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Red_Dragon

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Location: Dumbf*ckistan

Posted: Apr 22, 2016 - 6:58pm
Antigone wrote: NASA has released some interesting satellite images showing the Rocky Mount Fire 2016. One is wider, the other a closer up of the detail area with labels. The fire is now listed at 8,952 acres (10 times the size of my little town) and 43% contained. Is your town within either image?

Antigone

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Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
Gender: Female

Posted: Apr 22, 2016 - 4:56pm
NASA has released some interesting satellite images showing the Rocky Mount Fire 2016. One is wider, the other a closer up of the detail area with labels. The fire is now listed at 8,952 acres (10 times the size of my little town) and 43% contained.

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 4:42pm
Antigone wrote: Thanks. I've seen that site. We had a light/nonexistent fire season last year, but it's a wet spring, so grasses will grow like crazy and then burn later. We have that site on speed dial. Or bookmarked. I guess. Whatever.

Antigone

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Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 3:42pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Inciweb isn't super up to date with this fire but it's interesting. With photos and other info, sometimes. Some fire managers really keep it current; some don't.

Thanks. I've seen that site.

A friend shared a meteorology site with radar where you can clearly see the smoke trail, and how, in the past 24 hours, the wind has shifted. We're supposed to get some rain on Friday.

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 3:33pm

Antigone wrote:

From this article.

The Rocky Mount Fire in Shenandoah National Park has expanded to 5,600 acres, according to the Type 1 incident management team that assumed command of the fire Wednesday morning. The fire is burning in mountain laurel, pine, and oak forests with heavy leaf litter.

On Tuesday afternoon the fire burned across Skyline Drive blackening 80 to 100 acres on the east side of the highway near mile marker 76. Today crews are actively suppressing that portion of the fire, assisted by two water dropping helicopters.

The wind has shifted and the smoke was very bad at work earlier. Not so bad here at home. For now.

Inciweb isn't super up to date with this fire but it's interesting. With photos and other info, sometimes. Some fire managers really keep it current; some don't.

Antigone

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Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 2:45pm

From this article.

The wind has shifted and the smoke was very bad at work earlier. Not so bad here at home. For now.

haresfur

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Location: The Golden Triangle
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 1:02pm
Antigone wrote: The wildfire just to the south of me has grown to 4000 acres and is making the national news. Yikes. Stay safe. And to all the fireies working to contain it

Proclivities

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Location: Paris of the Piedmont
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 10:09am

Antigone wrote:

We haven't had rain in several weeks, if not a month. And, oh my yes, windy.

Working to keep the fire from crossing Skyline Drive:

fire

I didn't realize you hadn't had any rain - your weather often seems similar to ours (except yours is colder) when I see the larger area maps. It seems like it's been raining for a few days about every two weeks down here lately; I figured you guys were getting some of that too. Good luck to you there.

Antigone

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Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 10:01am
Proclivities wrote: I didn't realize the fire had spread that much; I guess it's been windy up there as well. Still, there's been a good amount of rain lately and I figured most areas were still pretty green. We haven't had rain in several weeks, if not a month. And, oh my yes, windy. Working to keep the fire from crossing Skyline Drive:

Proclivities

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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 9:27am
Antigone wrote: The wildfire just to the south of me has grown to 4000 acres and is making the national news. I didn't realize the fire had spread that much; I guess it's been windy up there as well. Still, there's been a good amount of rain lately and I figured most areas were still pretty green.

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 8:59am
Antigone wrote: The wildfire just to the south of me has grown to 4000 acres and is making the national news. It's kind of weird; I never associate forest fires with your part of the country. They're impressive. And put a lot of gunk in the air... if you have a neti pot/saline rinse, use it, even if you don't really smell the fire.

Antigone

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Location: A house, in a Virginian Valley
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Posted: Apr 20, 2016 - 8:55am
The wildfire just to the south of me has grown to 4000 acres and is making the national news.

haresfur

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Location: The Golden Triangle
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Posted: Apr 13, 2016 - 1:31pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

Last week, in a small town just over the Montana line, 3 people were murdered. In the usual neighbor-interview cliche, someone said “This doesn’t happen here,” said Theresa Kokkeler, who lives three doors down from where the bodies were found. “This only happens on TV. I’ve been here 55 years. Never.”

Except for 3 years ago, in the next town.

But it never happens on this street... {#Meditate}

JustineFromWyomi...

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Location: Teetering on the edge of Avenue D
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Posted: Apr 13, 2016 - 10:46am

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

I saw that quote today, too, and thought "what?" Not to mention the aftermath of the body found in Clark. That hasn't even gone to trial yet.

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
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Posted: Apr 13, 2016 - 9:32am
Last week, in a small town just over the Montana line, 3 people were murdered. In the usual neighbor-interview cliche, someone said “This doesn’t happen here,” said Theresa Kokkeler, who lives three doors down from where the bodies were found. “This only happens on TV. I’ve been here 55 years. Never.” Except for 3 years ago, in the next town.

Steve

Location: Around My Corner... and Up Yours
Gender: Male

Posted: Apr 11, 2016 - 5:22pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

When I was in high school, I was driving around and saw some friends going the other way so I stopped and they stopped and they were eating some green grapes and handed me the bag when a Citizen pulled up behind them, so we took off and I just went over to their house to give them back their grapes but in a few minutes the police were at the door because Citizen had reported an exchange of something for smoking.

${#Devil_pimp}$

KurtfromLaQuinta

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Location: Really deep in the heart of South California
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Posted: Apr 11, 2016 - 12:29pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

What. No bananas?

ptooey

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Location: right behind you. no, over there.
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Posted: Apr 11, 2016 - 12:25pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

ScottFromWyoming

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Location: Powell
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Posted: Apr 11, 2016 - 12:22pm

ptooey wrote:

An anonymous caller on Cherry Street reported seeing someone smoking something in a truck. Deputies found nothing illegal.

ptooey

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Location: right behind you. no, over there.
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Posted: Apr 11, 2016 - 12:11pm

At 3:51 p.m., a local man called police to report what he thought was possibly a break-in. He believed someone had switched his toilet seat from a black color to a blue color. There were no other signs of a break-in.

also -

At 12:49 p.m., a woman reported that someone had stolen two car batteries. Unbeknownst to the thief, both batteries were dead.

At 6 p.m. on Friday, police were called about a small fire in a ditch near the College Hill apartments. A 6-year-old boy had reportedly found some lighters and were playing with them Officers got the small fire out without needing the fire department. The boy and his family were talked to.

While officers were at a call at the College Hill Apartments at 9:08 p.m. on Saturday, a four-year-old girl approached officers from out of no where. Police discovered that the girl belonged to the same family as the boy who started the fire on Friday. The family as further talked to about keeping an eye on their children. No citations were issued.

An anonymous caller on Cherry Street reported seeing someone smoking something in a truck. Deputies found nothing illegal.

A woman in the Lander area reported that she thought someone was trying to light her car on fire.

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