fires

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Originally posted by Max Hedges
A fire approximately one and a half hours west of us at a town called Junee has burnt 25000 hectares, 5 homes, 15000 head of stock and other various buildings and fences. The fire my have been started by a cigarette butt thrown out a car window. I went to one fire 60 kms from here which burnt 4000 hectares and 2000 head of stock on New Years Day. Others went to a fire at Boorowa about an hour north of here yesterday, which burnt 500 hectares. Everyone is getting edgey as there has been a lot of wind with really high temperatures, thankfully today so far is cool at 19 celcius still at 9.30 am.

Max

Hey Max, unfortunately N. Texas is in the middle of a drought right now also, we've barely received 1/2 of our annual rainfall which is a scant 36". (Parts of British Columbia where I used to live receive in excess of 200"!) The weather continues to be unseasonably warm (high today 84!) which with low humidity and strong winds have turned north Texas into a tinderbox. Every evening the news reports a new grass fire which has threatened a town somewhere. Last night a wildfire burnt 8000 acres and the entire town of Ringgold. Governor Perry has declared several counties disaster areas and is asking for Federal assistance.