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(Message started by: Gator on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:37pm)
Title: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Gator on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:37pm
Got a fire burning less than a mile to East of my house.  Luckily, the wind is blowing out of the West.  Unluckily, there is a fire burning about 2 miles to my West.  

This shit is ridiculous.  78 degrees and winds been gusting to over 60mph today.  On New Years Day?  WTF?
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Grandma_Sweet_Boy on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:39pm
I saw those fires on our newscast here tonight and heard about the winds.

Stay safe Mike - that's awfully close to you.

Please keep us posted - sending good luck wishes from the frozen north.

Carol
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by boonie on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:46pm
good luck to you gator I have been watching the fires on the news and have seen a lot of sad faces Let's hope the fires miss you and rains come soon

boonie
Title: ...Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Linda_Howell on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:46pm


Good Lord Mike..  There is so much rain here in Cal.ifornia  I'm waiting on the next ARK to sail by here.  I so wish I could send some of this your way.   :'(

  Linda
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Gator on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:48pm
Definitely gonna be checkin my 6 for a while.  

Between the smoke from the fires and the dust in the wind, an otherwise sunny day looked like the sky does just before it snows.  Looking out across the field to my east, the air was a light greyish brown.
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Redd715 on Jan 1st, 2006, 8:59pm
I hope there are no sparks on the wind Mike.  Please keep us posted that you and yours are safe, ok?

Pegg
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by pattik on Jan 1st, 2006, 9:26pm
I've been following this on the news and thinking about you--hoping that you weren't anywhere near the fires.  I'm wishing for a quenching rain for you.  Be watchful and safe.  
[smiley=hug.gif]
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by cootie on Jan 1st, 2006, 9:39pm
Dam......hopein you can stay out of the "fire-ring" line......heard there is so much dense dry brush that kindles the fires also ? Been rainin here and wet too.......beats snow but I'd take that over fire. Fire stay down below Pam
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by stevegeebe on Jan 1st, 2006, 9:49pm
Stay safe Gator.  Stay ready too.

Steve G
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Gator on Jan 1st, 2006, 10:25pm
Latest weather update:  Monday will calm down a little then Tuesday is going to be as bad or worse than today with near record temps, humidity below 20% and high winds.  A front is supposed to move through that is going to pull more dry air up out of the southwest.  Just what we need. ::)

Thanks for the good/wet wishes.  We need them big time right now.
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Barry_T_Coles on Jan 2nd, 2006, 12:35am
Stay Safe Mike
We got the same thing happening on the East Coast of Aust, wild fires happening in Victoria & New South Wales with 40 deg C + heat.
Got one here on the West Coast near our property but it looks like they may be getting it under control.
People may think me an idiot for having extra large fire breaks & slashing the stubble down real low but I know that our place is gonna be safe specially when we live  2000 kilometres away and can’t do anything about it.
Hope the weather turns better for you.

Kind Regards
Barry
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Jasmyn on Jan 2nd, 2006, 3:13am
Wishing you wet weather and safety.
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Guiseppi on Jan 2nd, 2006, 10:26am
Worked the big So Cal fires in 2003. When it starts getting at all close, get out! These wind whipped fires moved faster and hotter then even the grizzled old veterans could anticipate. When they say it's close enough that they want you to evacuate, skedaddle now! We'll be keeping you in our families prayers, let us know when the rains finally come. That's about the only thing that slows the wind fires.

Guiseppi
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Phil L on Jan 2nd, 2006, 11:35am
Keep watching your six for bandits and stay safe and
sound. .....
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Charlie on Jan 2nd, 2006, 1:16pm
It's 2006 fer chrissakes.

How about a break in disasters?  http://www.netsync.net/users/charlies/gifs/extinguisher.gif

Watchful waiting, I guess is what ya gotta do, Mike.

Hope you get a downpour or 6.

Charlie
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Sandy_C on Jan 2nd, 2006, 3:12pm
Stay safe, Chuck.  Keep a watchful eye on those fires and get out as fast as you can if you need to.

Keep us posted.

Sandy

PS  It's raining like crazy here today - wish I could send some to you.
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Kevin_M on Jan 3rd, 2006, 8:08am
Mike,

Thinking of ya, hoping the very best for you and yours through this.  



Quote:
In Oklahoma, calm winds and higher humidity levels helped firefighters bring the flames under control and officials said late Monday that all major wildfires in the state were under control.

But the National Weather Service said conditions could worsen in the region, predicting low humidity, above-normal temperatures in the 70s and high winds that could make it more difficult to fight fires from the air.

Computer models showed no rain soon, said Jesse Moore, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Fort Worth. He said the region's last appreciable rain was about a quarter-inch on Dec. 20. Oklahoma is more than a foot behind its normal rainfall of about 36 inches for this time of year.

