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Offline Alpha Mare

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Texas Wildfires
« on: April 20, 2011, 10:18:12 AM »
Managed to save sister-in-law's home last week in Fort Davis with hoses and horse blankets.  Hope everyone here is safe and clear.

 This site lists all the fires and conditions.
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Current wildfire status - April 20, 2011 - 9:33 a.m.

Recent response:

· Yesterday (Tuesday, April 19), Texas Forest Service responded to 10 new fires burning 2,184 acres.

· Since Jan. 1, TFS has responded to 810 fires that have burned 1.4 million acres. More than 5,570 structures have been saved; 370 structures have been lost this year.

· TFS has every heavy airtanker that is available nationally committed to Texas wildfires.
http://txforestservice.tamu.edu/main/article.aspx?id=12888
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 10:26:01 AM »
Glad you and yours are safe and sound AM.  This one up in PK is pretty darn fierce.  It is a bad year for fires. 
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 04:02:42 PM »
I'm glad you and your family and animals are okay.

I have friends that are somewhat close to an area that is burning, or they are real close (I don't know Texas well).  But they don't have communication at the ranch and I haven't heard from them in a while.  So they, and everyone else down there, is on my prayer list.
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 04:25:36 PM »
I think all of Texas is on fire.  This drought needs to end.  I wouldn't mind a tropical storm or two coming through.

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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 04:34:04 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on April 20, 2011, 04:25:36 PM
I think all of Texas is on fire.  This drought needs to end.  I wouldn't mind a tropical storm or two coming through.

KC

The VRWC Weather Machine still has a few time slots left to sign up for.

In other news, looks like it's about to rain again here in Denton for the third time in five days.
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 07:13:12 PM »
Quote from: Texacon on April 20, 2011, 04:25:36 PM
I think all of Texas is on fire.  This drought needs to end.  I wouldn't mind a tropical storm or two coming through.

KC

Planning a drive thru the guts of Texas this weekend, I will let you know.  Looks like drought all the way down from Dallas to Corpus (I cut through.) 
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 09:15:05 PM »
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 09:28:19 PM »
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 10:51:42 PM »
Weather channel is saying rain through the weekend, at least for MY area.
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Re: Texas Wildfires
« Reply #9 on: April 21, 2011, 07:07:41 AM »
We've had no significant rain fall since the first of January.  We are in the extremely dry section of Texas.  When you walk on the grass it breaks off.

I heard on the news the other day that this was the worst drought in Texas history (since they've been keeping records).  I don't know if they meant because of the area it covered or just how dry it really is.

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