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Judging by the smoke I think the COE did one at Crabtree Cove when we were down there.

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8 hours ago, Dutch said:

Judging by the smoke I think the COE did one at Crabtree Cove when we were down there.

Yes, I was up there on Wednesday and they had burned quite a bit around the campground and boat ramp. 

-Austin

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11 minutes ago, oneshot 1 said:

Get a text big fire just across the road. 

Ok that's North of me wind is out of the South.

Ok thanks !

oneshot 

Maybe they wanted you to go out and release the valve and help out...

We drove to the upper Current River one year on a day like this.   Drove down to Parker Access to Trout Fish.  Wind blowing all day, had to cut a tree to get out with a handsaw in the truck.  Driving back enjoying a beverage, we noticed a glow, the Great Fire of Council Bluff.  Took a side road and enjoyed some more beverages while watching the fire jump from pine tree to pine tree.  It was a sight to behold, my first up close wild fire.  We piddled around long enough and it was getting late.  Hwy 32 was opened, but there was still embers and stuff burning away, we hopped out to relieve ourselves and get ourselves smokey.  Had a good story for the wives to explain our lateness.  "We were fighting a forest fire".

"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously."

Hunter S. Thompson

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I was reading about Mack's Creek seems the professionals still haven't learned. 

Use to be you go to a fire and Forestry would hand you a Leaf Rake and say go get it.

Now days stay back we are professionals. That is what they told me last time and said they wouldn't be able to save my house. 

I'm like BS me and the wife went set backfire around our house and barn and saved them. 

Then we go up on the highway they was just standing there. I asked the Chief why they wasn't setting backfire? Oh the highway will stop it.

Wind blowing 40-50 MPH. Fire makes a wind of its own. I'm setting there listening to the fire coming seen it come to the highway and keep going. Fire Crew had me take them ahead of the fire.

Couple years ago they had one get away. I told the Chief shouldn't of let it get a third of the way. Well them were my men. Well they didn't know what they were doing. 

oneshot 

Posted
1 hour ago, Quillback said:

Winder than heck today, air has a brownish look to it, dust I guess, I don't smell any smoke.

Dirty air here too Jeff. Like we are being sandblasted.

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

BilletHead

Posted
Just now, BilletHead said:

Dirty air here too Jeff. Like we are being sandblasted.

It cleared out here, it stayed aloft and didn't mess anything up.  Temps have dropped.  

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56 MPH is the highest I've seen on our wind speed monitor.  I went to the store earlier.  Wind and truck door nearly amputated my foot!

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