Texas is Burning.

[Bob Hubbard]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/18/texas.forest.fires/index.html?hpt=T2

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Spring winds combined with dry conditions typical of late summer have "not boded well"
• A Forest Service spokeswoman says conditions in Texas are the driest since 1917
• Authorities have responded to 7,807 fires across more than 1.5 million acres since this year's wildfire season began
• In southwest Austin, 10 homes suffered major damage

Another article stated that only 2 Texas counties weren't on fire.

Damn...and it's not even summer. How bad can that get once the temps start cracking 100?

 

[granfire]

I suppose once everything is burned we are good.

It's terrible down there. I have been told the conditions are not unlike the ones that preceded the terrible dust storms in the 1930s...

 

[Brian R. VanCise]

It looked really dry when I rolled through in December. Hopefully they can keep it somewhat under control as these fires rage.