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...