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The Bootleg Fire in Oregon will likely continue to burn until a "season-ending weather event" extinguishes it in the fall

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Tags: climate change, usa.or, wildfires, bootleg fire, droughts, disasters.natural, author.aspen pflughoeft, source.deseret
https://www.deseret.com/2021/7/19/22583491/whats-going-on-with-oregons-bootleg-wildfire-western-fires

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Title
What's going on with Oregon's Bootleg wildfire?
Authors
Aspen Pflughoeft
Published
Jul 19 2021
Word count
639 words

3 comments

  1. MimicSquid
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    Man, if you think the bootleg is impressive, wait until it comes to your town for you see it live. ... I joke because the scale is too big. There's too much going on for me to feel like I have any...

    Man, if you think the bootleg is impressive, wait until it comes to your town for you see it live.

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    I joke because the scale is too big. There's too much going on for me to feel like I have any agency, so I make a quip and try to move on with my day. Oof.

    7 votes
  2. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    Originally saw this in the Washington Post but wanted to link to an article that isn't paywalled. The CNN article they mention is doing that annoying thing CNN likes to do where almost every...

    Originally saw this in the Washington Post but wanted to link to an article that isn't paywalled.

    The fire is the largest active fire in the U.S. right now and the largest fire in Oregon’s modern history.

    “The scope and scale of the Bootleg Fire will require a season-ending weather event such as a significant storm that is either widespread wetting rain or snow, which in southern Oregon typically occurs in the late fall,” said fire spokesperson Katy O’Hara to CNN.

    The CNN article they mention is doing that annoying thing CNN likes to do where almost every article is basically a liveblog, so right now its headline is about delayed flights in Denver.

    4 votes
  3. j3n
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    I'm paying very close attention to this fire since it's about 15 miles East of my house. I don't think the headline is true simply because the fire is moving so fast that it's going to run out of...

    I'm paying very close attention to this fire since it's about 15 miles East of my house. I don't think the headline is true simply because the fire is moving so fast that it's going to run out of forest to burn relatively soon. The fire has been moving almost entirely to the East, towards the desert. It seems like firefighters have maybe managed to contain it along the Southeastern flank in the last couple of days, but even if jumps those lines, it can only roughly double in size before it runs out of trees to burn.

    There is still plenty of active fire on the Northern edge, so a shift in the winds could change things dramatically, but so far the weather has been quite stable.

    1 vote