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Wildfires in Texas
« on: April 20, 2011, 12:04:54 PM »
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 12:14:30 PM »
The moon has been bright orange and the haze has been really bad from all the smoke. My mom and little brother are both asthmatics and are having respiratory trouble.
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 12:35:08 PM »

I was out at my property 15 miles N of Stephenville last Fri and the smoke was so thick blowing in that it looked like dusk at 3pm.

Ash was drifting down like snow flurries.

Too close for comfort.  :O :O

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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 12:46:26 PM »
Stay safe Wab
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 12:48:05 PM »

Hope everyone up that way stays safe  :pray
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 12:52:06 PM »
Stay safe Wab

Thanks. 

Good chance of rain the next week.  That would be a God-send.

Heck, even if the wind would drop below 20mph that could turn the tide.  :mad:

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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 01:06:43 PM »
As little as I like to hear the local sirens going off it would have been nice if that squall that blew through last night could have been a little further out west.
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 04:49:02 PM »
Many of my relatives were delayed getting to my great grandmothers funeral in Albany on Sunday because of the fires.  Some said that the flames East of there were nearly 5 stories tall in the thick brush.  I live in San Angelo and they had to evacuate several homes on the outskirts of town.  But, as we speak a thunderstorm is brewing, lets hope it brings some good rain, and not 5 minutes of rain and lightning to start more fires like the last one.  :pray

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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 08:24:10 PM »
Hazy here in Austin.  Orange moon.  Can't smell it though.
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2011, 10:15:15 PM »
sux for who is dealing with it...I hope for the best for you.

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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #12 on: April 21, 2011, 01:03:19 AM »
There are 2 big fires west of me in Jack and Young counties. So far all the grassfires in Wise county have been caught fast before they could spread. We've had a burn ban for several weeks but there are still idiots that refuse to comply. 2 fires started last week were from people burning leaves in 40mph winds.  :bhead

There was a line of severe thunderstorms that moved thru North Texas tonight. Hopefully that put most of them out around here.
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Re: Wildfires in Texas
« Reply #14 on: April 30, 2011, 09:50:58 PM »
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