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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Wildfires Destroy 27 Homes in Central Texas |
| 2009-03-02 |
| This one is getting close to home --- we watch the fires in CA, but, nothing is like having it close to you. Central Texas has bowed down to Global Warming. We are in a severe 15 month drought -- and just lost 27 houses --- Our fellow Americans on the Southeast coast, NC, GA, etc, are suffering under the cold-laden storms. Drought or cold, we got some Americans that are getting hurt..... stay close -- much will be needed. BASTROP, Texas -- A wildfire fueled by grass, brush and trees has destroyed at least 25 homes and three businesses in central Texas. Officials say two National Guard helicopters joined other aircraft Sunday in dropping water on the blaze near the towns of Bastrop and Smithville. Gov. Rick Perry has activated state resources, including four Blackhawk helicopters equipped to drop water and fire retardant, firefighters and equipment. The wildfire has charred just over a square mile since it was started Saturday by a fallen power line. Texas Forest Service spokesman Lewis Kearney says the fire is about 70 percent contained and that no additional structures are threatened. Residents who were evacuated during the night were being escorted back into the area Sunday to identify their property. Bastrop is about 30 miles southeast of Austin. |
| Posted by:Sherry |
| #10 Aquifers need thousands of years of rain to replenish what California has drunk in the last century. When I visited my cousin in Palm Springs ten years ago, I decided that golf courses in that terrain were obscenities. Trying to prepare our assorted international student friends for a Wisconsin winter has been interesting. The Senegalese were shivering in September already: cold in Senegal is 65F. Most of the Chinese have seen cold, but not this much snow. |
| Posted by: mom 2009-03-02 18:21 |
| #9 Aquafers aren't replenished, EU. That will take a couple good years of rain at a minimum. |
| Posted by: lotp 2009-03-02 17:12 |
| #8 Drought is over in southern California. We've already exceed our average yearly rainfall and the rainy season isn't over yet. But they're still talking about rationing water this summer and encouraging us to rat on our neighbors if they water their lawns too often. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-03-02 16:28 |
| #7 You can track drought here. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-03-02 16:19 |
| #6 We got three inches of snow here in the Montgomery Alabama area, not exactly unheard of, but damn rare. |
| Posted by: The Holy reverend Redneck Jim 2009-03-02 13:35 |
| #5 We haven't had any significant rain/snow in Colorado yet this year. I doubt we've had a half-inch of moisture in Colorado Springs since the beginning of the year. Another drought zone... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2009-03-02 13:30 |
| #4 On the other hand, it's raining cats and dogs in Israeli coastal plain---cold too (do you suppose Algore is on a secret visit to Israel?). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2009-03-02 09:56 |
| #3 First Coast of Florida under High Red Alert for fires. Dry as a bone. No smoking on the golf courses. One day shorts and T's the next day get your downhill racer clothes on. Where is Gore? Did he see his shadow? |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2009-03-02 09:51 |
| #2 [CR has been pooplisted.] |
| Posted by: CR 2009-03-02 08:40 |
| #1 Austin used to have droughts all the time back when I lived there, and we didn't have any global warming, nor did we bow down to anyone. |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-03-02 05:14 |