What I Did Today

[gunhilda]

Someone driving along Highway 51 east of Stillwater was dragging a muffler. This created sparks which ignited several wildfires along the highway. Everything is tinder dry here since it hasn't really rained since May. Temperatures were 110+ yesterday, with moderate winds. Fire departments from all over the state came to fight the fires, but it was

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[rhiannonredwulf]

Thanks for sharing the pictures. So, so scarey.

Hoping that none of the wildfires gets to the dead wood in the east that was pulled down by the ice storms. I know the forest behind my mom's house is just one giant tinder box at this point. (One of those occasions where everyone agrees that we DON'T like the "natural process"-- where the prairie burns off with fast moving wildfires.)

Makes you want to spank the people who are careless with cigarettes and old cars.

[gunhilda]

I'm sure the many people who lost their homes would like to do more than spank the idiot. But, yes, I hope no one starts a fire anywhere in the state right now.

[meganwaters2004]

Damn! that's bad! and wow High flames too.

[gunhilda]

Jeff was estimating some of them were 70-80 feet high.

[entp2007]

I'm surprised you didn't write some idiot. I remember one year when I was commuting between Mannford and Stillwater seeing a lot of grassfires along 51. Only one time did I have to take a detour. I don't recall if it was summer or a dry winter. Either way it wasn't that insanely hot or as potentially dangerous.

[gunhilda]

Well, yes, idiot would have been more appropriate.

[radclyff]

It's so difficult to fathom how anyone could be that clueless about the consequences of his/her actions. I hope the home survived.

[gunhilda]

There is a good chance the home survived, since there was quite a bit of space between it and the woods. Not so sure about the barn, although it was all metal, so it might have gotten lucky.