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Wildfires

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:34 pm
by BallaratBob
Shirley Fire, near Lake Isabella, California
This one is putting a ton of smoke in the air! :ack:
The Shirley Fire southwest of Kernville and west of Wofford Heights, California was very active Sunday afternoon, pushed by west and west-northwest winds gusting up to 26 mph.

LINK: http://wildfiretoday.com/2014/06/14/shirley-fire-near-lake-isabella-california/

Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Sun Jun 15, 2014 7:39 pm
by James Sel

Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:04 am
by wildrose
InciWeb: Incident Information System
This is an interesting site that lists major incidents. At this time there's a fire in Alaska called the 100 Mile Creek Fire that has has burned 23,000 acres. The Shirley Fire is only up to 2,300 acres so far.
LINK: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/

Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:03 am
by CoolChick
California Wildfire Forces Evacuation of Over 500 Homes
It was just a few weeks ago that I visited some people in Wofford Heights. Hopefully they're doing alright. This has got to be frightening for them. I still haven't heard anything about how the fire started.

Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:08 am
by cactuspete
Smokey-the-Bear Turns 70
Looks like a whole bunch of California fires have been skipped over in this thread, but not to fear, I'm sure that Smokey still took care of them just the same!
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Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:44 am
by surfsteve
I remember hearing somewhere that his name is Smoky Bear and that some folks get real offended when you call him Smoky the bear; as if he is the only one left. When you think about it they call Barny the dinosaur just plain Barny and he really is the only one left; unless you count Dino from the Flinstones. But they are portrayed as being from the past so I don't think they actually count. I really don't see what all the fuss is about!

Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 8:23 am
by twister
surfsteve wrote:I remember hearing somewhere that his name is Smoky Bear and that some folks get real offended when you call him Smoky the bear; as if he is the only one left. When you think about it they call Barny the dinosaur just plain Barny and he really is the only one left; unless you count Dino from the Flinstones. But they are portrayed as being from the past so I don't think they actually count. I really don't see what all the fuss is about!

Well, they put a THE in Oscar the Grouch even though my experience is that there are plenty of grouches around!
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Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 10:41 am
by surfsteve
I was going to say it''s not "Micky the mouse" but this guy says it about right!


Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 8:31 am
by panamint_patty
Well, it's Kermit The Frog and as far as I'm concerned what's good enough for a frog is good enough for a bear! LOL

Re: Wildfires 2014

PostPosted: Tue Aug 12, 2014 11:27 am
by James Sel
"Steve the Surf" :thumb: