The GM crew were well trained and experienced; that is well documented. They were a cohesive and effective team and had been in similar situations before.
We won't know why they moved where they did, ever. They must have seen something they thought could be managed or a place of enhanced refuge.
We won't know for sure.
Rick
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On Jul 11, 2014, at 5:11 PM, "Kim Noyes kimnoyes@gmail.com [californiadisasters]" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
It was probably due to a variety of factors (including poor communications, poor management of air resources, your aforementioned firenado, a thunderstorm collapsing and sending out a gust front which was contrary to the prevailing wind direction, etc.) much like in a plane crash where if you take one link out of the chain of events nothing tragic happens. Government FUBAR on several fronts to be sure but there has also been this recurring question of why Granite Mountain moved from a safe place in the black and crossed a brushfield to fight fire in Yarnell when they were not instructed to do so. Some in the biz have suggested their boss as good as he was got stuck in a urban interface FF-ing mindset of trying to save homes given that they worked for the City of Prescott and that more traditional hotshot crews might not have made that same choice. I personally have no opinion on this matter.
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