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2004-08-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-19 6:50:19 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fetch me the pliers.

Posted by Dr Irving Fleet speaking from the hereafter 2004-08-19 8:29:01 PM|| 2004-08-19 8:29:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Don't run into this monster with your vehicle, heh. The state fair starts soon, so I will try to get some pics of the big fellah.

Been up to Tok, Alaska in the smoke. Was near the alcan border at Northway, fires on one side of the road, visibility down to 1/8 mile or less. The sun is a dim orange orb through the smoke. 4 million acres + burning. People up there been living in severe smoke for 2 months now. Some villages I need to visit are surrounded by fire. Welcome to hell, folks.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-19 8:56:35 PM|| 2004-08-19 8:56:35 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Be careful, buddy!

Posted by Fred 2004-08-19 9:04:45 PM|| 2004-08-19 9:04:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Welcome to hell, folks

see Tater there?

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-19 9:08:10 PM|| 2004-08-19 9:08:10 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 AP, that sounds dreadful. Two months in the smoke? AK has my best wishes for plentiful rain, and STAT!

Posted by Seafarious 2004-08-19 9:16:44 PM|| 2004-08-19 9:16:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 No Tater. He has his own problems with his own heat. Spooky! Heh heh. We were very careful not to be cut off by fire. Some roads are open, but we stayed away from the ones with fire on both sides. Some roads are closed due to fires and visiblity is less than 100 yards. Helicopters are the only things flying, and some places they get grounded from low visibility. It gets pretty eerie at times.

Here is a link to BLM mapping of the fire near Tok (eastern Alaska near the Alcan border), FYI.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-08-19 9:26:47 PM|| 2004-08-19 9:26:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 We'll have to use the BIG slingshot...

Posted by tu3031 2004-08-19 9:46:52 PM|| 2004-08-19 9:46:52 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 AP, check with me offline about this, please. Comparisons with Hayman fire in Colorado from last year, etc.

FYI, high today in Co Springs was 61F...

Posted by Old Patriot 2004-08-20 12:47:52 AM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2004-08-20 12:47:52 AM|| Front Page Top

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