Alaska Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 we have been real dry here so we have been waiting for a fire and hoping for rain . we no rain but we had a brush fire today a truck started it got it out before it got a acre. but the truck did not make it . water is getting hard to find to fight fire with most of the creeks are dry now so pray for rain for us we need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Thinking of you. Its strange to think of fires in Alaska, it appears so cold to us. Keep those fire breaks maintained :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 Hope some of our rain comes your way first, Cliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 (edited) We get some serious fires. Se where AK is is rain forest so a short dry spell is drought like. Here in S Central we have plenty of black spruce and a little dry spell makes it like gasoline on a stick. Then there are the muskeg bogs all over the state which when dry burn in seasons long smolders, sometimes lasting over winter to rekindle come breakup. Frosty Edited June 10, 2009 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted June 11, 2009 Author Share Posted June 11, 2009 up north they get a lot of big fires that black spruce is real bad southeast is not bad but we dry out fast three weeks without rain and we are so dry we will take any rain we can get drought like yes we are not water in a lot of the holes that we get water from it is getting hard to find water to fight fire with we lived up there for 5 years I know how bad it can get Tok gets a lot of fires all the time we are going to have a bad fire here if we do not get rain soon so you got fires going now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted June 12, 2009 Author Share Posted June 12, 2009 well to update this the cabin burned down to he was making coffee and went up to the fire to see if they was any hot spots and when he got back to the cabin it was on fire and it went to the grown this is no joke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 well there was hot spots from the cabin fire for 4 days rain are going to get rain for a week so maybe no more fires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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