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It is supposed to be a bad day Saturday for more fires.
The BurnBan in Oklahoma has been extended to Charcoal grills and outdoor Welding as well.
I have most of the ground around the house watered now, and will continue to water everyday for a while.
I have a disabled wife and am not sure she could get out in time.
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jimmy, dave, 'nessa, and all, if you are in the burn area, and wouldn't mind an occassional phone call to check on things, please pm me your phone numbers. i promise i'm not a pest... but like to know how folks are, especially when i can't get on here.
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No big deal will pm you my cell and home in case I don't answer the house phone. Got some kids in Haltom City near Ft Worth setting fires ans some in Arlington. Right now there are no fires near me that I know of . San Antonio is having bad with wold fires I think we have a member or two down there. Pan Handle of Texas having more fires and wind whipping them real bad. Jimmy
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Here's a picture from Thursday afternoon taken facing east from the house. The previous pictures of smoke were facing west, on Saturday. This fire was believed to be arson...several smaller fires popped up within a few miles yseterday...very suspicious. My DSL provider was down all day yesterday...I don't know if that had anything to do with fires. There were at least 5 fires in central Oklhoma Thurs.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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All's well this morning, and the fire danger is "lessened" thanks to lower wind and temps. Tomorrows fire danger will be "critical" again, High 74, winds 35mph.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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I can not believe the temps you guys are telling me, that is unbelievable for a winter time month..
I know how you guys can get rid of it, Murphy's Law, go out and plant some tender annuals and see how fastttttt it gets cold and wet.... *hey, wishful thinking for you*
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We got to 83 Thursday wind werer gusting to 50 at times. Low last night was 50 Weesie,Lynne,Merme I think that is probably your high's for this time of year. Usually while we seldom get winters like north of here I can't remember a winter this warm. When we lived in Oklahoma we had hard winters and we used to have winters here but now it just seems to go from hot to unbearable anymore. Even the desert area's are coole rthen we are. Winds are supposed to lay later today but up again tomorrow anykind of outdoor fire (BBWQ etc) is now banned here. Arsons are setting fires also caught teens setting them yesterday. Jimmy
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Yes. That was apparently a fire that was about 15 miles from here...as it turned out, at about the same time, some IDIOT was setting fires about 3 or 4 miles from here DIRECTLY upwind of our property. Luckily, it was near two small lakes, and the residents helped considerably with garden hoses, etc. I never saw the smoke from those...when the firefighters were responding to the first fire, they got the calls for the other 2, that's why they're sure they were set intentionally. Going outside now to run several sprinklers...high today expected to be 78, winds gusting to 30 or more...weatherman says this is the worst potential for fires so far, and the IDIOTS will all be off work. What do you bet some folks decide to burn their trash?
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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We have same temps and wind here today Dave. Caught kids and some Adults setting fires. Can't believe what some people will do any kind of outside fire is banned that includes BBQ and welding etc. Then these people set fires. Jimmy
* * * * Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says. Keep it organic GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops!
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Quick update...here's how bad it is... There's a television briefing right now addressing conditions. Any ember that gets loose has an 80% chance of igniting a fire. Once a fire starts, it will travel 200 to 900 feet per minute, with an average speed of 500 feet, or roughly 1 and 1/2 football fields length per minute. Conditions are NOT expected to diminish after sunset, as winds are not expected to drop until tomorrow.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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Oh, but get this, they are saying to have sprinklers ready to go, but NOT to water unless fires threaten. ! ? If a fire gets started, it's going to move too fast to deal with solely at the last minute. I have 2 sprinklers running right now, and I don't intend to turn them off until I have a firebreak of several hundred feet around our house. I can't believe I haven't been doing this right along.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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oh my... all i can say is a prayer...
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o.O holy crap, no rain since september?? I remember one time when i went to a family reunion in Huston, and there was a dry spell that had been going on for a few months, and as soon as i showed up it started raining. Maybe i should come down there again and shop for beany babies!
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PHOEBE!!! COME ON DOWN!!!!!IF you can bring with you come on Cannot think of a better way to meet you. Our winds today are not high still in upper 70's last check I did, Still under Red Flag fire alert.Waiting for Euknuba Dog shoe tonight on Animal plant. Hard to decide between that and PBR I love so well. Jimmy
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quote:Originally posted by peppereater: Oh, but get this, they are saying to have sprinklers ready to go, but NOT to water unless fires threaten. ! ? If a fire gets started, it's going to move too fast to deal with solely at the last minute. I have 2 sprinklers running right now, and I don't intend to turn them off until I have a firebreak of several hundred feet around our house. I can't believe I haven't been doing this right along.
I have watered all the way around my house once and am going to do it again.
