Fire In Area Of Texas Renaissance Festival But Not To Close

[Merlin the Elder]

That is really some good news... HUZZAH! (and many thanks to the men and women who risked their lives to fight the blaze!)

[Rani Zemirah]

Oh, that's wonderful!!!  I hope there will be a bit more rain tonight... at least enough to finish putting it out!  I'm so glad this is coming to an end...  I know everyone involved, from the firefighters to the evacuees, and even those of us who have friends and loved ones in the danger zone, will breathe a heavy sigh of relief when the all clear is finally given! 

[Taffy Saltwater]

I believe the all clear has already been given.

[Bonny Pearl]

This is good news!  I am glad it didn't get worse.  Don't even want to think about how bad it would have been if we hadn't had any rain.'

[Taffy Saltwater]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7624427.html

[MrHyde]

Today's report from the Texas Forestry Service:

DYER MILL, Grimes County. 5,280 acres, 95 percent contained. Thirty homes are confirmed destroyed, along with three businesses. More than 1,000 homes and businesses were evacuated, the evacuation order has been lifted. This fire is burning approximately 3 miles east of Whitehall.

[Rani Zemirah]

That's good, but I'm still waiting for that "100% containment" announcement.  With the winds ya'll have been getting down there, it's just not completely safe until it's completely OUT! 

[Merlin the Elder]

We had a light sprinkle early this morning—maybe between 5–6 a.m.—while I was at work. It left a lot of soot all over Homer, the Odyssey, which I just finished cleaning off.

I feel incredibly lucky that that was all I had to deal with. I can only imagine what the folks that actually suffered loss are going through.

[MrHyde]

Drove through the area of the Walker County Fire today.  Today's report on that fire is:

MIDWAY (COWBOY CHURCH), Walker County. 2,412 acres, 90 percent contained. The fire is burning near Huntsville. One hundred sixty-three homes were evacuated near Midway. The fire was burning on both sides of Interstate 45 with crowning in the timber. Eight Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System engines responded from the Houston area to assist in addition to TFS resources, TIFMAS resources have now been released from this fire.

For those familiar with the area this is just North of Huntsville, Texas.  Please be kind about my pictures.  I was doing 65mph and shooting for everyone to see.

[Breandan]

oh, yeah, those trees will recover very quickly. Good to see the forest is only scorched, not wiped. Trees rebound from that sort of damage fairly easily. Houses, businesses, animals and people... not so much, unfortunately.

[MrHyde]

They need rain though and here we are again with no rain!

[Merlin the Elder]

Fire danger is apparently quite high again....

[Glaodian]

Has someone warned the bears?  Because I am sure they go where they want to in the woods.   

[MrHyde]

The bad part is that the sign was meant for ants.  Not even safe for an ant to fart in the woods let alone a bear.  Of course the way they name the fires it could be the bear fart fire of N Texas.

[KeeperoftheBar]

Of course the way they name the fires it could be the bear fart fire of N Texas.

Way back in my college days I helped dispatch fire crews on the Gallatin Nat. Forest in Montana and we had a fire called
Froze to Death Fire.
It was near Froze to Death creek (pronounced "crick")
Sometimes the names sort of make sense.