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Posted: 4/20/2016 2:04:05 PM EDT
App. Trail is closed; Skyline Drive, Closed. My windpipe, closed. Should I fo or strap a colander to my face and play Lord of the Shenandoah Wasteland? |
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It's pretty damn dry over across the mountain in WV too. Calling for some rain tomorrow or Friday though. |
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It's only supposed to be like, a sprinkle, and if the wind picks up...
It's pretty bananas at the moment. |
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It's been raining like crazy in Tidewater. Maybe you guys will get some of that instead.
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Quoted: Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Isn't that missing woman in the Shenandoah area? Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. |
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Forrest fire burn offs were normal about every 7 years in virginia until humans stopped it. The fire is great for oak trees and such. The fast growing species like cedar tend to die in a forest fire. Oaks have a deep strong root system. After the fire is over, the ground is prime for the oaks to recover and get going. The cedars have to start over.
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Isn't that missing woman in the Shenandoah area? Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. The thread title says Rocky Mount. That's in between Roanoke and Martinsville. |
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Isn't that missing woman in the Shenandoah area? Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. The thread title says Rocky Mount. That's in between Roanoke and Martinsville. Yeah, I was confused by this too. Looks like we have two Rocky Mounts. |
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Quoted: The thread title says Rocky Mount. That's in between Roanoke and Martinsville. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Isn't that missing woman in the Shenandoah area? Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. The thread title says Rocky Mount. That's in between Roanoke and Martinsville. |
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Yeah sorry, the fire is ON Rocky Mount IN the Shenandoah National Park, not in the City of Rocky Mount, thread title edited, apologies for confusion. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Isn't that missing woman in the Shenandoah area? Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. The thread title says Rocky Mount. That's in between Roanoke and Martinsville. "I am the walrus" That's what Lenin said. |
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At this time last year, the forest service was doing controlled burns on the WV side of Shenandoah mountain. Used a helicopter to set them. I took pics from Reddish Knob. |
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A wildfire in Shenandoah National Park nearly doubled in size on Tuesday, thanks to strong winds and low humidity. The National Park Service says the blaze, named the Rocky Mount fire, has charred 4,000 5,600 acres — up from a little over 2,000 acres on Monday night.
“I can speak with full confidence that the structures around the park are protected,” said John Miller, the Virginia Department of Forestry state wildland fire chief, but the National Park Service has fire suppression responsibility within the park itself. Miller says the Virginia Department of Forestry has been creating fire lines with bulldozers to prevent it from spreading. “Dozer lines,” as they’re called, are created using a bulldozer to dig out the flammable vegetation. What’s left behind is a wide line of dirt that the fire cannot easily spread beyond, though particularly intense fires in very windy conditions can often jump these lines. |
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Get out there and doing your own burnout operations, the LEO's and FFs will thankyou later.
Ok don't do that, but I wish you and your neighbors the best of luck, stay safe. |
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My ex wife lives closer (by about 10 miles) to the fire than I, said she last night she could see it and had to shut the windows due to smoke in her house. It's MUCH worse today.
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We're dealing with about 10 small fires in east TN. Over half of them are arson.
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Damn wind must have shifted. That or there's a fire over this way. |
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The wildfire page I monitor is only updated on Fridays, so I didn't even know this was a thing. I'm close enough that I should be able to see the smoke based on column height, but I'm guessing atmospheric haze is obscuring everything, especially since I'm south of all of this.
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It's much too dry right now - need some rain in this part of VA.
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There were a few of us (see War_face's post) a couple of ridges over when the shit got started Saturday. We saw it when we got back to the car. I hope they catch the fucker but it was probably some asshole's cigarette. I hiked the trail it got started on last year.
Eta: we were on that brown mnt/rocky run loop (shown on the map above) on saturday. That whole area of the park is one of my favorites. |
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Quoted: The wildfire page I monitor is only updated on Fridays, so I didn't even know this was a thing. I'm close enough that I should be able to see the smoke based on column height, but I'm guessing atmospheric haze is obscuring everything, especially since I'm south of all of this. View Quote |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Isn't that missing woman in the Shenandoah area? Rocky Mount is more than a hundred miles away from where they found her car. |
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There were a few of us (see War_face's post) a couple of ridges over when the shit got started Saturday. We saw it when we got back to the car. I hope they catch the fucker but it was probably some asshole's cigarette. I hiked the trail it got started on last year. Eta: we were on that brown mnt/rocky run loop (shown on the map above) on saturday. That whole area of the park is one of my favorites. View Quote Has it been determined the fire was caused by humans? |
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A wildfire in Shenandoah National Park nearly doubled in size on Tuesday, thanks to strong winds and low humidity. The National Park Service says the blaze, named the Rocky Mount fire, has charred 4,000 5,600 acres — up from a little over 2,000 acres on Monday night. “I can speak with full confidence that the structures around the park are protected,” said John Miller, the Virginia Department of Forestry state wildland fire chief, but the National Park Service has fire suppression responsibility within the park itself. Miller says the Virginia Department of Forestry has been creating fire lines with bulldozers to prevent it from spreading. “Dozer lines,” as they’re called, are created using a bulldozer to dig out the flammable vegetation. What’s left behind is a wide line of dirt that the fire cannot easily spread beyond, though particularly intense fires in very windy conditions can often jump these lines. View Quote Fuck yeah. Please, please pick me!!! This single resource needs the OT and hazard pay!!! |
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They found the missing woman. it's a recovery and not a rescue, sadly.
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I'm supposed to come camp at Endless Caverns tomorrow and it's calling for about a quarter inch of rain tomorrow and tomorrow night.
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Quoted: Has it been determined the fire was caused by humans? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: There were a few of us (see War_face's post) a couple of ridges over when the shit got started Saturday. We saw it when we got back to the car. I hope they catch the fucker but it was probably some asshole's cigarette. I hiked the trail it got started on last year. Eta: we were on that brown mnt/rocky run loop (shown on the map above) on saturday. That whole area of the park is one of my favorites. Has it been determined the fire was caused by humans? |
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