Washington See 10k Acre Fire, California With Multiple 14k Acre Fires, Nevada Is Next...

And a workout.

Now, before all the doomers say the world is ending, look at the 2012 fire season. Massive grass, sage, and juniper fires across the American west’s deserts. Multiple 10k+ acre fires in Nevada and Utah would rip across the landscape before settling down after a couple of days. Then repeat for months.

We are starting to see the beginning phases of that. In 2014, you saw a large grass crop in eastern Oregon and Washington. That led to the Devil's Elbow Complex, which ripped 17,000+ acres. I saw grown men cry on that fire.

I still remember we got R&R’d in place after that fire, and I tried to keep the crewmembers and overhead from scrapping with locals as they drank all the alcohol in Yakima, WA. My buddy got punched in the face the next morning during brunch at a coffee shop because they recognized him from the night before.

Ironically, he was the most peaceful guy on the crew, just trying to eat some eggs and drink espresso.

The point is that it’s setting up for another big year like 2012—unless you’re in Southwest Montana, where it is currently snowing…

The Beam Road Fire outside Zillah, Washington, quickly ran 10,000 acres this weekend as crews burned off roads to box it in. This is the standard operation to stop these fires. Here is a look at that burn on the Beam Road Fire that a Subscriber sent in. Miles of walking with a torch.

Firing operations took place yesterday on the Post Fire near Groman, California, as crews tried to keep it from jumping I-5. That grass fire has already consumed 14,000+ acres. The biggest difference between these fires and your standard timber fire is the speed at which they move. For locals, you will have less time to evacuate as these things crank off, but you are also likely to return home faster than a timber fire when evacuated.

It looks like this trend will continue. To start the week, we have a massive Red Flag Day across the West.

The heat and winds are expected to continue. Nevada had a small lighting bust this last week, and while none of these fires got very big, the State quickly tapped its IA resources dispatching to these new starts. It sounds like Nevada is short-staffed, and I’m even hearing stories of large signing bonuses trying to fill engine captain spots.

Once Nevada is fully dried out, it may look like 2012 all over again, and the same is true for Utah. Fine fuels are cured out, and gusty winds with low RHs of around 10% are expected.

Great Basin GACC

Arizona and New Mexico are not done either. Yesterday, jumpers were sent to a remote fire in New Mexico, and crews went to numerous new starts. Overall, we could start to get really busy with fast-moving desert fires across the West pushing into July.

So stay heads up, these are the fires that can turn on you quick. If a timber fire jumps a road, you may have time to catch a spot fire… with these desert fires, it’s off to the races. Get used to carrying drip torches for miles.

That’s why farmer’s carries are so good for you. So, if you have time for a workout… let’s crush some out.

Get yourself a good soundtrack or podcast.

Warm up, stretch, and let’s do it.

Round 1: Three Times

• 40 jumping jacks

• Weighted Farmers carry

• 7 pull-ups