* * * * One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie. Plants: 1077 | From: Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b | Registered: Feb 2005
| Seeded: 69.30.152.15
* * * * One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie. Plants: 1077 | From: Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b | Registered: Feb 2005
| Seeded: 69.30.152.15
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I would definately come JV! Unfortunately, i'm a college student, and i just payed my bill last night >.o soooooo ya, i'm broke for the next lifetime lol. I can send you a glass of water if you want though!
* * * * One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie. Plants: 1077 | From: Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b | Registered: Feb 2005
| Seeded: 69.30.152.15
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We have rain in the forecast 20% chance on Tuesday.
Pat
* * * * One OS to rule them, one OS to find them: One OS to bring them all and in the darkness bind them In the Land of Redmond where the shadows lie. Plants: 1077 | From: Haskell Oklahoma Zone 6b | Registered: Feb 2005
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Grand Prairie Texas now has parts of it burning . Had to evacuate the Naval Air Station. Dealers Auction where I use to work is on fire that is on Main st. a lot of car lots on fire. Have freinds that have no phone Police wont let me in to see if they are ok or to get them out. Our best friends he is a bad heart patient his wife and daughter both disabled in wheel chairs but they said they were safe. Smoke smell is very strong now been smelling it well over two hours this is about 5 miles south of me. Jimmy
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That fire is knocked down said on news this morning it was arson. Hope the throw the book at these fools I just can't believe people will set fires as dry as everything is. I now carry a camera everywhere I go if I see someone even looks like he is starting a fire I will get a photograph while I call the police. That way they can prove or disprove in court they were setting fires. Jimmy
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Incredible, Jimmy. Car lots on fire? They're saying today's fire risk will be less than yesterday. We lucked out yesterday with few fires in the state and none got too out of control. Today's risk level is EXTREME, down form yesterday's CRITICAL. Some consolation, huh? High will be 75, wind 25 mph. Since we dodged the bullet yesterday, I have a feeling we're gonna get it today.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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Our weather is same as yours for today but our fire alerts have gone up. The Auto Auction I was drving for was supposed to have cars burning at it. I will go by after work today and see it is just across the tracks from Jefferson St. where the fires were shown on ABC local station last night. If that is true Cox Enterprize will be in a world of hurt replacing those cars value to the owners. A lot of dealers store their cars there so as no to have over crowded lots. I wish they could catch those arsons. Fort Worth Stock show will start around the 20th normally rains that two weeks here's hoping. Jimmy
* * * * Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says. Keep it organic GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops!
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Well, I was wrong about yesterday. Never saw anything about how extensive the fires were yesterday, not on this morning's news, either, but I just heard on the radio that there were 20 fires statewide, and one out west that burned over 1,000 acres. You know things are bad when none of this was newsworthy!
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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Seems we get more Oklahoma news then you do Last night they showed the Edmond fire on NBC and ABC both here. We do have a lot of news people here that ether were raised or went to college in Oklahoma may be the reason we get so much of your news here. Jimmy
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Jimmy, or anyone else, have you heard any news about fires in Oklahoma today? As usual, our local stations aren't breaking in with anything, and all I can find on CNN, FOX, etc. is warnings. I guess as long as I don't see smoke, we're not in immediate danger.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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Dave I am at work can't get news stations here as radio wont work in here and no TV allowed. Sorry I have been wondering myself. Just pulled up K4 in OKC on my cell phone has yesterdays fire news on it. Go figure guess today is not important to them. Jimmy
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Thanks Jimmy! I guess it's more important to the folks on local news to get the weekend off than to keep up with a state of emergency...I've never figured out why we don't get noon news on the weekend? Does the world stop turning?
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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dave tried to google it all they have today looks like is about the miners , Sharon and the pilgrimage to mecca. Guess we don't count today as news. Just when everything else fails to get ratings. Jimmy
* * * * Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says. Keep it organic GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops!
quote:dave tried to google it all they have today looks like is about the miners , Sharon and the pilgrimage to mecca. Guess we don't count today as news. Just when everything else fails to get ratings. Jimmy
Exactly.
* * * * Dave Even my growlights are getting restless! Plants: 2290 | From: norman, ok | Registered: Apr 2005
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NBC just had almost a minute on the Nightly news got home too late for local. I know I will not trust another thing our local ABC station puts out. After work I went by last nights fire in GrandPrairie burned almost 50 acres looked more like a controlled fire to me. An old wooden building was not burned although the grass grew right up next to it. Th Auction they said had cars burning did not. Now tell me why the polcie blcoked off the eastern third of town for an almost 50 acre square makes for news I guess but doen't make a lick of sense to me. But do know will not believe anything this station says again. Jimmy
* * * * Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says. Keep it organic GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops!
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Dave I know hot links are not allowed I hope this is go to NBC5I.com see all the fires around here. I cannot figure why K4 in OKC had nothing on the ones there.KOTV has a good article on it. Jimmy
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