reinforced this belief. We know what we need to do in fuels reduction projects. Now can we find the public funding to get them through the environmental permitting process? I hope so. Or someday a Pineapple Express is gonna put downtown Sacramento under 8 feet of muddy brown water.
Sacramento flooded a lot in the 1800s and early 1900s before the levee system was built. Native Americans warned settlers not to build towns near rivers in the central valley, because during heavy rain/snow years, the central valley would turn into a giant inland sea.
Try looking up the Great Flood of 1862. Most of the western USA had major flooding and thousands of people were killed.
Great video. While this "monster" may be dead another will take its place soon somewhere in the Sierras
I wonder how many of these fire are being set
I actually went on one of Lisa Murphy's wildlife tours out of White Wolf Campground last summer. Cool to see her in this video.
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Is this fire still on !!?
No sir
The public may not realize, the Rim Fire scarred over 50% more land outside of Yosemite than within park boundaries. Stanislaus National Forest and the communities within the Rim Fire boundary will never live long enough to see the same forest or re-coop financial losses. Great Clip for the Park Service, but this video is not representative of the full event and impacts of the Rim Fire, as the title may convey. Thank you to all agencies, men and women that stepped in to help.
Wow, I didn't know that.
The Rim Fire burned almost 79,000 acres within Yosemite National Park. Whereas the total area of the burn was more than 257,000 acres, it is correct to say that the fire burned over 226% more land outside the park than within park boundaries. Not just 50% more. Well over 200% more. I was near the fire zone 25 miles west of the park, and there were busloads of Eskimo firefighters that had flown in from Nome, Alaska to fight the fire in 100°F heat. Unbelievable.
There are places in the Stanislaus National Forest and adjoining private land where you cannot walk through the forest because there are so many young trees, brush and deadfalls and branches on the ground. Plus there are 5 times as many trees per acre as there was before California was settled. That is due to 150 years of fire suppression. Fortunately, the USFS is now making an attempt to clear the forest of excess fuel.
Little did they know. Thank you to the firefighters
Fight fire with fire
A forest fire looks beautiful to me
_Have to agree on that. Looks beautiful, though it isn't._
I have been in Yosemite and it is truly a wonderful place. I hate to see fire burn trees that take so long to grow back.
I live in Florida and I just did a hike in a local state park that I haven't been to in awhile and I was shocked to see all the damage done to trees and vegetation by controlled burns. I have been a hiker for a long time and I think man does more harm than good with these so called prescribed burns. We somehow think we can do better than nature when it comes to wildfires but we cannot. Time after time and location after location, I see all the dead trees and loss of habitat caused by controlled burns.
Many times they get out of control and do a lot more damage than planned.
I understand also how frightening it can be when there is fire. Where I live, it is more remote and there are a lot of woods and when there is the smell of smoke and ashes are falling from the sky and you don't know where the fire is and how close, it can be very alarming.
About 13 years ago, I was in Glacier National Park and it was on fire! I was told then that the fire was caused by lightning and they were letting it burn. If it had been caused by humans, they would have put it out. I think this is a good policy but I know too that fire is dangerous and when it's approaching your house, you just want the fire to be extinguished.
Crazy
The hunter who “accidentally” started this fire should be in prison!
yeah this is soo bad and it is so big people cud of died
Bring back fire falls! 😂
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Crazy how dated this is already.
haha its pronounced yo-ser-MITE