Things got a little squirrelly yesterday on the east side of the fire, but this morning’s top story is RAIN!
Mosquito Fire – September 18, 2022
Maps & Intel: Ryan Cowper Stephens
As we saw on the McKinney fire this year, rain over a wildfire creates new hazards. An extreme example of this can be seen on one of Zeke’s Twitter posts about the McKinney Fire. Back in August, a storm cell dropped about 3″ of rain in a very short amount of time and a Lookout reader submitted some intense video footage of the aftermath:
A Lookout reader sent some videos of the aftermath of debris flow/flash flood on Div W of #McKinneyFire yesterday, 8/2/2022. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/vYOsZciTbe
— Zeke Lunder ~ The Lookout (@wildland_zko) August 4, 2022
Lookout Mosquito Maps:
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