Day/date: February 19, 1988



                              RANGER ACTIVITIES DIVISION
                                 FIELD INCIDENT REPORT

Incident type: Windstorm Fatality
Log number: 88-26
Date/time of incident: 2/18, 8:20 pm  Date/time received: 2/19, 11 am
Park: Yosemite                          Location: Yosemite Valley
Reported by: Phil Ward, RAD, WRO
Received by: Bill Halainen, RAD, WASO

Summary:
Severe Santa Ana winds which swept over much of California blew down a number
of trees in Yosemite Valley, including a 180-foot-tall Ponderosa pine which
fell on a cabin occupied by J.E. (last name reported as B. in wire
service stories), her mother and her mother's boyfriend. The girl was killed;
the two adults suffered minor injuries. The lodge area was evacuated, but
reopened to the public by midmorning on Friday. Sequoia has sent people to
the park to assist in clearing remaining hazardous trees in the area.
According to news reports, about twenty trees fell in the area, damaging five
cabins and a number of vehicles.
Winds as high as 60 mph were recorded in the park, and gusts of equal or
higher speeds (up to 90 mph) toppled utility poles, fanned fires and damaged
buildings all across the state.

Persons involved:
Name                                 Address             DOB or age
J.E. (B.)                  Garden Grove, California          9