Category: fire
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A Wee Bit Wet
Somebody put up their <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/28/news/state/47-helena.txt">hay too wet</a>. You do that and spontaneous combustion can ruin your day, and your haystack.<br />n<br />n<strong>The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem. Theodore Isaac Rubin</strong>
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Fire risk still high in East
<br /><a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/08/11/news/state/26-firerisks.txt">BillingsGazette.com :: Fire risk still high in East</a><br />n<br />nThis story just points out how explosive the situation is here in Eastern Montana. It also points out the importance of the first strike on a fire.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Eastern Montana has been spared a large fire so far this summer due to stepped up…
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Yet Again
I'm tired, that's for sure. Last night the weather forecasters said there was going to be a frontal passage that would bring 40 MPH winds and with the hot temperatures and low humidity gave us a red flag warning in the area. Then to top it off they said there was a chance of dry…
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Burning
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/views/burning08062007?full=1'><img width='640' height='426' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/views/burning08062007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The grass burning merrily away. At this point the wind had dies down again and the flames weren't running. Just walking along consuming the grass. Taken 8/6/2007.</center>
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Where’s The Beef?
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Yearlings/where08062007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Yearlings/where08062007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>These yearlings were really curious at what we were up to at the fire scene. They kept wandering around getting in the way. The Hired Hand said they were wondering why they weren't invited to the barbecue. Taken 8/6/2007.</center>
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Fire
Too much excitement around here for me. Monday afternoon the hired hand come running home saying there was a fire. Boy he was excited about it. We went running over to see where it was and what we could do. I told My Darling Wife I didn't want to call it in yet because I…
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Water Drop
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/save08062007?full=1'><img width='640' height='427' style="border: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" src="http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/save08062007.sized.jpg" alt="" /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>We had a little fire yesterday and I truly believe this helicopter saved the day for us. We got it under control and only burned about 50-75 acres. The next couple of days will be busy with short nights and…
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Not Over Yet
With the cooler weather so far over the weekend they made some progress on the Derby Fire but it looks like that is in Jeporady now.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/09/04/news/state/30-derby_g.txt" >Fire officials order more evacuations</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>More than 200 homes were being evacuated Sunday night on the western flank of the fast-growing Derby Mountain fire.<br />n<br…
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Derby Fire
A really bad fire near Big Timber/Columbus.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/31/news/state/20-derby_g.txt" >Residents scramble to get out of Derby fire path</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/31/news/state/21-fire.txt" >Towns of Fishtail, Nye under evacuation order</a><br />n<br />nI note the map in the paper appears to be a little out of date. The reading I have been doing is that there is…
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Fire Patrol
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/15/news/local/37-storm.txt" title="Billings Gazette">Storm ignites fires around city</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>A thunderstorm that blew through Billings on Monday night toppled trees and power lines and sparked a series of lightning-caused wildfires.<br />n<br />nOne fire, near Sacrifice Cliff, blackened 40 acres where a cluster of transmitter towers sits at a site off Coburn Road, said Mark Heppler…