susitna-flower
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Well my dear Florida friends we now have more in common than our fish interests! The hot weather & lightning has caused fires on three sides of our little community! A big one is burning 10 miles to the south west, a smaller one 20 miles to the west, and a small one about 20 miles to the north. The one to the south west is causing so much smoke that at 10 am it is almost dark as night! Really hard to breath, and just a little frightening. Our house is surrounded by green fields and a mowed lawn area, so I am not too worried it would cause us trouble, but am glad we have a good well and will be ready to start pumping water on our Cedar shake roof if I see flames....... Here in AK we have swamps also, which is where our World famous mosquitoes breed, but they also grow fuel for fires. A "black spruce trees" which grow in soggy ground, grows only about 20' in 150 years, they are notorious for burning hot and fast, and since they are the only thing that will grow out in the swamps, there is nothing to stop the fire. Last week we lost our highschool to fire, unrelated to what is happening now, but still has us all reeling. Less than two months till school starts, and we are looking at having our kids going to school in portables for the next two years! Now this.......
Sigh, :-\ Thanks for letting me vent!
Fish in the Smokey, Frozen North 8)
Sigh, :-\ Thanks for letting me vent!
Fish in the Smokey, Frozen North 8)