California Gardening: Fire season!, 1 by suewylan

suewylan wrote:
Every year there are dozens of small fires in Yosemite and Sequoia. Usually they just burn and are watched carefully. Sometimes they just get too close or, like in 2001, grow into large fires due to human actions.

This year we may have been spared, as we are having a nice long soaking rain. Even with the lightning storms last night, the firefighting friends of ours up here are breathing easier.

Here is a photo from the 2001 North Fork fire. It burned through our property within the first year we bought it. Luckily it only burned the grass and about a foot or two into the trees. Pretty sobering. I'm always glad to experience the first heavy rain of Autumn. Now!

Sue

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