Fires in Texas

[Free For All]

CNN

Damn, this looks nasty. Everybody OK?

[jazzbo]

I'm not sure I'd call myself "Okay" but there's no fires near me. It's awful, and I wish the best to anyone near the fires.

[kh1958]

Dallas is not on fire, but the air looks foul and smoky to the west, looking out of my office.

[jlhoots]

Fires here in New Mexico too.

None near our home.

[jazzbo]

Good to hear gentlemen!

[JSngry]

As always, Plano is not at all affected by anything natural.

[clifford_thornton]

Yeah, Austin got hit with an accidental fire the other day, set by a transient cooking breakfast over an open flame (apparently). They are charging him with arson, even though it was unintentional and he is being very cooperative. Typical level of "respect" from our "fair" law enforcement down here.

Anyway, unfortunate that there has been such a loss of property/livelihood because of these fires. Going to Houston this weekend instead of West Texas.

[Aggie87]

We went camping last weekend on Lake Mathis, and there were burn bans in effect everywhere. Severe drought conditions and very dry wood and brush everywhere makes for a seriously dangerous situation.

I'm guessing it's just a matter of time before water rationing (at least for lawn watering) kicks in again.

[Shawn]

that what we get for living on the surface of the sun.

[Joe]

Sadly, Possum Kingdom State Park, one of the more scenic areas in North Central Texas, has been almost entirely consumed in these wildfires.

This is bad, almost as bad as Southern California in 2007, when much of Los Angeles, Orange, Ventura and San Diego counties were on fire during a good chunk of October. I had to self-evacuate to Long Beach for about a week.

[JSngry]

that what we get for living on the surface of the sun.

[jlhoots]

There's a fire here in the state that they're calling the "tire fire".

Apparently started when someone blew a tire while driving, & the sparks set off the fire.