Category: fire
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Fire Patrol
I will be very glad when the fire season is over. I'm tired of the worrying. Last night I was in the shower when I heard some thunder rumbling. Damn!!! I jumped out of the shower, got dressed and ran outside. There was a heavy cloud off to the north east, where my land lays,…
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Burn
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 250px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/misc/crew08012006?full=1'><img width='250' height='188' border='0' hspace='5' align='left' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/misc/crew08012006.thumb.jpg' alt='' /></a></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">One of the crews vehicles that were in fighting the fire. The license plates indicate they are from the Bozeman area. They were unable to use these vehicles because part of the fire was in such rough country they were…
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Thanks
I failed to mention it earlier. There was a large number of neighbors that responded to the fire yesterday and it is really appreciated. A community response to such things is important to the well being of all. I thanked everybody that was there and recognize and thank them here again.<br />n<br />n<strong>When community flies…
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Home
Well, I'm finally back home again. Talk about a rude awakening to get a phone call at 2:30 am saying there is a fire. I look out my window to the east and see an orange glow on the horizon that doesn't just say there is a fire over there, it says;<br />n<br />nTHERE IS…
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Fire
Hi, this is Sam's Daring Wife. Sam is out on his way to fight fire this morning. It is over at what they call Indian Coulee. It is a ways for the houses but closer to some of the cows. I don't get over that way too often So I can't tell you too much.…
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Chewing On The Wrong People
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/27/news/local/45-burns.txt">Burns criticizes firefighters, says they didn't heed ranchers</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Republican Sen. Conrad Burns chastised a group of firefighters over the weekend for doing a "poor job" dousing a 92,000-acre blaze near Billings, a state report shows.<br />n<br />nBurns and the firefighters – members of the Augusta Hot Shots from the George Washington and Jefferson…
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Remote Sensing
<a href="http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/activefiremaps.php">Here</a> is an interesting site that uses satellite surveillance (Remote Sensing) to detect and map wildfires. Pretty nifty stuff. Shows you the extent of the fires in our area. I wish they would all calm down and we would get some rain but that's not in the forecast so we have to deal.<br />n<br…
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No Shit Sherlock
<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/19/news/state/33-gov.txt">Governor: Prepare for fires</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote><a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> said Tuesday that dry weather and lightning will continue to present fire danger and that Montanans should be prepared to protect their own property.</blockquote><br />n<br />nIt only took 345,000 acres in the past week or so for out fair haired governor to realize that "dry…
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Quite a Contrast
<center><b>FROM THE PHOTO ARCHIVES </b><br />nNew not previously published<br />n<br />nWith the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/07/17/news/state/25-hardin_g.txt">fires</a> and hot temperatures I thought a look back at winter was appropriate.</center><br />n<br />n<center><a href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/Calves/calves12142005?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/Calves/calves12142005.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>The calves coming into feed during near blizzard conditions. It was very cold. It looks nice right now…
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Burning Sun
<center><a class='serendipity_image_link' href='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/sunrise/sun07142006?full=1'><img width='640' height='480' border='0' hspace='5' src='http://www.sarpysam.net/gallery/albums/sunrise/sun07142006.sized.jpg' alt='' /></a></center><br />n<br />n<center>If you look real close you will see the sun setting behind the smoke of the Pine Ridge fires near Hardin. We were on our way home from our fire and shot the picture through the remains of a fire a few years ago…