Texas wildfires

[Rye Miles #13621]

Hope you Texas pard are staying safe out there!

 

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/rapidly-expanding-wildfires-in-the-texas-18692025.php

[Sedalia Dave]

Smokehouse Creek Fire is pretty bad. It exploded in size over the last two days.

 

Texas wildfires live updates: Huge blaze grows to 500,000 acres, forcing evacuations and cutting off power

[Sedalia Dave]

The fire is now the 2nd largest fire in US history.

Over 1,075,000 acres or 1680 square miles have burned.

Currently the fire is 3% contained. 
 

 What puzzles me is it doesn’t appear that there are any air tankers assisting in fighting the fire. 
 

 

[Rye Miles #13621]

23 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:

The fire is now the 2nd largest fire in US history.

Over 1,075,000 acres or 1680 square miles have burned.

Currently the fire is 3% contained. 
 

 What puzzles me is it doesn’t appear that there are any air tankers assisting in fighting the fire. 
 

 

It seems like the media is not paying much attention to these fires. 

[Sedalia Dave]

3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

It seems like the media is not paying much attention to these fires. 

 

Happening in "Fly Over Country" the MSM only cares about us when it suits their agenda. :(

[Pat Riot]

Ever notice that when lots of lib whackos move into an area soon after all kinds of weird sh** starts happening?

[Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381]

If it was Comiefornia, it would be at the forefront of every newscast. But since it is Texas, the media could care less. In fairness, it is in a pretty sparsely populated area of Texas. However there are a lot of personal stories:

 

Most of a historic Texas ranch, on the market for $180 million, was badly burned by wildfires spreading across the Texas Panhandle, the owners said Thursday.

In a statement, the owners of the Turkey Track Ranch, which contains around 80,000 acres, said an early assessment indicated that about 80% of "pastures, plains, and creek bottom vegetation" had been destroyed.

 

The owners said the loss of livestock, crops, wildlife, and infrastructure was "unparalleled in our history."

[Rye Miles #13621]

On 3/1/2024 at 9:56 AM, Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 said:

If it was Comiefornia, it would be at the forefront of every newscast. But since it is Texas, the media could care less. In fairness, it is in a pretty sparsely populated area of Texas. However there are a lot of personal stories:

 

Most of a historic Texas ranch, on the market for $180 million, was badly burned by wildfires spreading across the Texas Panhandle, the owners said Thursday.

In a statement, the owners of the Turkey Track Ranch, which contains around 80,000 acres, said an early assessment indicated that about 80% of "pastures, plains, and creek bottom vegetation" had been destroyed.

 

The owners said the loss of livestock, crops, wildlife, and infrastructure was "unparalleled in our history."

Any updates? Hope you all are well out there!

[Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381]

3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Any updates? Hope you all are well out there!

 

The last I heard, they have it 50% contained.

[J-BAR #18287]

Probably started as an "immigrant" campfire;  hence lack of media attention.

[Pat Riot]

Since the UN is funding illegal aliens coming across our borders perhaps the state can sue the UN over the fire damage, if the fires were a result of illegal migration. 
 

 

Pat - not holding breath - Riot

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

6 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

Probably started as an "immigrant" campfire;  hence lack of media attention.

Highly likely. My son was a wildland firefighter and occasionally worked along the border. He said his crew would be walking into the woods and illegals were walking out. 

[watab kid]

well , a MN company Excel Energy thinks it started one of the zones with their equipment , i wonder if the lack of media coverage is because theyt were thinking like my wife that the majority of it might be illegal migrants noght fires left unattended ? we shall see what shakes out - in the meantime stay safe down there if you can ,