DISASTER Wildfire Amarillo Texas 1.1 million acres burning

Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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Moving fire hazard and satellite resource list to page 4.

You will need to follow the links and probably play with "layers" to get the most from these sites.

A fairly current overview tho.



Office of Satellite and Product Operations - Hazard Mapping System

The Office of Satellite and Product Operations (OSPO) is part of the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS). NESDIS is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Department of Commerce.
www.ospo.noaa.gov www.ospo.noaa.gov

NASA-FIRMS

Fire Information for Resource Management System US / Canada
firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

Map Viewer

noaa.maps.arcgis.com
(link^^^)

www.fireweatheravalanche.org

FWAC Wildfire Map - Current Wildfires, Forest Fires, and Lightning Strikes near you | Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center

Interactive real-time wildfire map for the United States, including California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, and others. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters near you using the Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center Wildfire Map.
www.fireweatheravalanche.org www.fireweatheravalanche.org

www.windy.com

Windy as forecasted

Wind map and weather forecast
www.windy.com www.windy.com
 
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Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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Seeing a few spots where fire may be breaking out to the north, maybe.

Looks like rough terrain for a coupla miles north, then it gets flat and more irrigated fields.

NASA-FIRMS

Fire Information for Resource Management System US / Canada
firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
psychgirl said:
Anyone wanna take a guess at how this happened?
If not by natural causes, that is….
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We have an alt news and also unexplained forums for woo type guessing.

It could have been something totally innocent, sorta like the day I left my truck running for a few minutes in the back drive and the exhaust system, apparently, hit some tall weeds and set them ablaze and it wasn't even drought conditions. NOTE there was a warning about the exhaust being able to do this in the owner's manual...
 
bw

bw

Fringe Ranger
packyderms_wife said:
It could have been something totally innocent, sorta like the day I left my truck running for a few minutes in the back drive and the exhaust system, apparently, hit some tall weeds and set them ablaze and it wasn't even drought conditions. NOTE there was a warning about the exhaust being able to do this in the owner's manual...
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An exhaust can do this after the engine is shut down. The cat converter stays hot enough for a while to light fires.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
BUZZ said:
Yes and no .very rough terrain with hills , gullies, ravines etc. This isn't the same terrain as most of Nebraska or Iowa , this is a lot of this area is impossible to navigate with anything other than a mule . It is very hard to fight fires on mules .
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BON we have similar terrain here and in Nebraska, however you need to get off of the highways to see it. The DOT put the highways thru the flattest snd most boring parts of the states.
 
packyderms_wife

packyderms_wife

Neither here nor there.
night driver said:
Well, there ARE planes available for this duty and they will be flying when the winds pause tomorrow. But the winds aren't going to be calm enough to do many passes before they pick back up.
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Not that many and they often have other fires that they are putting out first. The reality is out here in fly over country, and this includes Texas, when it comes to wild fires we’re screwed! We are literally on our own!

There’s a lot of marshland, and loess soil here in Iowa, not to mention some really deep crevasses, which means that not only will you not be using your 4x4 tractor with a 36 row plow in to create a fire break, but if you like your mule you won’t be sending that in either.

There’s a very good reason why most of the land here is tied up in CRP.
 
jward

jward

passin' thru
Millwright said:
It's a perturbance when a handful of people do most of the work on keeping these threads updated and then someone comes along and isn't happy with the info provided, but doesn't want to do any research themselves.
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EVEN WORsE when they refuse to actually read the info already posted, but instead waste time and energy of everyone else by asking questions re: what is already well covered. :bhd:

:: wonders why we have no 'pullin my hair out emoji' ::
 
psychgirl

psychgirl

Has No Life - Lives on TB
packyderms_wife said:
We have an alt news and also unexplained forums for woo type guessing.

It could have been something totally innocent, sorta like the day I left my truck running for a few minutes in the back drive and the exhaust system, apparently, hit some tall weeds and set them ablaze and it wasn't even drought conditions. NOTE there was a warning about the exhaust being able to do this in the owner's manual...
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Also true.
I didn’t say anything about it being Woo.
Just curious. Either way this is horrific. :(
 
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WalknTrot

Veteran Member
packyderms_wife said:
What planes??? This isn’t the west coast.
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Crews and assets like planes and helicopters will move in to a fire from all over the country, and at least up north, sometimes even from Canada. Thing is, when conditions are as they are in Texas, there is little they can do. Winds horrible, potential fuel situation horrible, basically unmanaged, and dried to a crisp. I've experienced it with my farm in the crosshairs of a crowning forest fire, and explosive is quite descriptive of conditions. Everywhere you turn, there's a new fire starting. Planes can help ("maybe" save a town), but helicopters especially need a very local water source from which to fill their buckets, and those are pretty few and far between in the Panhandle. Best (maybe only) help is Mother Nature taking a turn to lend a hand.

Granted, when there is competition from other fires around the country (usual suspect - California) the manpower gets thinner, but assets are still very mobile across the country.
 
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Millwright

Millwright

Knuckle Dragger
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I saw a 10% containment report a few minutes ago...somewhere.

That number should go up quickly.

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stormie

stormie

Veteran Member
Businesses and citizens in Amarillo are providing disaster relief. One company announced they were taking donations of water, clothing, baby formula, diapers, sanitation items etc. They ended up filling up completely two semi truck trailers all donated yesterday. Food trucks have gone to Canadian and are feeding the first responders.

Amarillo National Bank donated 1 million dollars towards relief. Farmers and ranchers are loading up hay, calf feed etc on flat bed trailers. Its like a convoy. More people are offering the use of their acreage for the livestock since fences are burned down. My faith in humanity has sky rocketed.
 
Seeker22

Seeker22

Has No Life - Lives on TB
stormie said:
Businesses and citizens in Amarillo are providing disaster relief. One company announced they were taking donations of water, clothing, baby formula, diapers, sanitation items etc. They ended up filling up completely two semi truck trailers all donated yesterday. Food trucks have gone to Canadian and are feeding the first responders.

Amarillo National Bank donated 1 million dollars towards relief. Farmers and ranchers are loading up hay, calf feed etc on flat bed trailers. Its like a convoy. More people are offering the use of their acreage for the livestock since fences are burned down. My faith in humanity has sky rocketed.
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I see the Panhandle has its version of the Cajun Navy. Outstanding!
 
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