CenTex GuyTexas is on fire
September 7th 2011 22:27
It seems everywhere you look in Texas right now, there is fire. Even the areas that seem clear of fires aren't. Haze fills the sky and the possibility of any area catching on fire is a real threat. Today was a relatively calm day, but overall things have been hectic.
On September 6, the Texas Forest Service responded to 19 new fires for 1,490 acres, including new large fires in Red River and Rusk counties. In the past seven days Texas Forest Service has responded to 172 fires for 135,051 acres.
In Bastrop County, 785 homes have been reported destroyed. An additional 238 have been reported lost on other fires in the past three days, for a total of approximately 1,023.
Yikes.
One of the biggest issues is that the state is dry and most of the state hasn't had any rainfall since early July. Some spots have had little, but not enough to make an impact. Even now a cold front just passed through and stirred up activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecaster think a tropical depression may form from this. But, all the models that show such that also show that system will either head to Louisiana or Mexico.
The only good thing is it may just create enough activity to break up the high pressure system that blankets the state and has prevented rain. We need that to happen. Otherwise, what's going on in Bastrop may look light in comparison.
On September 6, the Texas Forest Service responded to 19 new fires for 1,490 acres, including new large fires in Red River and Rusk counties. In the past seven days Texas Forest Service has responded to 172 fires for 135,051 acres.
In Bastrop County, 785 homes have been reported destroyed. An additional 238 have been reported lost on other fires in the past three days, for a total of approximately 1,023.
Yikes.
One of the biggest issues is that the state is dry and most of the state hasn't had any rainfall since early July. Some spots have had little, but not enough to make an impact. Even now a cold front just passed through and stirred up activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Forecaster think a tropical depression may form from this. But, all the models that show such that also show that system will either head to Louisiana or Mexico.
The only good thing is it may just create enough activity to break up the high pressure system that blankets the state and has prevented rain. We need that to happen. Otherwise, what's going on in Bastrop may look light in comparison.
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