Ham Lake Fire May 15th 2007
It’s hard to imagine a fire that started on Ham Lake traveled all of the way to Saganaga, but it did. We know that because we have seen one of the many paths of destruction, the end of the Gunflint Trail. …
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Ham Lake Fire May 14, 2007
It looks like the people of Grand Marais are good dancers, better than the ones on the Gunflint Trail. I checked the weather station at Seagull and it looks like we only received .08″ of rain last night while …
Ham Lake Fire May 13th, 2007
I apologize to all of my Canadian neighbors for not keeping up on what the Ham Lake Fire is doing up there. After the fire raged through Sag Lake Trail it jumped the narrows and started burning on the East …
Ham Fire May 12, 2007
This entry was actually a second entry on one of the days. It describes in more detail what happened on the 6th of May and into the 7th. the next day Anyone who has been following my blog knows the …
Ham Fire May 11, 2007
We experienced another evacuation of the Gunflint Trail. Marilyn, Ian, Theresa, Abby, Josh and our animals are all safe in Grand Marais. The community of Grand Marais has been remarkable during this entire event. The firefighters are doing everything they …
Ham Lake Fire May 10, 2007
Weather Forecast and Evacuation- Current time: May 10, 2007 – 7:01 CDT Most Recent Observations at May 10, 2007 – 6:04 CDT 6:04 The current temperature at the Seagull Guard Station is 63 degrees. Dew Point is 43.5, Humidity 49%, …
Ham Lake Fire May 9, 2007
Whack a Mole! This is my all time favorite carnival game. You know the one, the mole pops his head up out of a hole and then you try to whack it with a rubber mallet? That was what today …
Ham Lake Fire May 8, 2007
The Bright Side- The wilderness at the end of the Gunflint Trail remains. The crystal clear lakes are the same and they are still teeming with fish. The night sky still holds millions of stars to gaze at. The songs of …
Ham Lake Fire May 7, 2007
I’ve included a couple of posts about the Ham Lake Fire today. I’m doing it because during the time the fire was happening I didn’t really have time to tell the whole story about what was going on until a …
Ham Fire May 6, 2007
I wrote two entries in my blog on the 6th of May in 2007. One was in the morning and one was in the evening. In the morning we were hopeful the fire was going to burn out into the …