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August 10, 2005
School Fire Smoke Pictures
I promised I'd try to get some photographs of the smoke from the School Fire near Pomeroy, WA. I took these yesterday. Understand, yesterday, the sky was pretty cloudless. Unless the stuff in the pictures is really, really white, what you're looking at is smoke.
This is the view from our back yard, late afternoon. You can tell when the wind shifts in the evenings because the light starts getting really red. The glow on the right side of the picture is the sun through our neighbor's maple tree.
About 45 minutes after I took the above photograph, I drove to the UI arboretum on my way to the gym. I figured I'd get one of the best views from there. I was right.
While looking for a good link to information on the School Fire, I just learned that there are two new fires in Idaho, both outside of Grangeville, which is between us and Boise. Wheee. Looking forward to a smoke-filled drive. (And hoping we can actually get to Boise from here.)
Posted by sally at August 10, 2005 12:05 PM
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Watching the news last night... there are four new fires in the area. I'm expecting a lot more smoke. All the new fires... 0% containment. At what point are the fire crews entirely overtaxed? I'm guessing that point has already passed. And we could sure use a solid week of rain.
Posted by: Terry at August 11, 2005 05:14 AM
I am a horrible person, but I must say I am relieved to know that the biggest fire in the country, which is less than an hour away from us, is moving in the opposite direction. I would not enjoy watching it encroach on Moscow.
Posted by: Sallyacious at August 11, 2005 09:49 AM
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