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Lone_Wolfe

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Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« on: April 20, 2011, 10:00:52 PM »
Any later and we might not have enjoyed it as much! This photo from McDonald Observatory was just released  :ohwow:

That 2 acre brush fire we came across outside of Presidio could have been a lot worse looking at these pics!



More pics here:

http://www.space.com/11444-photos-texas-wildfires-mcdonald-observatory.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 10:23:36 PM »
OMG!  :ohwow:
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 04:20:24 PM »
Man that is bad. The sad part is I think it's going to get worse if we don't get a lot of rain soon.
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 04:29:55 PM »
Quote from: Lone_Wolfe on April 20, 2011, 10:00:52 PM
Any later and we might not have enjoyed it as much! This photo from McDonald Observatory was just released  :ohwow:

That 2 acre brush fire we came across outside of Presidio could have been a lot worse looking at these pics!



More pics here:

http://www.space.com/11444-photos-texas-wildfires-mcdonald-observatory.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+spaceheadlines+%28SPACE.com+Headline+Feed%29

So you left a stogy on the side of the road  :ohwow:
Awesome picture, it is a shame to see it all go up in flames, good news is it will recover  :thumbup:
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #4 on: April 26, 2011, 10:47:47 PM »
If I remember correctly, we passed the beginnings of that same fire when it was small just before we got to Fort Davis, didn't we?
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #5 on: April 27, 2011, 06:06:15 AM »
Quote from: bluestreak on April 26, 2011, 10:47:47 PM
If I remember correctly, we passed the beginnings of that same fire when it was small just before we got to Fort Davis, didn't we?
That was a fire in Presidio.
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #6 on: April 27, 2011, 07:26:52 AM »
I hate to see it burning and hope they can contain it, although with that much area covered in fire, it's going to be near impossible, but damn, what an awesome picture.
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Re: Glad we hit Big Bend earlier!
« Reply #7 on: April 27, 2011, 09:41:23 AM »
Quote from: RedDragon on April 27, 2011, 06:06:15 AM
Quote from: bluestreak on April 26, 2011, 10:47:47 PM
If I remember correctly, we passed the beginnings of that same fire when it was small just before we got to Fort Davis, didn't we?
That was a fire in Presidio.

I definitley remember the Presidio fire but I thought I remember seeing a fire or burned areas to the West of Ft. Davis as we came into town.
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