Manyard Mine Area On Fire

[magikwalt]

We had a little rain and lightning come through the South Cyn area. It started the hillside burning up above the Manyard Mine area. The fire has been reported.

[halhiker]

There's a short little blurb about it in the Desert Sun site at

[url]mydesert.com[/url]

[Hikin_Jim]

http://www.mydesert.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NEWS0803/70817027

Scary in this drought.

Halhiker: You might want to check your profile. You may have your BBCode default set to "off" in which case things like links won't be activated. (I learned this by experience and frustration )

[guest]

Albeit brief, like 15 minutes, but the west end of the valley got a good soak.

3 different lightning strikes hit the Indian Canyons.
One at Indian Potrero,(upper Palm Cyn) one around Needles Eye( midway on West fork / Jo Pond) and the biggest which was around the Pelton / NoWest fork trail (between Murray Cyn & West Fork Cyn.

Smoke jumpers & rangers, CDF & others got them knocked down before they spread. There's plenty of red foscheck (retardent) left behind.

I was on my bicycle on Fri afternoon, and got Soaked in 3 miles! So, this small amount can help the desert a lot (especially after this drought condition), and possibly be the beginning of a good wildflower year, if we get some fall / winter precip! Let's hope so, there's so many cool canyons w/ waterfalls to enjoy if we do!

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[Hikin_Jim]

If only we could transfer a bit of that extra rain from Hurricane Dean or Texas over to Southern Calif...

In the mean time, thank you, God, for what "monsoons" we do get. Hallelujah, let it rain!