Just needed to vent a little.
We've been under drought conditions for a while, and we're currently under a state of emergency due to the forest fires.
So far, we've lost about 8000 acres stretching from the Hiram community and now to the Putney community across the pine mountain ridge (Shepherd Trail) that goes through Kingdom Come state park.
They had it under control and about out, and some fool comes along and sets 8 more fires along the trail and now is beginning to have my head on a swivel and getting near enought it could threaten our property and cabin. While it's still a mile or so away, with as dry as everything has been the last 2 months, it would go up like a tinderbox if the wind blows the wrong way and if it jumps ridges.
Here's to hoping that it doesn't get any closer. If it does, I'll be winching my atv up on the mountain and using my dozer blade on the front of it to get as many new and dry leaves and brush away from the cabin as far as I can.
Special thanks to the state, local firefighters and to the National Guard pilots and crews who are daring enough to get down into some of these narrow valleys and hollers.
Just for reference, it was a lot more smokey this morning and you couldn't even see the far ridge, but I didn't have my camera batteries charged and the wind has changed direction some, moving some of the smoke out from how it was earlier.
And a view on a clear day showing the difference.
We've been under drought conditions for a while, and we're currently under a state of emergency due to the forest fires.
So far, we've lost about 8000 acres stretching from the Hiram community and now to the Putney community across the pine mountain ridge (Shepherd Trail) that goes through Kingdom Come state park.
They had it under control and about out, and some fool comes along and sets 8 more fires along the trail and now is beginning to have my head on a swivel and getting near enought it could threaten our property and cabin. While it's still a mile or so away, with as dry as everything has been the last 2 months, it would go up like a tinderbox if the wind blows the wrong way and if it jumps ridges.
Here's to hoping that it doesn't get any closer. If it does, I'll be winching my atv up on the mountain and using my dozer blade on the front of it to get as many new and dry leaves and brush away from the cabin as far as I can.
Special thanks to the state, local firefighters and to the National Guard pilots and crews who are daring enough to get down into some of these narrow valleys and hollers.
Just for reference, it was a lot more smokey this morning and you couldn't even see the far ridge, but I didn't have my camera batteries charged and the wind has changed direction some, moving some of the smoke out from how it was earlier.
And a view on a clear day showing the difference.