[Az-Geocaching] Prescott Fire: Caches affected or burned?

[Brian Cluff]

Maybe it got melted into one big glob and now we can turn the whole cache
into a traveler :)

Brian Cluff
Team Snaptek

----- Original Message -----
> Correct me if I am wrong, but last month when I was up there caching,
there were more plastic containers than ammo cans
> in that area around Prescott.
>
> I don't know if you saw the news report they showed parts of the guard
rail that had melted due to the fire, what this
> tells me (purely speculation) I don't think even the container would
survive, let alone any of the items inside.
>
> Denny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Nicol [mailto:arizcowboy@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 11:07 AM
> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Prescott Fire: Caches affected or burned?
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> >Are there any caches that are known or likely to be consumed by the fire?
> >
> >Quartz Mountain Cache
> >by Yavapai Co. Jeep Posse~ Rich (#1967)
> >ALERT! The cache no longer exists, whether by act of nature or other
> >circumstance.
> >
> >This cache had been archived before the fire.
> >
> >As reported by Lightning "Yup, Quartz Mtn is not only archived, it is
> >toast."
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> So, Quartz Mountain Cache was not archived due to the fire?
>
> I am curious to know: will an ammo box hold up thru a forest fire? I would
> guess not. But, I don't know! They are military type boxes. I would guess
> the seals would probably melt. Whether the metal box would hold up would
> just depend on how hot it gets. Perhaps it would get so hot the contents
> inside would melt and maybe not the box itself? Also, if the ammo box was
> under some rocks, it could be possible it might stand a chance of
surviving
> a fire as well. hhmm. Just some wandering thoughts I am having! :) Kinda
> curious! Perhaps we should test this theory and stick an ammo box in my
> backyard BBQ! :) LOL (just make sure the very original contents arent
still
> in it, of course!!! LOL )
>
> I heard there was a forest fire fighter on this list. Does anyone know
what
> temperature the forest floor can reach during a fire?
>
> Now... if we could make a geocache container out of Inconel (a type of
> metal), it would hold up very well in a forest fire! My hot air balloon
> burner coils are made out of Inconel. It is a rather expensive metal, but,
> can take an icredible amount of heat. My balloon burner puts out 25.7
> million (yes, million) BTU's of heat at it's highest output. Typically
flies
> at around 17 million. That is alot of heat folks! :)
>
> Scott
> Team Ropingthewind
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