Chediski #4 Chediski Plume Traditional Cache
Chediski #4 Chediski Plume
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June 2002, at 468,638 acres, the Rodeo-Chediski fire was the largest fire in Arizona's history until 2011, it's one of the worst in U.S. history. At one point, it burned 10,000 acres in 15 minutes. A wall of fire 6 miles wide raced over the Mogollon Rim at 20 mph, throwing flames 400 feet skyward. 13,500 structures were threatened and 491 were lost, including 465 homes, 6 commercial properties, and 20 outbuildings. Suppression costs were $43.1 million.
The plume of the Chediski fire could be seen from Phoenix. It rose thousands of feet into the air. It carried with it small particles carried in the air by the weather it was creating. It was like nothing people have ever seen.
To get to this cache it is ok to travel through the gate. Leave the gate as you find it. If it is open, leave it open when you leave, if closed, please close it. This is the code of the range. Watch for old barbwire laying about on the ground. I created this cache to be water tight and a good home for Travel bugs. It's a short hike to the cache site. A fantastic view of the valley to the South.
Congrats to Smudget for FTF!
Monster note:
On the evening the Chediski was entering Overgaard the plume collapsed. The best I can explain it is it was like the pictures of the twin towers when they collapsed. The top of the plume was so heavy it imploded on itself. It became very dark, similar to midnight in Alaska, smoke was everywhere. The call came from command for all firefighters to get to safety zones. The wind from it collapsing blew the hat off my head. The external winds blew the Chediski into Overgaard in a furry; many homes were lost as was an entire community called Pinecrest Lakes. Many of my fellow firefighters were on regular fire engines in Overgaard, they literally got into their turnouts and used their trucks as shields as the fire leaped over them. There was no time for them to get to a safety zone. What was left was carnage similar to pictures I saw as a kid in school from the atom bombs dropped in Japan. The devastation was life changing, yet no life was lost.
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