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Montgomery County Wildfire Info
091111 10:30AM FIRE UPDATE
The Texas Forest Service now shows the Riley Road Fire to be the #3 priority fire in Texas and the Nation. The total acreage burned for the Tri-County area is shown at 21,619. According the TFS report, no additional acreage was lost in the past 24 hours. The overall containment for the Riley Road fire is currently listed at 40 percent. There have been no changes to the status of the fire related to Grimes County and no additional evacuation orders have been lifted since last night's update.

40,000 acres in Northeast Texas and it's still not 100% contained.

East Texas Parrothead wrote:40,000 acres in Northeast Texas and it's still not 100% contained.

I think they said on the news the other night that the fires have burned the same amount of land as the entire state of CT (or Rhode Island). That is kind of scary thought.

My family is all ok.

Thank you to the firefighters!!!

19 new fires in Harrison and Rusk counties (south of us) have scorched 1,099 acres.

Jesus, Mary and Joseph.

Enough already.

Our guys are exhausted ... they have nothing left ... a relative of a co-worker was called out THREE TIMES during a family reunion. She said he looked like a skeleton.

(((((Firefighters)))))

This one is only minutes from us.

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/15456107/fire ... s-14-homes

East Texas Parrothead wrote:This one is only minutes from us.

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/15456107/fire ... s-14-homes

Please be safe ((((Terry))))
Do you have a list of what to grab just in case?

springparrot wrote:

East Texas Parrothead wrote:This one is only minutes from us.

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/15456107/fire ... s-14-homes

Please be safe ((((Terry))))
Do you have a list of what to grab just in case?

Yes. Chip and I have talked about it recently. We're 15 minutes away from this one ... but a blaze could break out at any time in town ... it's so scary. We have a great fire department, but as dry as things are, even a great fire department can't do much to stop the destruction.

Yipes. Yipes. Yipes.

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

springparrot wrote:

East Texas Parrothead wrote:This one is only minutes from us.

http://www.cbs19.tv/story/15456107/fire ... s-14-homes

Please be safe ((((Terry))))
Do you have a list of what to grab just in case?

Yes. Chip and I have talked about it recently. We're 15 minutes away from this one ... but a blaze could break out at any time in town ... it's so scary. We have a great fire department, but as dry as things are, even a great fire department can't do much to stop the destruction.

Yipes. Yipes. Yipes.

Yup
I've had a list made for awhile......

Molly. There's no rain in the forecast and they're saying fall and winter are going to be dry. What on earth is going to happen now that so many old, established trees have died? I mean, dead. Not coming back. It will take thousands of dollars to cut them down ... and if you can't afford do have it done, then do you just wait for the thing to fall on your house? Our trees are okay, so far, as we've watered all summer, but what about the people who have let their big trees die? There are magnolias all over Sulphur Springs that are brown. They're such solid trees. What kind of destruction will they do when they finally fall over?

We've upped our insurance ... house and contents.

((Texas friends))

I'm so worried about you guys. What a disaster! All the trees (and birds and other critters that depend on them)

I'm afraid I'd have the car packed if I lived there.

I thought there was rain falling in parts of NE and Central Texas? Someone fibbed to me dadgumit!!

ph4ever wrote:I thought there was rain falling in parts of NE and Central Texas? Someone fibbed to me dadgumit!!

Maybe somewhere, but not that I've heard about.

Our Weather guy said Hurricane Ike was 3 years ago and we haven't had any rain to speak about since then.
3 years.
3 years
wow

ph4ever wrote:I thought there was rain falling in parts of NE and Central Texas? Someone fibbed to me dadgumit!!

Some places got a little rain, but nothing to speak of ... and the wind dried it up quickly. It's overcast, but still scary dangerous re: risk of wild fires. It's hard to believe this is the green place I grew up in. It's all brown now.

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

ph4ever wrote:I thought there was rain falling in parts of NE and Central Texas? Someone fibbed to me dadgumit!!

Some places got a little rain, but nothing to speak of ... and the wind dried it up quickly. It's overcast, but still scary dangerous re: risk of wild fires. It's hard to believe this is the green place I grew up in. It's all brown now.

I don't know how much rain it is going to take to get TX back to what it should be....

Go to google TX maps and zoom in until you can see the land....there is very little that is green.....it's all brown.....

springparrot wrote:

ph4ever wrote:I thought there was rain falling in parts of NE and Central Texas? Someone fibbed to me dadgumit!!

Maybe somewhere, but not that I've heard about.

Our Weather guy said Hurricane Ike was 3 years ago and we haven't had any rain to speak about since then.
3 years.
3 years
wow

Just remember - the longest Texas drought was from 1951-57

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

ph4ever wrote:I thought there was rain falling in parts of NE and Central Texas? Someone fibbed to me dadgumit!!

Some places got a little rain, but nothing to speak of ... and the wind dried it up quickly. It's overcast, but still scary dangerous re: risk of wild fires. It's hard to believe this is the green place I grew up in. It's all brown now.

What's scary is the number of douchebags that throw cigarettes out the car window in that tinderbox!!! I completely freaked out when I saw that.

I actually smelled rain today... didn't see any.... sky was darker and cloudy.. wind was blowing smelled like rain but nothing!!!

Still cloudy here and they say we could get some over the next few days but it needs to start now.. just rain.. no lightning!!! Stay safe everyone!!