FOG BLOG RIDICULOG: WILDFIRES ARE STARTING EARLIER IN SEASON, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO GET AT THEM SOONER
THERE WERE WILDFIRES IN BC RECENTLY, DOWN IN COLORADO, THEN PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA! NOW THEY ARE SPREADING THROUGH PARTS OF TEXAS!,,,,,,,,IT SEEMS IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS WILDFIRES ARE STARTING IN THE WINTER MONTHS, THEN COMES THE DRY SUMMER MONTHS AND INTO THE FALL. SOON IT WILL BE SEAMLESS WITH NO STOP. YES IT MAY BE CLIMATE CHANGE. WHATEVER THE REASON, IT SEEMS THE FATE IS SEALED AND ACTION IS NEEDED. WITH ALL THE HIGH TECH THERE IS WHY CAN'T THE GOVERNMENT FUND A PROGRAM THAT USES SENSORS KIND OF LIKE THE TYPE THAT THEY USE TO DETECT EARTHQUAKES! THAT WAY WHEN THERE IS SMOKE AND A SMOLDERING FIRE, THEY CAN DECTECT LIKE A SMOKE DETECTOR AND TEMP SENSOR ANY MINUTE CHANGES AND GET TO THOSE FIRES DEEP IN THE WOODS OR WHERE EVER THEY MAY BE BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF CONTROL. IT TAKES YOU AND I TO JUMP INTO ACTION! WE NEED TO REVIVE THE LOOKOUT TOWERS TOO. IF WE JUMP INTO ACTION WITH THIS WE CAN GET THESE FIRES FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL AND BURNING THOUSANDS OF ACRES EVERY YEAR!.........NOW HERE IS THE REPORT ON THE COLEMAN FIRE AND EVACUATIONS GOING ON RIGHT NOW!................Crews Gap Fire reignites, evacuates part of Coleman....................COLEMAN, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A fire, dubbed the Crews Gap Fire, burning in Coleman closed a stretch of Highway 153 Thursday evening, and evacuated part of the city.
The Crews Gap Fire was burning about a mile-and-a-half from the Double B RV Park.
According to the Coleman Fire Department, multiple homes have been lost, and crews are working to contain the blaze and keep it from crossing into the roadway.
The Glen Cove area was also under evacuation notice.
According to the Texas Wildfire Response System, the Crews Gap Fire was 95% contained at 7,000 acres Wednesday evening, and was reignited Thursday.
The Red Cross will be assisting with shelter options for those displaced.
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