HOT, dry, and smoky in the land down under...
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152232/heat-blankets-australia-fuels-bushfires
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152232/heat-blankets-australia-fuels-bushfires
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Dang. I hope our guys over there are doing what they can. I'm surprised 113F is a record in the country.
(Edit: I'm apparently not very good at reading the whole sentence... "On December 16, the remote mining town of Telfer recorded 45°C (113°F), the highest temperature recorded anywhere in the country on that day. / High temperatures also swept New South Wales in September and again in early December, when the airport in Sydney recorded 45.7°C (114.3°F), the highest temperature recorded at the station since it began making observations in 1929.
Oh man. -> The hot, dry conditions heightened the risk of bushfires in Western Australia, Northern Territory, and New South Wales. Near Narrabri, New South Wales (360 kilometers northwest of Sydney), a fire broke out in Pilliga Forest and quickly spread to cover 121,000 hectares (300,000 acres) by December 18"
Hang in there guys.
(Edit: I'm apparently not very good at reading the whole sentence... "On December 16, the remote mining town of Telfer recorded 45°C (113°F), the highest temperature recorded anywhere in the country on that day. / High temperatures also swept New South Wales in September and again in early December, when the airport in Sydney recorded 45.7°C (114.3°F), the highest temperature recorded at the station since it began making observations in 1929.
Oh man. -> The hot, dry conditions heightened the risk of bushfires in Western Australia, Northern Territory, and New South Wales. Near Narrabri, New South Wales (360 kilometers northwest of Sydney), a fire broke out in Pilliga Forest and quickly spread to cover 121,000 hectares (300,000 acres) by December 18"
Hang in there guys.
Historic fire in Chile.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152417/inferno-scars-valparaiso
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152417/inferno-scars-valparaiso
Burning man
Formerly known as TheBrushSlasher
The smokehouse creek fire ran from Stinnett texas to Higgins Oklahoma (85 miles) in less than 24 hours and now the entire southern flank is running south and has merged with the windy deuce fire . The towns of Borger, canadian, and fritch are being significantly impacted. 1/4 of a million acres so far.
Fire season again in Canada
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152806/smoke-and-fire-in-british-columbia
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/152806/smoke-and-fire-in-british-columbia
Getting to be a routine, it seems.
RandyMac
Stiff Member
With the late rains and the current mild weather, the light fuel growth is fairly intense and should burn well when ignited.
Our winds have been out of the north but so far, the Canadians have dispersed their smoke enough so it isn't a problem.
Are any of our members working this fire?
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wildfire-la-spreads-11000-acres-sparking-evacuations/story?id=111164012
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wildfire-la-spreads-11000-acres-sparking-evacuations/story?id=111164012
A "grass" fire broke out this afternoon over in the lower Methow Valley (aka lycraland) . The last report I saw said it was headed up the hill towards timber. The little air boss planes and a helicopter were dispatched, and the planes were scooping up water in the Columbia at Pateros.
Sounds like everybody was dispatched including a few smokejumpers, who were being transported by ground (making a truck jump, I guess). Just heard the helicopter returning to its home here as it is getting dark. Tomorrow is supposed to be quite windy.
It has begun.....dammit!
Sounds like everybody was dispatched including a few smokejumpers, who were being transported by ground (making a truck jump, I guess). Just heard the helicopter returning to its home here as it is getting dark. Tomorrow is supposed to be quite windy.
It has begun.....dammit!
We gots fires breaking out. I had no idea of the one in the suburbs until I went out to pick some lettuce and saw a helicopter with a bucket in the distance. Rumor has it that a fire truck was burned up--unsubstantiated so far and I hope it isn't true. State and local fire folks hit the fire hard and fast and sounds like people can go home now.
Whilst reading about that one, saw where another fire was taking off on the other side of the Columbia River--McNeil canyon area. That canyon leads up to the dryland wheat growing area and it's about time for the wheat to be getting ripe (dry).
I guess the lull is ended.
Whilst reading about that one, saw where another fire was taking off on the other side of the Columbia River--McNeil canyon area. That canyon leads up to the dryland wheat growing area and it's about time for the wheat to be getting ripe (dry).
I guess the lull is ended.
Cow Valley Fire, Eastern Oregon
FAST moving - 132,000 acres in a few days.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153071/wildfire-scorches-eastern-oregon
FAST moving - 132,000 acres in a few days.
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/153071/wildfire-scorches-eastern-oregon
A big fire outside of Chico erupted over night.
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.918...b1!4m2!21m1!1s/g/11lf0czdwd!5m1!1e8?entry=ttu
https://www.google.com/maps/@39.918...b1!4m2!21m1!1s/g/11lf0czdwd!5m1!1e8?entry=ttu
70,000+ acres in less than 24 hours. 
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/park-fire-balloons-45-550-acres-overnight-19596293.php
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/park-fire-balloons-45-550-acres-overnight-19596293.php
Dang. It's over 160,000 acres now this morning.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/california-wildfires/park-fire-out-of-control/3604138/
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/california/california-wildfires/park-fire-out-of-control/3604138/
240,000 now 
And a pilot has been killed near Seneca, OR. She was flying one of those single engine planes and went down.
