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04 Aug 00 - 02:44 PM (#271467) Subject: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: Alice Wildland Fire Update Eight firefighting crews from Canada were requested and will be assisting suppression efforts in Montana.
Four strong winds, they blow "smokey".... Alice in Montana (cough, cough) |
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04 Aug 00 - 05:38 PM (#271574) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: Little Hawk Hi Alice, Canada is glad to help. We appreciate beautiful Montana...at least I sure do, having seen a bit of it once. It means "mountain" in Spanish, except they put that little "n-yay" symbol above the "n", which changes the pronunciation a bit. Anyway, best of luck putting out those fires. |
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04 Aug 00 - 05:53 PM (#271590) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: catspaw49 Hope you're still safe, albeit smokey, Alice. International help is always a wonderful thing. Say, none of the fires are to close to the NYCFTTS are they? Spaw |
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04 Aug 00 - 06:18 PM (#271602) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: katlaughing Lots of that going on here, too, Alice. One county had 14 fires started by lightening in one afternoon this week. Thanks to all who've come from all over to help. |
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04 Aug 00 - 08:46 PM (#271668) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: Sorcha Addendum to kat's message: Fires in Wyo that are very bad, but so far neither kat or I am threatened. Others in other towns are though, so help us out, here. Let's put them out with Mudcat Power.......send LOTSA rain. |
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04 Aug 00 - 09:24 PM (#271694) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: RichM We have had some rain in Eastern Ontario almost every day for 2 months... The plants and trees are the greenest, lushest I've seen in years....Wish I could send some H²0 out west to help you... Rich |
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04 Aug 00 - 10:40 PM (#271711) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: rangeroger Yeah.Idaho's on fire right now also.Well over 300,000 acres and climbing.Just put the Army and the Marines on a couple of the bigger ones. Canada has also responded with their air attack planes. Thank you for your help and send water. rr |
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04 Aug 00 - 10:44 PM (#271715) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: katlaughing I think I heard them say on the radio over 3 or 4 million acres just in the West, so far, with half a season yet to go. It is terribly dry and every strike of lightening threatens. We just missed losing some omes out at the old Goose Egg this past week; that area was made famous in Owen Wister's book The Virginian. As it is a lot of acreage and vegetation is gone. Please do all you can to send that water round; we're in sore need of it. Thanks, kat |
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25 Aug 00 - 09:36 PM (#285413) Subject: RE: Thanks Canada, for help with Wildfires From: Alice Australians have joined in helping in the last couple of weeks. Lots of military help has been sent from bases around the country. Thanks to all. It's exhausting and dangerous, and crews wear out quickly. The problem for crews is partly not enough trained crew leaders.
As Les B noted in the other thread on the fires, we have been in smoke for weeks. The fire north of where I lived was started when a farmer was harvesting wheat, quickly spreading to forested area.
A rain storm that soaked the valley yesterday actually made the fires worse, blowing with such winds that the fire exploded and crews had to be pulled back. Here is our local paper for updates. Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Thanks for the concern. It will probably need winter snows to completely put the fires out, November or December. Alice |