The Weather Where You Live?

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Do fire and smoke count as weather here? We are in a gut-wrenching drought, with smoke. Not real hot, but the place is burning. Our current fire has blown up to something over 2500 acres and taken 7 homes so far. The evacuation alerts go all the way to the airport, which is about 3-4 miles from the fire line. This was the view at the local airport/firebase. The firebombers were starting their takeoff runs in dense smoke and in clear air by liftoff. We have our go bags ready, but no evac warnings yet...
 

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92 degrees F today with blinding eye-watering forest fire smoke for most of the day. Visibility much less than half a mile at one point. Our fire has tripled in size and is listed as out of control. Fire crews have been lighting controlled check fires all around the airport and fire base. It would be ironic to lose the firebase to a forest fire. The fire seems to be running mostly North, away from town and we have no evacuation alert yet. We will see what morning brings.
 
It is potentially scary sh*t, without a doubt. Go bags are ready, vehicles gassed up -- hopefully all for nothing. Winds are out of the south, which is a good thing here...
 

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