"We're not out of danger yet," said Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry. "We can't let our guard down."

Since Nov. 1, Oklahoma wildfires have covered more than 285,000 acres and destroyed 200 buildings, said Michelle Finch, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Department's forestry division.


http://i.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/us/0601/map.tx.ok.fires/texas.oklahoma.fires.gif
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Sean_C on Jan 3rd, 2006, 9:19am
Mike I've had this song stuck in my head for days and its your fault ;;D I'm giving it back ;)

I hope all is well my brother.

Michael Martin Murphy - Wildfire (http://media.putfile.com/Michael-Martin-Murphy---Wildfire)

Sean.......................................
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by seasonalboomer on Jan 3rd, 2006, 9:39am

on 01/03/06 at 09:19:38, Sean_C wrote:
Mike I've had this song stuck in my head for days and its your fault ;;D I'm giving it back ;)

I hope all is well my brother.

Michael Martin Murphy - Wildfire (http://media.putfile.com/Michael-Martin-Murphy---Wildfire)

Sean.......................................


I will not read this post again, or think about this song....
I will not read this post again, or think about this song....
I will not read this post again, or think about this song....
I will not read this post again, or think about this song....
I will not read this post again, or think about this song....
I will not read this post again, or think about this song....

She ran calling willlldddddddddfiiiirrrrrrreeeeee...

damn!@

scott
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Sean_C on Jan 3rd, 2006, 9:41am
I told ya Scott LMMFAO I've been fucked for days [smiley=laugh.gif]

Cheers

Sean.........................................
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by nani on Jan 3rd, 2006, 12:23pm
Check in, Mike...

I'm worried. And that dang song is now stuck in my head...  :-/
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by aprilbee on Jan 3rd, 2006, 1:54pm
I'm in Oklahoma City, and things aren't as bad as they were on New Years day, people have been heading the warnings it seems, hopefully anyway.  Still warm and windy, but no plumes of smoke can be seen as of yet...

Hopefully, things will stay this way... :-/
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Ree on Jan 3rd, 2006, 2:13pm
Heyyyyy how close are you to Buda??? My brother was worried because the fires were getting close and thats where he lives..... He just left here 31st and I haven't heard from him yet.... let me know....love ree
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Gator on Jan 3rd, 2006, 2:20pm
We made it through the night here.  The fires close to us were put out.  The skies around my place today (so far) are bright, shiny and clear, but it's already 66 degrees and climbing with 16 mph winds gusting to 25mph.  New fires are starting to pop up around the state.  It's expected to reach the mid-70's with winds gusting to 40+mph.  No rain expected in the near future.  I just saw on the local weather that humidities as low as 15% are moving in from the west.  Not good for the home team.

People can be so clueless.  It's been broadcast in all the media that a lot of these fires are caused by people throwing cigarettes out the car window.  There is now a fine of $168 for tossing a butt out the window, plus paying for damages caused and yet some idiots continue to do so.    
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by seasonalboomer on Jan 3rd, 2006, 2:23pm
..."she comes down from yellow mountain......"
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by Sean_C on Jan 3rd, 2006, 2:27pm

on 01/03/06 at 14:23:52, seasonalboomer wrote:
..."she comes down from yellow mountain......"


LMAO on a dark flat land she riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiides  ;;D
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by nani on Jan 3rd, 2006, 2:47pm
...On a pony she named Wildfire
  With a whirlwind by her side...

Oh Gawd...somebody shoot me.  :-[
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by seasonalboomer on Jan 3rd, 2006, 2:53pm
.....Theres been a hoot owl howling by my window now
For six nights in a row.......


:-X :-X :-X
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by nani on Jan 3rd, 2006, 3:00pm
She's coming for me, I know.


I hate you for making me do this.  :P
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by seasonalboomer on Jan 3rd, 2006, 3:14pm

on 01/03/06 at 15:00:51, nani wrote:
She's coming for me, I know.


I hate you for making me do this.  :P


No you don't, and you better not or we'll have to start singing Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat".

Scott
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by seasonalboomer on Jan 3rd, 2006, 3:16pm

on 01/03/06 at 15:14:00, seasonalboomer wrote:
No you don't, and you better not or we'll have to start singing Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat".

Scott


In fact, forget it, we're just going to have to go ahead and start.....


"...On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain...."
Title: Re: She ran calling Wild Fire!
Post by nani on Jan 3rd, 2006, 3:21pm

on 01/03/06 at 15:16:01, seasonalboomer wrote:
In fact, forget it, we're just going to have to go ahead and start.....


"...On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolor in the rain...."


[smiley=bash.gif]   Don't make me a hater...


She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolour in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat



:-[


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