ridesleeprepeat Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Just got a message that Jonkershoek is smoking big time and the wind is driving a bit of flame around... hope the damage aint too bad, not keen to loose any trails! C'mon the boys in red (and yellow) - you can do it!
ridesleeprepeat Posted February 4, 2009 Author Posted February 4, 2009 ok - looks like the fire may be outside the reserve... but still means that Stellenbosch is smokin'...
Groot Lem Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Im closing doors, windows and im on the other side of town. a few castles and houses could be up in smoke.
Bos Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Jeesh.. that would suck.. When trees go trails just seem to go to waist aswell. Like the middle section of the canary trail that is now out in the open, just sand everywere!
Speed Devil Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Jeesh.. that would suck.. When trees go trails just seem to go to waist aswell. Like the middle section of the canary trail that is now out in the open' date=' just sand everywere![/quote'] Stop complaining and come the roadies
wheelz Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 was just there untill I got told to leave. . .it started out small and spread very fast.started on the bottom of the mountain, if you look straight from the tea garden, spread to the top in about 10min then hopped over to the mountain on the otherside. Jonkers is not too bad just all the farms on the left of the road going up. most of stellenbosch is in smoke
Iwan Kemp Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Stop complaining and come the roadies I'd rather cycle IN the fire. Btw, in the words of the famous Ryan Walsh, "I thought RB'ing was cancelled?" !
Velouria Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Looks like Paradyskloof is also burning this morning - not sure how far around it has gotten. Saw some choppers with buckets, which suggests that the fire is far from being under control.
Slowbee Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 i hope they get it under control - but with this wind, its going to be tricky !
HomerSimpson Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Was pretty bad in Stellenbosch last night. Fire started in the JH valley and then spread rapidly (as wheelz said) driven by a 50 km/h SE wind to the mountain above Coetzenburg and than across to the Paradyskloof side (bad camera phone pic of the mountain burning above Coetzenburg last night below). All the fynbos + trees above the Sports Science Institute destroyed (roof of building apparently also caught fire at some stage). From a purely selfish perspective I'm glad that the reserve in JH apparently escaped major damage (which means I can go ride some ST this afternoon, maybe)
ridesleeprepeat Posted February 5, 2009 Author Posted February 5, 2009 they had to evacuate the sports science centre and cancel the international hockey at the astro last night, couldn't even see never mind do anything that required breathing... looks a tad better this morning, but a few people were worried about it getting into the houses last night... JH seems to have escaped the flames...
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