Wildfire west of Bend, Oregon

:) :) yip -- that picture has gone viral.......Awesome picture, I must say.

Found this on our local news station KSBW, what a unique tale to tell your kids about your wedding!

http://www.weather.com/safety/wildfires/wedding-picture-oregon-wildfire-20140610

It's kind of got that "Gone With The Wind" thing going...

Don't worry, very little of what most visitors to the area see has burned.
Good lines on South and East sides of the fire now.
Evacuation orders for some residents have been eased and I suspect (hope) there will be further reductions later today.
According to GeoMAC imagery, active burning is down to less than 20% of what it was a couple days ago with most new fire activity moving West into the Sisters (not the town and still a long way from the popular areas). And there are lots of resources on scene now.

Even though I evacuated my rafts yesterday (you can tell my priorities in life) I still believe that, as long as the winds don't stir things up too much in the next couple days, this will soon be just a smoky memory.

However, my concern is the timing. Usually fire season in the NW doesn't get going here until late July or August but this is really early for a fire of this size. Could be an "interesting" summer especially as "camping season" is only just beginning.

Please be careful with fire out there.

Steve

That's so sad....I hope they can get it under control.

We visited the Bend area last year for the first time and it's beautiful. We stayed at East Lake Resort near Paulina Lake, we were going to tent camp with our cousins at Paulina but it wouldn't stop raining so we rented one of the rooms in the 4 attached units. The room was so rustic and cute (and dry)! Took a couple of day trips into Bend & loved it.

Any hope for rain in the future?

I hope that you nearby are spared from the fire's path.

Thanks....I was just asked why on FB....I had no answer! :)

I suspect what this means is that the surface water supply, supplied by Bridge Creek (the next drainage south of Tumalo Creek) has been shut down. Bend also has several large wells that they draw water from to augment the water from Bridge Creek. That said, conservation is still in order for those folks who are on Bend water.

Steve

They've shut off water in Bend.......LINK

The most up to date information seems to be via Twitter at:
CO Fire Information

Steve

oops, Twitter links don't seem to work. Try:
Follow@CentralORFire

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:) Thanks.... we're all in this together. If tables were turned, I'd end up in his yard maybe. :) :)

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