PORCH PONDERINGS

Earth & Wind & Fire

Last night I was sitting, reading, when all of a sudden a huge noise made me jump up and look outside. It sounded as if the top of our roof came off. The wind! Mercy sakes. And then some thunder and lightning, but almost no rain.

We are deep into fire season. Dry as a bone. We've let our yard pretty much go brown. Our water rates are rising, and we don't want to suck down all our cash watering our lawn. Let others do it, we don't. It'll come back in the fall and spring. We do water some trees, flowers, and our garden. That's all.

A large fire that started in Wyoming is now into Montana. The Remington fire has burnt about 350,000 acres so far, across those states. This link talks about this fire and others. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/08/24/more-than-350-00-acres-burned-in-norther...

Now ranchers are worried about no winter feed for their cattle, since fire is burning across grasslands. Wildlife is impacted as well.

I read that some places in Montana are under a Stage 2 evacuation order. So, get ready, get packed. Stage 3 is get out now.

It has been so dry here, little rain storms that barely drop water, wind (such as we had last night) and very low humidity are all leading to wildfires breaking out all over. Every time I hear the fire siren go off on town, I say a prayer for those affected. Be it a car accident or a fire.

We are supposed to have some rain all day tomorrow. Yeah, right. Promises, promises.