Still Smokin'

The Chips fire is now three weeks old.  It now covers 32,000 acres.

Here are links to more information:

• InciWeb
• Local Newspaper

For a more active experience:

• Local Radio Scanner
• Twitter

The photo above was taken around 5:30pm and the one below around 8:30pm. Both are looking northwest from Quincy. All that stuff in the sky is smoke and ash from what was once trees.

Cold Cash

Installing a new cash cooling unit at Plumas Bank.

For updated reports about the Chips fire,

check InciWeb , PlumasNews, or #ChipsFire on Twitter.

More smoke

Judging from the latest news report, this may be the last photo with blue sky for a while.

Looking NW on CA highway 70 from near the Plumas County Courthouse.

The smoke plume from the "Chips" fire is clearly visible stretching
from northwestern Plumas County east into Nevada.

O-rings

I was going to post this photo when I took it the other day, but in the spirit of the NBC Olympics, I decided to delay the broadcast.