AZ - Yarnell Hill fire: 19 Firefighters killed

[PoirotryInMotion]

Names of fallen Yarnell firefighters released:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/free/20130701yarnell-hill-fire-firefighters-names.html

Youngest is 21 yo and oldest is 43 yo.

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Lissette Martinez ‏@martinezliss 20m

This is where memorial will take place in 45 min #yarnellfire @12News
https://twitter.com/martinezliss/status/351825977535508481/photo/1

 

[Dr. Know?]

Hey Dr. Know, thanks and all is well there. Life and work is keeping me busy. I got a new tablet and sometimes sit on the couch just reading the threads and news. Also have an android scanner link which showed the alert last night.

Hope all is well with you too.

Scanner links are reporting another fire here. I looked on google earth but it seemed sparse out there for trees, might have seen the wrong area.

Arizona State Forestry, BLM, Tonto National Forest

Air attack reports fire is 3 to 5 acres active on the north end of the fire , no engines on location yet, FO request for type 1 crew! Request helo for bucket work. (11 minutes ago)

:hot:

Yes, here's the new one in Tonto National Forest. I also have read reports of one south of here near Soto Peak, it's small. Local fire here is at about 200 acres now. There's thunder and lightening happening. Hope it rains too to put these fires out.

Alls well here Peli, except the heat and these darn fires! Every year...


http://www.azein.gov/azein/Lists/An...ID=3158&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Dr. Know?]

Bryan West ‏@bryanwest5 3m #YarnellHillFire is now 8400 acres with 0% containment. 100 crews coming to AZ. Live updates on: @12News @azcentral pic.twitter.com/NimD9FJATE

https://twitter.com/bryanwest5

Another fire burns on near Kingman @ArizonaNewsnet pic.twitter.com/nDuaEd5zTp

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Website link with current information concerning Yarnell Fallen Firefighters, including donation information:

http://yarnellfallenfirefighters.com/

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

12News ‏@12News 45m

NEW VIDEO: Mom of fallen firefighter remembers Christopher MacKenzie.

http://www.azcentral.com/video/2520718077001

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Current media tweets ongoing from the memorial here:


https://twitter.com/azcentral/yarnell-fire

 

[Dr. Know?]

Why this heat wave's so scary and what's behind it

Q: So what's causing all this?

A: Part of it is normal summer heat spurts, said meteorologist Kenneth James of the Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Md. But there's another factor and that's the jet stream.

Normally the jet stream moves generally west-to-east, but when it slows and swings dramatically to the north or south, extreme weather can happen.

What's happening now is "a really big kink in the jet stream, about as big as you can see anytime, covering the whole western U.S.," said heat wave expert Ken Kunkel, a professor of atmospheric sciences at North Carolina State University.

To the west of the kink, in Arizona and Nevada, there's a high pressure system just parked there with stagnant heat, Kunkel said. And to its east are cool _ even record cool _ temperatures in Texas, he said.

more at link

http://azstarnet.com/news/national/...cle_7fb47b35-dd2c-5f95-b300-45d297efe0e8.html

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Video of the crowd giving firefighters a standing ovation at the memorial:

http://www.azcentral.com/video/2520740303001

 

[CHERIE.T]

My heart is still breaking for the families and residents.

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

News article with photo about 24-yo firefighter John Percin from Oregon who died:

http://www.katu.com/news/local/West...killed-in-Arizona-213916871.html?abc=JbbvAbgz

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Some didn't even make it into their fire shelters, it was so fast.

The firefighters deployed their personal shelters, capsule-like devices designed to deflect heat and trap breathable air, in a last-ditch effort to survive, officials said.

Andersen said some of the men on the ground made it into their shelters and some did not, according to an account relayed by a ranger helicopter crew flying over the area.

"There was nothing they (helicopter crew) could do to get to them," he said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013...3520130702?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

 

[Dr. Know?]

It hit me when the 19 vans took the firefighters to the ME's.

Last night I couldn't but help worry about the helicopter crew also. They reported they were surrounded by fire.

Prayers to all.

 

[PoirotryInMotion]

Washington Post ‏@washingtonpost 13m

Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: Profiles of the firefighters who died http://wapo.st/13mPeHW

(I just can't help posting...firefighters are such absolute heroes, and for this happen to almost the whole crew is devastating.)

 

[Crimson clover]

Washington Post ‏@washingtonpost 13m

Remembering the Granite Mountain Hotshots: Profiles of the firefighters who died http://wapo.st/13mPeHW

(I just can't help posting...firefighters are such absolute heroes, and for this happen to almost the whole crew is devastating.)

BBM
Thank you, and to all others...the links and information are appreciated.
With my hubby, son, and godchild all on duty in this great city as I write...my heartfelt sentiments go out for the fallen, and their families left to mourn in their memory. Such young men, so sad...yet, so honorable in service to the good people of Arizona. May their families truly find comfort in their heroics.
I salute them proudly.

 

[my_tee_mouse]

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/regio...e-arizona-leaders-react-to-firefighter-deaths

 

[mysteriew]

The above prayer is the Firefighters Prayer. This one was written for the Hotshots. From some of the tweets I believe it was read at the memorial.



http://wildlandfirefighterwives.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-hotshot-prayer.html

 

[Dr. Know?]

Wind calm at deadly Yarnell Hill Fire

The winds may be calm this morning but thunderstorm cells are already visible, Takai said.

Approximately 500 firefighters are on the scene and more are on the way, Takai said.

Nearly 8,500 acres have been charred in the Yarnell Hill Fire, which is about 13 square miles.

http://www.kvoa.com/news/wind-calm-.../?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter#_

 

[Dr. Know?]

Arizona wildfire rages with powerful winds expected

YARNELL, Ariz. -- Authorities are expecting powerful wind gusts that could make it more challenging to battle an erratic blaze that has killed 19 Arizona firefighters.

more

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?s...world&id=9159204&rss=rss-wabc-article-9159204

 

[Hamsterdance]

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2013/07/us/yarnell-fire/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

:sigh: My heart aches so much for the families of these brave men.

Is there any information on the lone survivor anywhere?