Posted: 3/1/2008 6:12:37 AM EDT
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FYI Danny  STERLING ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. VERY LITTLE PRECIPITATION FELL OVERNIGHT WITH A PASSING COLD FRONT. WEST OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH LOW FUEL MOISTURES AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT...WILL LEAD TO HIGH FIRE DANGER LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. BLACKSBURG RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 335 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY... .BEHIND A COLD FRONT...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AND MAY COUPLE WITH LOWERING HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON TO PRODUCE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. MOISTURE FROM LAST NIGHTS RAINFALL WAS INSIGNIFICANT...LEAVING CENTRAL VIRGINIA WITH A CONTINUED HIGH FIRE DANGER. TODAYS STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY WILL CREATE CONDITIONS THAT WOULD SUPPORT RAPID FIRE SPREAD AND POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. HUMIDITY MINIMUMS OF 25 PERCENT COUPLED WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR MORE ARE EXPECTED. FIRE MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD TAKE ACTION AS NEEDED. FIRE PERIMETERS ON THE EXISTING FIRES IN THE AREA SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL ESCAPE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. WAKEFIELD RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A VERY DRY AIRMASS MOVING INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA...AND WILL BE COMBINED WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 20 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. RAINFALL LAST NIGHT WAS INSIGNIFICANT...WITH THE GROUND...TREE AND LEAF LITTER REMAINING VERY DRY. |
Do we have any money left?  Nah, hope things are good out your way, I don't see any smoke around here.....yet.  Danny P.S. Wanna see a pic of something cool? |
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tis quiet, but its early. Whatcha got a picture of. We broke a dozer lastweek, doing siteprep work, somehow managed to break a disc off a plow... not by the pin, but by sheared the inch thick 4 inch long plate that hold the pin.... no idea how, not a rock for 100 miles 
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I am sure it slips some peoples minds. I have notified 2 weeks after before just because I have for got.Me "Uh yeah they uhh moved equipment on 3 days ago, 20 acre tract" DOF "You notified us 2 days ago that they just moved equipment on, we went out to do the initial inspection and there is already 15 acres cut" Me "They're fast aren't they" 
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We do a little welding and fixing, not too bad around here. We're waiting on a complete main beam for a fire plow right now, they kinda get bent and broke up. No, not going to Richmond, on call...going to stay close to home, maybe next time. I'm saving for a Colt 1911 made in 1918 that looks like brand new. Danny
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