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Hopefully, all of those idiots who just couldn't wait for winter to end are enjoying this.

It's "Pitter" as in "Pitter-Patter", not Bitter.

Supposed to gust to near 60 here today and "Red-Flag" fire warnings.

Supposed to be over 70F degrees today, and ~10F by tomorrow AM then back into the mid-70's by the weekend. Gonna blow lots for a while.

Wind's nearly 50 mph outta the SW here today... We'll be getting YOUR winds tomorrow..

Blowing steady 40 MPH here, 60 MPH gusts.

here, 60 and 3mph, awesome

Might bang my sister after the propane tank truck leaves

They had one spark Sunday AM east of Glacier near Browning, by Sunday night it torched 25k acres of mostly grassland. They had to evac some homes but I don't think they lost structures. We had one Friday night behind my place torched 40 acres quick, thanks to good neighbors and a few volunteer fire fighters we knocked it down in a few hours. I realized I'm not in fire fighting shape yet coming out of winter and glad it was only a couple hours of work.

Not bad here but it’s blowing.

Belknap had a decent fire yesterday.

I had to stay home.

Red Flag warning here and blowing like crazy. Far eastern MT

Yeah, well top this. I went outside at work a couple hours ago to take a leak, but couldn't find the schitter.

The wind last night blew it across the parking lot. I had to take the forklift out and bring it back. I was surprised it did not tip over and leave a trail of blue and brown goo across the parking lot.

We’ve a gust or two in the low 30’s......very unusual for us! memtb

We're into the season when we burn flood meadows, stack yards, and feedlots to clean up uneaten residue. Typically a non issue, but when 50+ mph winds kick up, even 1-inch tall stubble burns as flames gets flattened out. I've looked at ground and would have confidently bet a paycheck one could not light it off only to see it blackened the next day.

Well it happened yesterday when a couple locals failed to catch the forecasts. With those winds, embers get airborne and dried cow patties smolder until they become paper thin and start rolling across the landscape like spark spewing frisbies. The difficulty is the front literally outruns ones extinguishing efforts.

Resulted in scattered burns amounting to 3 or 4 square miles here, but no stacks or structures went up. One fifth wheel rig, with a load of hay, drove blindly through a highway crossing plume resulting in ignition and loss of both the trailer and dually in front of my office. Fortunately, no big rig loads attempted passage.

Several years back with similar conditions we lost about 250 tons of our reserve meadow hay. Ended up being a lean year, and we had to buy to make though the subsequent winter. One lesson from that event was the all of ones eggs in a single basket deal. We split our stacks into smaller units now, as opposed to a continuous 100+ yd run. Once a stack lights off, there is absolutely no way to extinguish such a compact fuel package. If handy, one can run a cat through a long stack and potentially isolate the burn but the cat always seems to the 20 miles off on another job. With swirling winds and fine fuels left on the ground though, the fire often jumps across ones attempted division. Mostly, one just watches and tries to prevent spread.

Did notice this AM that my 25 ft travel trailer was turned a couple inches. Still have all the shingles on the house though.

Spring time wind is 60 to 80 mph but sometimes over a 100 mph here.

Today in upstate NY.

You can take a swing at it ?

1minute, do you run cows?


For insurance requirements and 'safety' we keep stacks under 100 ton(?) and have to have them a few hundred feet apart.


Fire whistle blew yesterday afternoon and we had a little grass fire 1/2 mile from one of our river bottom pastures.

I just now stopped by and thanked the chief(volunteer) and left him with a donation. It could be a long fire season...


Luckily it rained just enough to temporarily quell any danger today.


Pretty nasty outside so I came home early and pissed off my wife....lol



Cooling off now, low of 13F tonight.

F uck. Sam.

Ouch

Glad you worked through it dude.

Blowy here too. Power has been on/off, although buried here, LOL

Seems a bit used up compared to Jim's wind though, second hand wind.

Was 60F last night at midnight, a few snow flakes now. Figure some of the birdies are wondering WTH they're doing here now.

Fester, all good here man.


Just extra windy so I puzzed out and came inside the house!


First time all year I come home early on a week day and the woman is growling around on the warpath(about her work).

I'm hiding out in the laundry room like a whipped pup....lol