The Stig
04-21-2011, 03:05 AM
Prayers go out to anybody who may be residing in Texas. Sounds like things are getting pretty serious out there.
Texas wildfires: Million acres scorched, now towns are put on red alert | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378816/Texas-wildfires-Million-acres-scorched-towns-red-alert.html)
Wildfires, raging for more than a week in Texas, have so far burned through a million acres of land and racked up more than $8million in containment costs.
Firefighters continue to battle some 22 separate blazes throughout the state, with some dangerously close to the Oklahoma border. Homes have been gutted, animals killed and hundreds of residents have been forced to leave their homes because of the advancing flames.
One of the wildfires in PK West, Stephens County, increased in size by a staggering 87,238 acres in just 24 hours - a 144 per cent increase.
Even prisons have been emptied in some towns. The drought-stricken state, that experienced its driest March on record, is desperately hoping for the rain that has been forecast in the coming days.
Read more: Texas wildfires: Million acres scorched, now towns are put on red alert | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378816/Texas-wildfires-Million-acres-scorched-towns-red-alert.html#ixzz1K7hVwwGb)
It's amazing how Mother Nature can drop a SHTF event in our laps when the mood strikes her.
Texas wildfires: Million acres scorched, now towns are put on red alert | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378816/Texas-wildfires-Million-acres-scorched-towns-red-alert.html)
Wildfires, raging for more than a week in Texas, have so far burned through a million acres of land and racked up more than $8million in containment costs.
Firefighters continue to battle some 22 separate blazes throughout the state, with some dangerously close to the Oklahoma border. Homes have been gutted, animals killed and hundreds of residents have been forced to leave their homes because of the advancing flames.
One of the wildfires in PK West, Stephens County, increased in size by a staggering 87,238 acres in just 24 hours - a 144 per cent increase.
Even prisons have been emptied in some towns. The drought-stricken state, that experienced its driest March on record, is desperately hoping for the rain that has been forecast in the coming days.
Read more: Texas wildfires: Million acres scorched, now towns are put on red alert | Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378816/Texas-wildfires-Million-acres-scorched-towns-red-alert.html#ixzz1K7hVwwGb)
It's amazing how Mother Nature can drop a SHTF event in our laps when the mood strikes her.