CURRENT TEXAS WILDFIRE SITUATION

Texas Forest Service ^ | September 6 2011

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

RAIN RAIN RAIN IN TEXAS! Fromm all our lips to God’s ears!

[luvie]

Thanks for the ping. Must read now and hope to see that things are improving!

[Inclines to the Right]

Prayers for all involved....my family is in Bastrop.

[luvie]

That is the saddest list I have EVER seen! Prayers for my fellow Texans and for our great state to survive and overcome this devastation!

[ExSoldier]

We have friends in Blanco. Can you tell me what the situation there is like? Haven't been able to contact our friends. They're the breeders we bought our Newfoundland Dogs from. They have like NINE of the giants living in the small home with them just as pets not as potential sales! LOL. But I worry about them and the pups now.

[casinva]

Lazamataz, I’m not sure if you got in touch with basil, but when I saw your post, I just checked for any posts basil may have made, and she seems to have recently been on FR. I saw she posted here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2774407/posts about 2:45 this afternoon (Tuesday). See post #7 of the thread.

[Texas Deb]

OMG, seriously?

Unbelievable!

Do they have any idea who yet?

[Arrowhead1952]

Most of the smaller fires are being controlled, but the Bastrop fire is still going strong. The bad thing is that the water supply is running low.

There are also two new fires near Austin that were reported just after noon today. The wind is much calmer today.

[trumandogz]

I can’t tell you about Blanco. You may want to look at the Texas Forest Service maps.

However, the evacuations have been very proactive and there are many organizations that are offering safe shelter for horses, livestock and pets.

Thus far, there has been no loss of human life in Central Texas.

[luvie]

It’s just heartbreaking to see all the devastation. I pray to God that no more lives are lost and that these fires are controlled soon. ......and for RAIN, for God’s sake! Please!

[TexanByBirth]

Pretty much ever possibility out there.

I spoke with the deputy Emergency Management Coordinator in our county the other day. He said it is so dry in our county here in East Texas that rubbing two toothpicks together could start a fire. He was exaggerating of course, but his point was well taken. With it as dry as it is, the slightest spark can start a huge fire.

[Deo volente]

How’s the situation in Crawford? I have friends who moved there recently.

[deport]

The Texas Forest Service said it has responded to 181 fires that have burned more than 118,400 acres over the last week.

The fires have killed two people and, according to the forest service, destroyed more than 700 homes since Sunday. More than 1,000 homes have burned in the state since fire season began in November, Gov. Rick Perry’s office said.

end snips........

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/09/06/texas.fires/

[Cincinatus' Wife]

No news is good news.

I don’t see anything on Crawford.

The link at the source keeps updating with information.

[plewis1250]

My folks (pamlet on here) live south of Blanco, and I was just over that way yesterday. There were no fires in that area, though it is just as dry as the rest of the state. There were a few fires about 30 miles to the north of Blanco, but Bastrop is on the other side of Austin, so that fire shouldn't affect your friends. The only other fires nearby was one down at the northern edge of San Antonio (20-30 miles away) and then there was one east of Wimberley (15 miles to the east of Blanco), but it was minor in comparison to the larger fires.

[deport]

Flames engulf a road near Bastrop State Park as a wildfire
burns out of control near Bastrop, Texas September 5, 2011.
Credit: REUTERS/Mike Stone
The chimney of a house remains standing as the rest of the building
burns to the ground near Bastrop, Texas September 5, 2011.
Credit: REUTERS/Mike Stone

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

No one knows they are too busy too worry about it now.

[sam_paine]

I so fervently pray, Dear Lord, DO SOMETHING! PLEASE!

For reasons known only to Him, He is. Keep that in mind.

[basil]

I’m fine, Laz—there are no fires around me, but my heart is broken over all the fires. I was born in Smithville, and now the threat of the fires spreading there are very discouraging.

My uncle is in a nursing home in Smithville, and I haven’t been able to contact him. I can’t drive over there because all the roads are closed.

These are very anxious times for us in the area.

[The Theophilus]

IF not, 2012 is going to be a lot worse.

More like, "uninhabitable". Rain is the only way water gets into TX. We do have lots of well watered lawns all around.