roadhunter
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We had a similar deal here a couple of years ago. I even contacted Tanerite and got the usual attorney response explaining how their product can't cause fires. Here is the e-mail. KevinS@ustacticalsupply.com
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We had a similar deal here a couple of years ago. I even contacted Tanerite and got the usual attorney response explaining how their product can't cause fires. Here is the e-mail. KevinS@ustacticalsupply.com
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oosik
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Well, nobody want to disagree with a governor whether he is mine or yours but........ I know that the exceeding hot, unseasonal weather we have had for the last three weeks and the wind isn't helping. Our soil moisture level is so low as to be near nonexistent.
turnkey4099
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The Carlton Complex fire, and it is only one of several, is the biggest fire in Washington history. Some 350 odd square miles as of this morning. Sounds like they have that one contained in one small stretch. When it blew up, it was expanding at a rate of several square miles in a few hours. Burned 150+ homes so far.
Beginning of harvest over here on the dry side but I was happy to see a good soaking rain going when I got up at 7am. And the wind was gone!!!.
Harry K
Beginning of harvest over here on the dry side but I was happy to see a good soaking rain going when I got up at 7am. And the wind was gone!!!.
Harry K
turnkey4099
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The Carlton Complex fire, and it is only one of several, is the biggest fire in Washington history. Some 350 odd square miles as of this morning. Sounds like they have that one contained in one small stretch. When it blew up, it was expanding at a rate of several square miles in a few hours. Burned 150+ homes so far.
Beginning of harvest over here on the dry side but I was happy to see a good soaking rain going when I got up at 7am. And the wind was gone!!!.
Harry K
Beginning of harvest over here on the dry side but I was happy to see a good soaking rain going when I got up at 7am. And the wind was gone!!!.
Harry K
texasjohn
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Glad you are OK. Agreed, a fire is scary and generally unstoppable given the wind it itself generates and how the cinders rise up and fall down wind starting new fires. I witnesses a local fire some years ago...local rancher tried to stop it using the single ranch dozer.....he lost his life doing so. Glad the local BIG TRACTOR boys were able to get fire breaks done in time!
I can't imagine the emotions of having to evacuate under the circumstances. Being a refugee is hugely emotional whether it be in the USA, Latin America, Africa, or the middle east.
I can't imagine the emotions of having to evacuate under the circumstances. Being a refugee is hugely emotional whether it be in the USA, Latin America, Africa, or the middle east.
oldpilgrim
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I feel your pain. I live in a heavily wooded are....trees surround all the homes on my street and there are dozens of square miles of nothing but woods behind us.
A few years ago, a farmer 1/2 mile down the road from us lost control of a brush fire he was tending and it took off for the woods running down behind our house. There are 2 houses between him and me, my bother's and another.
It took tanker trucks from 4 neighboring towns, and all the neighbors out beating down the flames to save our houses.
We had no hydrants on the street and only one cranberry bog reservoir nearby but it was too far of a hose run for the pumpers, so the tankers had to hook their tanks to the pumpers and then go back to refill at the reservoir. It was a tough fight without a good efficient water supply.
My wife stayed at home with a garden hose while my brother and I went and beat out what we could. A couple of out buildings at the neighbors house went away, but thankfully nothing of any great importance went. The fire departments and the neighbors worked tirelessly and with good results. We could have lost everything. The flames were only a couple hundred yards from my house when they were finally doused.
Several hundred acres of woods went away.
There were 3 other forest fires in town at the same time as 'ours'.
I know your frustration. I was scared crapless, but I was able to help out and keep my mind occupied. I knew the FD was ahead of me working at the front of the fire while we were 'mopping up' at the rear, and felt some confidence.
I'm really glad things turned out well for you. You'll probably be like me and remember this and worry every time you have even a few days without rain from now on.
A few years ago, a farmer 1/2 mile down the road from us lost control of a brush fire he was tending and it took off for the woods running down behind our house. There are 2 houses between him and me, my bother's and another.
It took tanker trucks from 4 neighboring towns, and all the neighbors out beating down the flames to save our houses.
We had no hydrants on the street and only one cranberry bog reservoir nearby but it was too far of a hose run for the pumpers, so the tankers had to hook their tanks to the pumpers and then go back to refill at the reservoir. It was a tough fight without a good efficient water supply.
My wife stayed at home with a garden hose while my brother and I went and beat out what we could. A couple of out buildings at the neighbors house went away, but thankfully nothing of any great importance went. The fire departments and the neighbors worked tirelessly and with good results. We could have lost everything. The flames were only a couple hundred yards from my house when they were finally doused.
Several hundred acres of woods went away.
There were 3 other forest fires in town at the same time as 'ours'.
I know your frustration. I was scared crapless, but I was able to help out and keep my mind occupied. I knew the FD was ahead of me working at the front of the fire while we were 'mopping up' at the rear, and felt some confidence.
I'm really glad things turned out well for you. You'll probably be like me and remember this and worry every time you have even a few days without rain from now on.
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oosik
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Thank you all for the kind words and support. It rained lightly this morning for three hours. The temps dropped to 60 degrees and for the first time in three day when I went to talk to the firefighters - they were smiling. Things are returning to normal around here but I doubt anybody will forget this situation. A neighbor down the road, who was considering the purchase of a tractor, pulled the trigger and I see a brand new Ford - like a 1700 - in his yard with FEL and backhoe. I know a lot of us, me included, are going to be cutting back on our brush & grass around our houses and out buildings. Our area is PRIME for wildfire situations when all the grass and brush dries in the summer and early fall. This is the first time in the 32 years, that I've been here, that we have experienced a fire. It truly was a very frightening situation. I've never before seen a fire front a mile wide with flames reaching 50 feet high and traveling at 20-25 mph.
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Fires faned by Santa Anna's kicked us out of California many years ago. Three years after we left, our area burned, every house, including the one we left.
Now our son is a forester working out of Entiat Wa. He is safe, but we worry.
What a life!
Now our son is a forester working out of Entiat Wa. He is safe, but we worry.
What a life!
