Talk:White Mountain Fire (1988)

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C-130 Hercules retardant drop over the fire

... that resources to fight the White Mountain Fire (pictured) were slow to arrive because of Yellowstone?

Source: "Ferry County, Washington Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP)" (PDF). Washington state Department of Natural Resources. December 8, 2006. page 64 "However, the nation was simultaneously faced with its largest firefighting mobilization in history as numerous fires threatened a crown jewel of the National Park Service; Yellowstone Park. Resources were slow in arriving. The six individual fires quickly grew and burned together within a few days."

ALT1: ... that the White Mountain Fire (pictured) almost forced a Republic to evacuate?

Source: Associated Press (September 4, 1988). "Evacuation plan set as fire nears town". The News Tribune. Vol. 106, no. 150. Tacoma, WA. p. B4
and CWPP page 64 "Any further movement of the fire northward would have directly jeopardized private structures and triggered the beginning of evacuations in Republic."

ALT2: ... that the White Mountain Fire (pictured) almost cut Bonneville Power Administration power to most of northwest Ferry County?

Source: Associated Press (September 4, 1988). "Evacuation plan set as fire nears town". The News Tribune. Vol. 106, no. 150. Tacoma, WA. p. B4
and CWPP page 64 "A main power transmission line owned by the Bonneville Power Administration was threatened, but the fire was stopped before reaching the line. The BPA line is the sole power provider for all of western Ferry County and parts of Okanogan County."

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