Fire And Rain
Texas is experiencing another drought and the results are predictable: Homes burned, threatened by massive fire in Texas
(CNN) — A fast-moving fire has charred more than 71,786 acres in three Texas counties, and it’s expected to grow, the state’s forest service said Friday.
The blaze, which started in Stonewall County, moved quickly into neighboring Knox and King counties, destroying two homes and threatening at least a dozen more, said April Saginor, a Texas Forest Service worker.
Meanwhile, while the Red River of the South [Texas-Oklahoma border] is drying up, the Red River of the North is flooding along the North Dakota-Minnesota border and in Manitoba as it heads north to Lake Winnipeg. The crest is predicted to be about 40 feet above flood stage.
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The news services seem unable to produce maps, and county names mean nothing even to Texans, so I’ll try to help: the fires are about halfway between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Lubbock, north of Abilene. The area covered is fairly large; I wouldn’t be surprised if more homes are lost. If anyone cares, Stella and I are nowhere near that area.
It’s only the US media that is cartographically challenged, the BBC, CBC, ABC all include maps. I knew it was by the Panhandle north of San Angelo [I was stationed in there] in West Texas. All of the wild fires have been in that general area.