Wildfires by junge1

Photography • Landscape • posted on Jan 30, 2016

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Leaving Golden, British Columbia and traveling west on Trans-Canada Highway 1 to Salmon Arm and stopped for gas. When I was ready to leave and head south I realized that my phone was off and I couldn't restart it - no matter what. The first thought was to go to a T-Mobile store to get it fixed. The second thought was that it was Sunday and the stores were closed (wasn't sure that there even was a T-Mobile store in Salmon Arm). The third thought was that I couldn't remember one phone number (there was no need for that, they were all stored in the phone). I had planned to see Tara and Bill, but there was no way to contact them. Well I decided to just go ahead and worry about it later. I headed south from Salmon Arm first on highway 97B and then on 97. It was sunny, warm and it was getting warmer. Just outside of Osoyoos, British Columbia, just north of the US/Canadian border I saw this wildfire, the first of many to come. This region is ideal for orchards and vineyards, and many small stores sold fresh fruit and vegetables. This fire burned by the roadside, in the foreground is a small orchard with the residence next to it. It was sunny, hot and windy and the winds carried ambers away to start other spot fires some distance away. Hard to fight these fires. I had planned to go to Omak, Washington and then head west on highway 20 across the Northern Cascades Mountains. This area is sparsely populated range land with scattered forests in the higher elevations and a couple of small towns along highway 20, like Twisp and Winthrop and very few tourists, In May 2009 when I drove to Seattle to catch an Alaskan Cruise. Tara had suggested that I stop by and see her. We went across the Cascades on highway 20 to Winthrop and were stopped on the way back by an avalanche that had come down in the mountains while we were near Winthrop. A couple of days after I came through here this time around 6 firefighters got caught in one of the many fires and three died. I made it to Western Washington and stayed in Sedro Woolley and managed to get the phone boosted up and called it a day. This picture was taken on 16 August 2015, Sig...

Comments (20)

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jocko500

3:37PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

good photo of what going on. hope the phone is still working

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Buffalo1

3:46PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

A fine shot of nature at work, but a little close for comfort!

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junge1

4:07PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

Right from the edge of the road (highway 97)!

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Cyve

4:51PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

Very great shot !!!

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npauling

6:09PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

These fires looked very close to you. I hope they didn't destroy the grapes.

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Faemike55

6:50PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

If this fire is a result of a natural cause, then it is Mother Nature doing a reset on the area; if not then it should be contained as quickly as possible.
wonderful capture

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Richardphotos

9:08PM | Sat, 30 January 2016

very sad for the loss of life. my son was a fire fighter until he moved to another city to follow his wife's new position as a school teacher

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SunriseGirl

1:19AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

Great capture! I was sorry to hear of the loss of the 3 firefighters. It sounds like it was an exciting journey made a tad bit harrowing by the fact that your communication was cut off. Glad to hear you made it safe and sound and got your phone working again.

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starship64

1:46AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

I'm sorry to hear about the firefighters. Great capture of this fire.

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Juliette.Gribnau

4:10AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

scary

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farmerC

4:16AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

The photo is GORGEOUS.

The content is not so fine.

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durleybeachbum

4:37AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

Fascinating and very sad.

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ontar1

7:16AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

Great capture, sorry about the lost of life.

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sandra46

10:50AM | Sun, 31 January 2016

GREAT CAPTURE AND I HOPE NOBODY WAS HURT

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auntietk

2:09PM | Sun, 31 January 2016

I've never seen one so close, at least not that I can remember. This is a great shot!

(And I can verify that your phone is working just fine now.) :P

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MrsRatbag

3:27PM | Sun, 31 January 2016

When I lived in Bay Point, California (just north of Concord) I woke up one night to see this same thing advancing down the hill across the street from us; it was a tense and frightening night! Wonderful capture here.

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