Florida fire

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Updates as they happened (descending chronological order)

Sunday 2005/08/28 Aerial view of Eastern burned faces of Wrightson (R) & Josephine (L) from the East, by Steve Criswell

Friday 2005/08/26 Mosaic view of Wrightson from Hopkins (very wide)

Thursday 2005/07/21 Coda from Emilio Falco

Tuesday 2005/07/19 Update from Dan Fabricant
Monday 2005/07/18 Update from Steve Criswell
Monday 2005/07/18 Update from Emilio Falco
Monday 2005/07/18 Update from Dan Fabricant
Monday 2005/07/18 Arizona Daily Star Article

Sunday 2005/07/17 Update from Steve Criswell
Sunday 2005/07/17 Update from Steve Criswell

Saturday 2005/07/16 Update from Wayne Peters
Saturday 2005/07/16 Update from Steve Criswell
Saturday 2005/07/16 Update from Dan Fabricant

Friday 2005/07/15 Update from Emilio Falco

  • Retardant above the generator
  • The Ridge through smoke
  • Retardant drop near the summit 1
  • Retardant drop near the summit 2
  • Ridge telescopes with billowing smoke
  • Trees pruned near the 10m
  • View just N of Wrightson from the 60"
  • Mohave firefighters at the 60"
  • View N of Wrightson from the 60"
  • Helicopter dropping retardant on Jack Mountain
  • View of Wrightson from the 60" as smoke abates
  • View from Ridge dorm as spotter and tanker approach...
  • ...and the drop
  • View from Ridge dorm of new smoke
  • Another drop just above the generator
  • Helicopter about to load retardant/water(off Mt. Hopkins Road)
  • Helicopter after loading water (dripping from proboscis)
  • Helicopter after loading retardant (dripping from proboscis)

    • Friday 2005/07/15 Update from Steve Criswell

    Thursday 2005/07/14 Update from Emilio Falco
    Thursday 2005/07/14 Photos from Emilio Falco

  • View toward Wrightson from the 60"
  • Later view toward Wrightson from the 60"
  • View toward Wrightson from the microwave antenna: note the new helipad cut out of the brush at center
  • View to the NE from IOTA: note the road to Madera Canyon
  • View to the NE from the microwave antenna
  • Retardant above the generator
  • Retardant cordoning the Ridge
  • Retardant on the road to the summit
  • The intrepids
    Thursday 2005/07/14 17:01 Update from Barb Russ and Gary Schmidt

    Thursday 2005/07/14 Update from Dan Fabricant
    Thursday 2005/07/14 Forest Service map showing fire boundaries Wednesday evening (scan of a fax of a photocopy)

    Wednesday 2005/07/13 Update from Emilio Falco

  • Looking southeast from the 60
  • Slurry crossing
  • Looking east from the support building