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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 07:41
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There's a fire in Northern WI. Let's all cross our fingers that we don't loose any of our friends cabins. I know the Trolls have theirs up there.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 08:19
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oh my gosh.fire.the four letter word for sure.praying no ones cabin homes get hit.i know we dread that word in our neck of the woods.
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Dillio187
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 09:11
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there's a bad one in my hometown in northern MN as well. I know some people that have already lost homes and buildings. Not good. It's nice to see the wind is down this morning to help the fire fighters out.
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Grandma Off Grid
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 09:37
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will put it on the prayer list and much prayer for the trolls!
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 18:04
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That fire is 90% contained, but several cabins are gone. I sure would like to here from the Trolls.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 20:17
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Hi Owen,
Our cabin is out of harms way,thankfully. We are west of highway 53 and more north. We know of many who have cabins in that area and we are keeping our fingers crossed that their cabins are okay. As you probably know, 47 homes have been lost  I am relieved that it has been mostly contained now thanks to the hard work of many tired firefighters!
Thank you so much for your concern, as well as you others. Dillio, I hope the fire burning in your hometown is contained. Keep us posted. Forest fires are a scary threat-I remember one members cabin was completely lost a couple years ago. Devastating for sure, but I remember he had a really good attitude that was very inspirational.
Please keep those in Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as all over the US and Canada in your prayers as fires continue to be a threat and let's all remember to be as smart as we can when burning or enjoying campfires.
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OwenChristensen
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 21:45
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Good news!
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WY_mark
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 21:57
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glad no one is affected as of yet. This is a great time for everyone to closely evaluate your insurance. Sadly sometimes the things you think are covered really aren't. similarly your evacuation and preparedness plans (there's no time like the present to get rid of that pile of brush)
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neb
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# Posted: 15 May 2013 23:38 - Edited by: neb
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Fire is always on my mind when I stay the night where my shack is at. If a fire broke out I might not even knew it hit. I have one way in and one way out. Last year a small town on the prairre in ND lost the whole town. It was a sad deal for those people and most were old and lost everything. My heart went out to those people.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 16 May 2013 09:32
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Dillio...I hope firefighters can get that fire contained somewhat today-along with the other fires burning in the area. It is sad to see people lose everything.
I hope with the weekend coming that people oblige by the burning ban.
It is a good time to review fire evacuations with family members. We are like you neb, one way in and it's the only way out
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Dillio187
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# Posted: 16 May 2013 11:21
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I think the rain predicted for tonight through the weekend should effectively put a damper on the fires.
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hattie
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# Posted: 16 May 2013 12:22
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Quoting: WY_mark This is a great time for everyone to closely evaluate your insurance. Sadly sometimes the things you think are covered really aren't. similarly your evacuation and preparedness plans (there's no time like the present to get rid of that pile of brush)
Words of wisdom there. Everyone should definitely heed this advice!
Fire is always my biggest worry where we live. No fire hydrants and only a volunteer fire department 8 km away. We live next to a 100 year old hotel that would go up like a tinder box if a match were ever dropped on the floor.
I have a list of items I would throw in the car if I had time to rescue anything should a fire approach from the mountain behind us. I figured having the important things listed on paper would mean I didn't waste valuable time thinking - We could just grab and run.
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cabingal3
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# Posted: 16 May 2013 16:44
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Quoting: hattie Fire is always my biggest worry where we live.
us too gal.its the worst four letter word.
we have been thru two fires in our area in the last years.one was someone came from the east coast to set our woods on fire.
the other was some mobile home blew up but we live in wildfire area.we take it very seriously.people that dont live in wildfire lands have no idea just how serious and how many lifes they may affect with being careless.
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trollbridge
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# Posted: 16 May 2013 18:11
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Hopefully the rain will help...and the weather experts are correct on their predictions. They really need to get that fire contained, dillio.
Turns out ours was caused by a logging operation-that's unfortunate for the company and also the landowners involved
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Jebediah
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# Posted: 18 Dec 2015 19:25
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I woke up one morning to the smell of smoke, the sun was just coming up, it was my first summer in the place. I walked outside and could see a slight haze everywhere and I started to panic as I knew it was a fire somewhere.
