Where there's smoke, there's usually fire!!!!!

MontanaBob
Registered Topic Starter

12 years ago

Well folks, I have posted in the past about forest fires keeping us on edge, and this year it is worse than ever. No measurable rain since late June, and temperatures in the 90's to 100's which has kept us on edge for a long time.

A huge fire over in Idaho, in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness area has kept us under a smoke alert sine mid July. Now, the fires have combined together and we have a Stage 3 Air alert here and fire warnings for all areas East of the Bitterroot Mtns. ......which is us.

So, yesterday we find out that the fires are only 20 miles from us. Yipeee...the wind is blowing in our direction, so we are going up to our cabin over near Helena. Got the roof sprinklers on and lets see what happens.

Anyone for a Weenie Roast?

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wpr
Preferred Member

12 years ago

good luck.

DakotaT
Select Member

12 years ago

Damn Bob, that sucks! Keep us posted, and good luck.

dfosterf
Veteran Member

12 years ago

Originally Posted by: MontanaBob

We'd make good friends. I believe I'm just as whack as you, but unfortunately am not in a position geographically / life circumstance to have anything to write about.
I'll work on my wife so's we can put ourselves in peril as you do, lol

You da man, love all your stories !

MontanaBob
Registered Topic Starter

12 years ago

Dfosterf and all others...thanks for your concerns. We have the Russian Jets (aka AEb6E Jets) flying air tanker strikes on the fires so we are in good hands. I guess the Russians are friends, aren't they? These are huge cargo jets that can fly slow and low and hold 2-3 times the retardant that the old P2-V planes can hold. One just went over our house about 3 minutes ago...an awsome sight to see. Whole damn mountain shook.

We set up our roof sprinklers yesterday and they are on a 10 minutes on, 10 minutes off cycle until this gets over. Which most likely will have to be a season ending snowstorm. And hopefully that will be in the next 2 weeks.

Living in Western Montana is wonderful....you have to be completely out of your mind to put up with this for 38 years. 10 feet of snow in winter and fires in summer. How much better can it get?

Planned to go to the cabin with Randy and Debbie, but there are fires over there, so shit, we will sit tight and watch reruns of LaVerne and Shirley until the fires consume us.

Anyone for a Weenie Roast?

vikesrule
Registered

12 years ago

We'd make good friends. I believe I'm just as whack as you....

Originally Posted by: dfosterf

No need to insult Bob....no one is as whacked as you are foster.

Bob, my thoughts are with you my friend.
I work closely with some HP engineers located in Boise, ID. They have been telling about all the fires/smoke out there this year...not good.

Stay safe my amigo and keep your family close...I'll be thinking of you and yours .

porky88
Veteran Member

12 years ago

Bob, I hope they get the fire under control soon. Sucks that you have to put with this on your weekend.

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dfosterf
Veteran Member

12 years ago

Originally Posted by: vikesrule

You are such a dick-wad, yet funny at the same time. I have to like that, even though you can still kma. 😇

Since69
Registered

12 years ago

Good luck, Bob!

DakotaT
Select Member

12 years ago

#10

You are such a dick-wad, yet funny at the same time. I have to like that, even though you can still kma. 😇

Originally Posted by: dfosterf

Get a room. We do not train to be merciful here. A man confronts you, he is the enemy. The enemy deserves no mercy.

Bob, you're not weird to live where you do. Personally, I much rather put up with challenging elements of nature thnt living in a so called Paradise littered with a sea of people. The first thing a Californian notices about the Northern Plains is the skies (sunsets and sunrises). We get that simple pleasure every day and city dwellers can't even see the skies.

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