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Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:16 pm
by Foggy
Oh wow, you have a town named Electra. 8-)

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:26 pm
by RTH10260
Foggy wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:16 pm Oh wow, you have a town named Electra. 8-)
... where all electricity is made, they just don't serve TX ;)

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:35 pm
by Maybenaut
Foggy wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:16 pm Oh wow, you have a town named Electra. 8-)
It used to be called Mourning.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 1:23 pm
by Volkonski
Maybenaut wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:35 pm
Foggy wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:16 pm Oh wow, you have a town named Electra. 8-)
It used to be called Mourning.
:lol:

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 3:10 pm
by New Turtle
Sinclair (gas station chain out west) has its own town in Wyoming, basically a big oil refinery. I think that's where they make the 85 octane.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 7:52 pm
by johnpcapitalist
Volkonski wrote: Sat Dec 11, 2021 12:10 pm What with all the tornadoes yesterday didn't get around to mentioning our local brush fires.

This is a seriously badass looking truck. Me want!

(I think it's a converted Oshkosh military truck turned into a fire truck of some sort. Not sure they've bothered to put a lot of mission equipment on it, but it does look really cool. Probably given them under the fire department equivalent of the "1033" program.)

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 1:19 pm
by Volkonski
We are again under a red flag warning today into this evening. Currently gusts up to 32 mph and 17% humidity. No rain here for weeks. :?

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 7:55 pm
by Volkonski
:thumbsup:


Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2021 8:08 pm
by Volkonski


Fires to the west of us and fires to the east of us all fully contained.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 2:19 pm
by Volkonski


Fire danger continues. :?

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 4:05 pm
by Volkonski


This is the county just to the east of us.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Mon Dec 13, 2021 4:42 pm
by Volkonski


Not far north of us in Oklahoma.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:29 pm
by Foggy
I think Texas is just about ready for a plague of frogs. :mrgreen:

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:31 pm
by Estiveo
I'd hate to see Texas inflicted upon a bunch of innocent froggies, Foggy.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2021 7:55 pm
by RVInit
Estiveo wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:31 pm I'd hate to see Texas inflicted upon a bunch of innocent froggies, Foggy.
:yeahthat:

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:29 am
by notorial dissent
Foggy wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:29 pm I think Texas is just about ready for a plague of frogs. :mrgreen:
Considering the current TX gov't and political situation, I think that garbage scow already done sunk, frogs somehow seem minor by comparison, that and it is too dry there right now.

Based on what I am seeing for the next couple of days, weather wise it could get right nasty with the high winds predicted from the west clear through in to the mid-west and east.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:58 am
by Volkonski
notorial dissent wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:29 am
Foggy wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:29 pm I think Texas is just about ready for a plague of frogs. :mrgreen:
Considering the current TX gov't and political situation, I think that garbage scow already done sunk, frogs somehow seem minor by comparison, that and it is too dry there right now.

Based on what I am seeing for the next couple of days, weather wise it could get right nasty with the high winds predicted from the west clear through in to the mid-west and east.
High today forecast to be 81F with wind gusts up to 38 mph. No rain for weeks. Fires are a real possibility. :?

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:57 am
by notorial dissent
Volkonski wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:58 am
notorial dissent wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 6:29 am
Foggy wrote: Tue Dec 14, 2021 12:29 pm I think Texas is just about ready for a plague of frogs. :mrgreen:
Considering the current TX gov't and political situation, I think that garbage scow already done sunk, frogs somehow seem minor by comparison, that and it is too dry there right now.

Based on what I am seeing for the next couple of days, weather wise it could get right nasty with the high winds predicted from the west clear through in to the mid-west and east.
High today forecast to be 81F with wind gusts up to 38 mph. No rain for weeks. Fires are a real possibility. :?
Either burn up or blow away, such choices!!!!!

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:07 pm
by Volkonski

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 2:12 pm
by Volkonski

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:04 pm
by Volkonski
Iowa Park is about 14 miles west of here.

Wildfires prompt evacuation of Iowa Park High School, US 287 shut down

https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/lo ... socialflow
City of Iowa Park warns residents in Wagon Wheel, Yucca, Surrey Circle areas of the possibility of evacuations.

The Texas A&M Forrest Service has combined the Belcher Fire and Burnett Ranch Fire to manage as the Belcher Complex. They estimate the fire is 200 acres.

:snippity:

According to a Facebook post, Iowa Park High School has been evacuated due to uncontrolled wildfires in the area. The post did say that all other campuses will remain in session at this time.

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:05 pm
by Volkonski

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:25 pm
by Volkonski
Officials with the Wichita County Sheriff’s Office are asking that residents please stay out of the 287 area of Iowa Park and Electra. US 287 is closed in Iowa Park and Electra and residents will not be able to get through. According to Melvin Joyner with the WCSO the fire is jumping the road and the area is hazardous.
https://www.texomashomepage.com/news/lo ... socialflow

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2021 3:40 pm
by Volkonski
Iowa Park Volunteer Fire Department
37 minutes ago
Fires are being managed, DO NOT PANIC!!! THE CITY OF IOWA PARK IS SAFE AT THIS TIME! JUST BE CAUTIOUS AND ALERT! DO NOT TRY AND TRAVEL WEST OF IOWA PARK ON HIGHWAY

Currently on scene is IOWA PARK, ELECTRA, WICHITA WEST, BURK, WICHITA FALLS, SHEPPARD, KAMAY, AND TEXAS FOREST SERVICE ALONG WITH A STRIKE TEAM FROM DALLAS FIRE, KILLEEN, WACO, AND HEWITT, AND SEVERAL PERSONAL DOZERS

Re: Meanwhile in Texoma........

Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2021 1:45 am
by Volkonski