Smokey

[Kickstarts-suck]

Well the fires from Georgia sure have made it Smokey here. Im pretty close to Georgia also.

here are some pics I took at 4pm today. It was so dark streetlights were coming on.Pics don't due justice on how dark it was at 4.

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/8913/dsc00545zd9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

All the spots in the pics are ashes.
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4675/dsc00546fo4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/7835/dsc00544ev0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/342/dsc00541ax5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Mxjunkie]

Damn do you know how far you are from georiga, if it get's even closer you should be able to get some pretty amazing pictures :cool:

[rcer450r]

Wow thats crazy, bet you will have fun cleanin that up...

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by Mxjunkie
Damn do you know how far you are from georiga, if it get's even closer you should be able to get some pretty amazing pictures :cool:

8 miles from Georgia

[killerofcrows48]

can you smell the smoke?

[firefighterjosh]

damn!:eek2:

[c450Razy]

Iam all the way down in tampa right now and yesterday was big time smokey!! I heard on the news today that every county in FL has a forest fire of somesort going on right now!!!

[Kickstarts-suck]

Originally posted by c450Razy
Iam all the way down in tampa right now and yesterday was big time smokey!! I heard on the news today that every county in FL has a forest fire of somesort going on right now!!!

really? thats crazy. Hope it rains really good soon



Originally posted by killerofcrows48
can you smell the smoke?

of course

[jokester]

ya my of my dads friends that works for ODF(oregon department of forestry) is leaving this week for georgia to help fight the fire.

[SGA]

Well im right down here in GA near the FL line. The fires are burning right along and the firefighters cant really get thier equipment back into the deep woods, plus its dry as kindling here.
Im right above the GA/FL border and Kickstarts-suck is right below it.
Heres a article from tonights newspaper.

High winds whip swamp fire into Florida
By RON WORD
The Associated Press
Authorities evacuated about 300 homes in north Florida on
Tuesday as two fires totaling 130,000 acres continued to
rage on the Georgia-Florida border. Florida officials warned that they might soon need help if the blazes grow out of control.
Meanwhile, officials prepared to evacuate staff in
Georgia’s Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge as
the largest recorded blaze in state history neared part of the
park that has served as a fire crew command post.
Florida is already under a fire-induced state of emergency,
with high wind and tinder-dry conditions spawning
some 210 blazes over 43,500 acres. So far no injuries have
been reported, and only a handful of houses and other
buildings have been destroyed or damaged.
“We’re beginning to be stretched pretty thin,” said Jim
Harrell, a state Division of Forestry spokesman. “If the
fire from Georgia becomes significant, in other words they
don’t make headway on it today, then it will be very close
to being beyond our capability. We’re probably going to have
to ask for some help.” Florida officials issued a ban Tuesday on yard waste burning, and Gov. Charlie Crist urged caution.
“The important message is to be careful, careful with fire,”
Crist said. “Florida’s going to be fine, we’ve just got to be
smart and be careful.” Two big fires are burning in
southern Georgia about 10 miles apart — one covering
about 107,365 acres, another 40,139 acres. The smaller one had already crossed the Florida border by Tuesday afternoon.

[SGA]

A pic taken about an hour west of me from the local news. Went down south to Jacksonville, FL last weekend. Air was kinda smokey on I 95 and had small bits of ash falling on the car. Hasnt been to bad here because we're on the ocean and the inland breeze has been pushing the smoke back from us.

[insaneracin2003]

Originally posted by SGA
A pic taken about an hour west of me from the local news. Went down south to Jacksonville, FL last weekend. Air was kinda smokey on I 95 and had small bits of ash falling on the car. Hasnt been to bad here because we're on the ocean and the inland breeze has been pushing the smoke back from us.
That is a crazy pic :eek2:

Stuff seems really dry. 2 weeks ago I was doing fire works. One bottle rocket shot into my field and it started on fire. I didn't know till about 5 minuets and the fire was right by a bunch of dead pine trees. I'm lucky I saw it in time because it was spreading fast :eek2: I saw the fire when I was standing by my house and once I saw the fire I started running down the road to try to put it out and my friends like don't put it out I want to see lol We were about to go in the house before I seen the fire too. That would have been bad if we did :eek2: :scary:

[troutman561]

Im all the way down in Palm Beach and we have pretty thick smoke down here.. And 2 days ago I was driving towards Orlando and it looked like there was a bad rain storm it was so thick and dark up in the atmosphere...

[troutman561]

This is driving east towards Orlando from Hernando county Tuesday on HW 50.... no it is not night time or rain, that is the thick smoke.... sorry for the quality, it was a cell phone pic..

[insaneracin2003]

Holy shiot:eek2:

[trx400EXtreme]

dayum yo!!!:blah: thats crazy.

[ATV Chic]

:eek2: :scary: holy schnikeeeeessss! that's dark lol

[c450Razy]

http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/2333/Florida.A2001144.1650.1km.jpg

The little red dots are the major fires, Check out the smoke plums comming off of them!!

[trx400EXtreme]

Originally posted by c450Razy
http://veimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/2333/Florida.A2001144.1650.1km.jpg

The little red dots are the major fires, Check out the smoke plums comming off of them!!


holy crap!!!!!!!!!! thats a bunch of smoke.:eek2: