Man,this fire situation in OK is really bad,230,000 acres and 200 structures,and they don,t see much relief in the near future.
Here in Clairmore we haven't had any yet,but the smell of smoke is strong.
all to familiar with fire here is what the cerro grande fire in new mexico did to my town -----350 homes burned including all 3 I grew up in --out of a town of 11000 people ---complete devastation---- h-ell on earth
Man,this fire situation in OK is really bad,230,000 acres and 200 structures,and they don,t see much relief in the near future.
Here in Clairmore we haven't had any yet,but the smell of smoke is strong.
when you say Tampa on your location, i assume you are reffering to Florida. Are you saying you can smell smoke from Florida?!?!?!
*hums we dont need no water* ahem... er... personally id fight fire with fire.. preburn it about a mile in advance or so and go from there. put your resources into limiting where it can go.. used to have to do that a bit in texas -- too difficult to end it where its at, you have to stop where it will be going, otherwise your moving behind it. these people with garden hoses have the wrong idea. go out and put some kind of barrier or use the hose to keep what your going to burn under control. hack down any trees close enough to be trouble... *shrugs* otherwise use some kind of blast to blow out the fire.. hey, it worked for john wayne in hellfighters
I'm gonna be heading down that way in a couple days. I usually go down I-35 from Kansas to Dallas. Should I saty west and go through Colorado Springs and Amarillo instead or is it far enough off the beaten path?
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inuyasha, they would but that would only compound the problem. Too dry to pull that trick. Works for smaller fires - it would only spark more fires with the winds they are encountering. Just hope they don't blow north.
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I really wouldn't worry about it if going that alternit way is a lot of trouble,these are a lot of small fires and get put out but lots more pop up,conditions are just waiting for a cigarette to be flipped out a window or just about any spark,really dry!
It's a vicious never-ending cycle that has been goingn on since Earth was created and has become widely noticed in the past 75 years due to modern communications.
I hope everyone in Oklahoma is safe and not many more homes are lost.
I see several of those fires each year right here in Arizona and I can appreciate the destruction.
I sure do.
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In Tucson we had a fire two years ago that destroyed 500,000 acres and lots of wildlife, and the whole city was filled with smoke for weeks. It was just like !!!!. Now, our beautiful desert is destroyed. !!!! you fire. !!!! you all to !!!!.....
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Hope you get out of town before it catches up to Claymore. So, how does ya like OK country? It is one of the reasons Kansass is so windy - Nebraska sucks and Oklahoma blows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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They should have stopped at "Congress shall make no law"
There are some mighty fine folks out here,they thank us for bringing the warm weather with us from Florida,we are going back to Tampa tomorrow,but will leave some warm behind us for those same fine folks.
Gotta get ready for pump shock when we get back.:lucky: :nod:
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Stopper sounds like he knows of okie land......no insult to any okies who may be members. I was stationed at tinkerAFB...I know all about okie land...Hee, hee!
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