Wildfires in N. Texas

[JB]

There are at least a half dozen seperate wildfires burning as I write in communities south and west of Arlington, TX.<br /><br />At 5:00 PM at least a dozen homes and many other structures have been destroyed.<br /><br />The fires are aided by a severe drought and high winds.<br /><br />We have many members who live in those areas. Let's focus some energy on quick and effective control of the fires and preservation of the homes of our friends.

 

[TexomaAv8r]

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Also north Texas-Texoma Region and Southern Oklahoma. Mustang, Ardmore, Colbert OK, Grayson County Texas and OKC suburbs as well as areas arround Sherman Texas.<br /><br /><br />"Wildfires Plague Texoma - Evacuations Ordered"<br />KXII Headline

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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5 homes about 15 miles from me have been burnt to the ground. This all happened yesterday and are not in your area but south of you.

 

[Elmer Fudge]

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This dry spell has been going on for far too long

 

[heycods]

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Burning 1 mile north of my house right now, Dust storm blowing, wind out of NW at 25mph, I just came from there Its already burned about 500 acres it started about 3 hrs. ago.

 

[Kenneth Brown]

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Looks like hay is gonna get even more scarce and higher, if you can find it at all.

 

[vipzach]

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JB, we have them burning all around the OKC metro area, parts of I35 were shut down earlier today because of the smoke. They showed a live view from a helicopter earlier that you could see them burning everywhere. Fire dept. said there was not a whole lot they could do. Kinda scary!!

 

[Twidget]

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When I first moved to the DFW area from west Texas, I was horrified to see cigarette butts flying out car windows. That is a definite no no where I was from, but I still see it regularly here.<br /><br />One of the fires closed hwy 287 for a bit, wonder if a butt was the cause.

 

[heycods]

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Originally posted by Kenneth Brown:<br /> Looks like hay is gonna get even more scarce and higher, if you can find it at all.

I could use about 50 round bales to get through winter. No wheat or oat grazeing, were already over what we would feed the whole winter.

 

[JB]

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Last week round bales of horse hay around here were going for $76. Bet they will be higher tomorrow. In a normal year you can get round bales of coastal bermuda (horse favorite next to alfalfa) for $25 to $40. Our 4 will go through 10 round bales before the grass greens up in March.<br /><br />I drove in to Arlington on Christmas to dine with son, LOML and a couple of grandbuddies. Saw scars of four grass fires that clearly started at the shoulder of I-30. Seems likely that they were cigatette butts.

 

[Elmer Fudge]

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There's a good reason to raise taxes on cigaretts, folks who throw their butts out of their windows ought to be horse whipped.<br />my 2cents.

 

[rwise]

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fires in 22 counties in OK, some caused by cigarette butts being thrown out. Now they are expected to ban fireworks today.

 

[KaGee]

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Wish I could ship some of this rain down there to you all. It's been raining since Christmas. We have flood warnings in the area.<br /><br />I warned Ladyfish last week not to brag too much about the weather. Mother Nature has a way of evening the score.

 

[eeboater]

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Related to the culture thread possibly? Something like wildfires is the last thing that I would think of this time of year...<br /><br />I hope those people are ok.<br /><br />Sean