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The county just issued standby evac orders for a chunk of AZ near Flagstaff. Relative lives in that area.

https://www.coconino.az.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=2442

You folks in that part of AZ, I hope you make it through what appears to be a terrific fire season to be. We're on alert here too. Clouds forming around these parts today, I hope there's no dry strikes as there's no moisture to speak of.


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Son Jake just got back from a ditch fire.


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One started a bit east of Redding yesterday. Evac orders for the little burg there.

Is that area near you in the drought area, or just "below normal".

Let's hope it doesn't get as bad as some recent years. But, I think I'll air up the tires in the cargo trailer and swap the truck to the spot in front of it with the ball under the hitch. All the important stuff can fit easily in there.


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Went outside to water some trees and was sweating hard within minutes. Came in and the thermometer says 109.5 in the shade here today. That's harsh.


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Geno, check your PM box.


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It’s going to be awful this year. No water anywhere. Springs that nobody can remember ever being dry are dry, and the rest are a fraction of normal. It’s going to burn, and burn, and burn. Anyone with hunting plans in the west should make contingency plans.


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It hasn't rained here in months, I figure its a matter of time before a big azz fire breaks out here.

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Yep Geno, It's going to be a bad one this year I think!!!!!

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We have fires in Colorado already.

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It's cooled off quite a bit here, that helps with the dry weather.


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I was going to go camping with my AZ family to an area near White Horse lake. They told me yesterday the whole Kaibab NF is closing on 6-23 until 9-1 or fire conditions improve.


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Our family homestead survived the Wallow fire in 2011 but just barely, me and 2 of my brothers at the 3 different homes kept spot fires out that were starting from falling embers out of the sky. My whole pasture burned and it came right up to the house but luckily stayed out of the tree tops. When South mountain burned just west of our homes you couldnt see it because of the heavy smoke but it sounded like a jet taking off - scary. As that mountain burned we were loading up horses, dogs, sister in laws, wives and my mom and rushing to get them out of town. My brother lost one horse but it wasnt due to the flames but due to old age and loading her up and hauling her 100 miles away, she just couldnt take it. The first day we got a wave from the west and the next day it came from the south.

We're on red alert again now but I'm hoping that the old fire scar will help slow things a little. There are 4 fires just 10 miles SW of us totaling about 3500 acres right now...too close for comfort. Hard to sleep at night and when I wake up I look out in all directions and hope I dont see that ominus red glow. I've got hoses attached to all hose bibs around the house with nozzles on them and have a few things packed up and ready to go just in case.


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Originally Posted by smarquez
I was going to go camping with my AZ family to an area near White Horse lake. They told me yesterday the whole Kaibab NF is closing on 6-23 until 9-1 or fire conditions improve.

Didn't know the date, but did here the Forest was closing. Going to be difficult/impossible for scouting/hunting for those that drew tags.


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Originally Posted by AZmark
Our family homestead survived the Wallow fire in 2011 but just barely, me and 2 of my brothers at the 3 different homes kept spot fires out that were starting from falling embers out of the sky. My whole pasture burned and it came right up to the house but luckily stayed out of the tree tops. When South mountain burned just west of our homes you couldnt see it because of the heavy smoke but it sounded like a jet taking off - scary. As that mountain burned we were loading up horses, dogs, sister in laws, wives and my mom and rushing to get them out of town. My brother lost one horse but it wasnt due to the flames but due to old age and loading her up and hauling her 100 miles away, she just couldnt take it. The first day we got a wave from the west and the next day it came from the south.

We're on red alert again now but I'm hoping that the old fire scar will help slow things a little. There are 4 fires just 10 miles SW of us totaling about 3500 acres right now...too close for comfort. Hard to sleep at night and when I wake up I look out in all directions and hope I dont see that ominus red glow. I've got hoses attached to all hose bibs around the house with nozzles on them and have a few things packed up and ready to go just in case.



Good luck, I was in the area for Rodeo/Chedeski. I know the feelings.

And of course, there's living here too.


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Originally Posted by Fireball2
Went outside to water some trees and was sweating hard within minutes. Came in and the thermometer says 109.5 in the shade here today. That's harsh.


The past couple days have been hot. The forecast starting Friday and going into the weekend looks worse yet. It's time to be serious and diligent 'bout irrigating to keep everything wet enough that the ladder fuels won't light and fire won't run through the grass, it has to smolder along slow if it starts at all. I'm pretty safe here unless the power goes out. The electric irrigation pump is the key to everything for us keeping field and lawns wet and fighting fire.


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Fires across Utah started way early here...9 going right now

Now some still want to still sell & buy fireworks ? WTH ?



https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...n-across-utah/ar-AALhSYR?ocid=uxbndlbing


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Originally Posted by tikkanut


Fires across Utah started way early here...9 going right now

Now some still want to still sell & buy fireworks ? WTH ?



https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/t...n-across-utah/ar-AALhSYR?ocid=uxbndlbing



Pretty special, eh?


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Worried about tags when the entire habitat is about to go, for the rest of your life? Priorities, please.

This drought is clearly terrible, but it's going to be worse in places where there's more than one year's worth of dead or dessiccated fuel.

This is what happens when idiot Greens (including their Fudd helpers like BHA) control land policy through litigation for three decades, letting the fuels build, and build, and build. Now it's popcorn phart parched, exceptional drought and one spark will take it all away. Then of course, the Greens will fight over the ashes.


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Heard that USFS is closing the Apache Sitgreaves forest on Thursday.................Thank God for that, dont need any idiots that insist of having campfires near me.


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