Originally Posted by jdubya:
Tahoe/Donner Pass expecting up to 10' of snow between Thursday-Sunday this week.
I have a trip to Tahoe scheduled for this weekend to chase the storm, but it's looking like it'll probably be too much, sadly. Probably going to have to cancel. :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
Wild fires around the Texas panhandle with 40-70 MPH winds. The town of Canadian is surrounded and people are ordered to shelter in place.
40 homes burnt in Fritch.
This is Not Good!
Fire and ridiculous wind is a fucking horror show.
In 2012 there was a big fire by Johnson, KS and that crazy bitch was moving 43 MPH. Obviously they had to put it out with tractors and disks and the fastest a tractor will go is 26.
It was 72 earlier today, now it's 42. Supposed to be down around 20 by 8:00.
And then in a few days, back up in the 70s.
As far as I can remember, we've gone the entire month of February with almost no measurable snow fall; got a bit of rain here and there, but it really hasn't been cold enough for anything more than that, except some light flurries that barely stuck the grass and melted immediately. Strange, but I'll take it over a typical one. [Reply]
Originally Posted by notorious:
Who wants to start the Texas fire thread? It's massive.
Most of the people I know live in Gruver, Perryton, etc, just north of it.
Hog?
Yeah, the whole East side of the panhandle up in flames going into Oklahoma now. The cold front seemed to hold the smoke down at ground lever creating an unsurvivable environment. Lots of towns evacuated.
Had to drive an hour to Amarillo yesterday and the trucks were really leaning. Very stressful drive [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
Yeah, the whole East side of the panhandle up in flames going into Oklahoma now. The cold front seemed to hold the smoke down at ground lever creating an unsurvivable environment. Lots of towns evacuated.
Had to drive an hour to Amarillo yesterday and the trucks were really leaning. Very stressful drive
Heard they even shut down the Pantex nuke disassembly plant. Wow. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hog's Gone Fishin:
Yeah, the whole East side of the panhandle up in flames going into Oklahoma now. The cold front seemed to hold the smoke down at ground lever creating an unsurvivable environment. Lots of towns evacuated.
Had to drive an hour to Amarillo yesterday and the trucks were really leaning. Very stressful drive
Jesus Fuck.
Stay safe down there man, I'm telling you, fire is fucking scary as shit. Dude on the FD here told me there was a 60K acre fire up in Nebraska around Goethenburg too. After the snow I figured we were good to go. Guess fucking not. [Reply]
