10:00 AM Ham lake fire update

Live blogging the 10:00 AM Ham lake fire update at the Grand Marais Center for the arts broadcast via WTIP.

9:55:
•Playing "Have You Ever Seen the Rain" by Creedence Clearwater Revival

10:05
• Mark VanIrving from the FS.
• Yesterday no appreciable growth
• Weather today, clear and sunny
• light winds 5 mph from the east
• low humidity ~ 25%
• Tomorrow wind from SE, temp around 60
• Wind tomorrow, 15 mph possible 30 mph gusts
• So today, another burn out operation on the west side of the "finger"
• Begin the burn out at gunflint, towards loon, towards the fire.
• Exactly the same thing they did on wednesday to protect gunflint lodge.
• Previous prescribed burning has been extremely important to fight this fire, slowed movement, provides "base"
• Today also working on "Dev X" by Sag
• Hoping for a good burn out today
• Meeting tonight some time, some where about how the burn out went

10:10
• There is still a fire (heh)
• Evacuation moved back!
• New block at CR 85
• Poplar lake, Hungry Jack now under recommended evacuation, not mandatory

10:15
• Elected officials in town (congress members, state reps)
• they are talking

10:20
• There will be more meetings for info tonight, somewhere at some time