I drove out to the road and the fire trucks were just starting to come into ear shot. The fire was 8k away 3 counties responded, I was happy to see later that day the smoke was fading.
I phoned the Fire Chief the next day and told him, if need be cut the lock on my gate and I also have a fire package in the shed take it if you need it. He replied no worries we carry a master key...he also said there are not many dwelling around the area so they would go into my place and try to protect it if it came to that. My place is surrounded by large trees I'm now thinking of cutting them all back to 50m or more, I'm not sure if that would help.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 18 Dec 2015 21:37 - Edited by: toyota_mdt_tech
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Quoting: Jebediah My place is surrounded by large trees I'm now thinking of cutting them all back to 50m or more, I'm not sure if that would help.
I went through this just last summer. I was surrounded by my states largest fire in history. I barely made it unscathed. As for their master key, its a set of HD bolt cutters. They did cut my lock off my gate. No big deal at all. Least of my worries.
I went over ahead of the fire, cleared all debris on the ground, larger trees, cut all branches off trunks up to about the 20 foot mark, cut down a bunch of saplings, raked all debris off of the ground. Moved all flammable stuff away from cabin (had stored picnic table on porch, no more. Wood pile moved, plastic water barrels move away from cabin) I cleared about a 60 foot min swath, larger trees, no branches til way up and cabin area is surrounded with gravel.
This is the fire, one of a few fires of the complex and as you can see, I had some help from above protecting my place. This was last Aug/Sept 2015.
I am doing more clearing and having 3 full dump truck loads of crushed rock brought in. I use casoron granules on the gravel to keep vegetation from growing through the gravel. Be vigilant, get ahead of it now, its rough trying to do it just ahead of the fire like i did.
My total loss was my $13 gate lock. Very lucky indeed.
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Jebediah
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2015 07:32 - Edited by: Jebediah
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Quoting: toyota_mdt_tech I went through this just last summer. I was surrounded by my states largest fire in history
Mother nature at her best/worst, or was it man made? looks like you won the lottery with the way it skirted around you. How did your place make it through that ,was it because of the terrain/wind direction/ rain/Firefighting?
I'm on a large lake, with creeks flowing through the property on both sides so lots of water for firefighting. I purchased a forestry package which consists of a Honda pump, drafting hose, fire hoses and a nozzle as I'm here most of the time.
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Topper
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# Posted: 19 Dec 2015 15:18
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Quoting: Jebediah I'm on a large lake, with creeks flowing through the property on both sides so lots of water for firefighting.
Last couple of years had two fires near our bush cabin & three fires near our in town cabin.
I thought the pond the bush cabin is on would supply water in case of a fire. The hileocopter with it's bucked drained the pond!
Neighbor downriver cleared the underbrush around our bush cabins with his brush hog.
We also unhooked & moved the heating oil tank away from the cabin.
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toyota_mdt_tech
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# Posted: 20 Dec 2015 00:28
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Quoting: Jebediah How did your place make it through that ,was it because of the terrain/wind direction/ rain/Firefighting?
The fire started in the middle section, called the Tunk Block. Was east on a mountain top. The fire was burning as I was at my cabin. It was about 8+ miles and figured it would be handled. But it kept moving and moving. I finally decided to pull up stakes and pack up to leave early. The fire moved east and came towards me from the NW section, but little wind then, it stops along a road, acted as a fire break, if not for that, I would of been burned out, that was a Thursday evening. Then the fire moved north and then across the top of my place moving east. Then it stops going east and went south, missing me. Went way south, then wind changed, came north towards me again, consuming all that it missed. It was a mile or so away and I should of been burned out the next day, this was a Friday evenings, but end of Saturday, I should of been burned out. But very early Saturday AM, a monsoon downpour stopped the fire dead in its tracks. Just some clean up and spot fires. That about killed all the fires. The Northstar fire was started by humans and was about to merge with the Tunk Block. That was another concern I had, but he Tunk block burning the fuel east of me gave me a good fire break. The picture looks small, but the square miles burned was hard to even wrap my head around.
I have a twin brother who passed away in 2000 and his ashes are buried at my place and I told him to keep an eye on the place. My gatekeeper so to speak. So far, he has done a fantastic job and I thanked him too.  He is watching over my place.
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