They deliberately set a fire to burn out brush and trees where the landscape has become too crowded.
The downside of this is that the forest is close to the cities and it can get uncomfortably smoky.
This was from a controlled burn south of Groom Creek a week or so ago.
But we can get smoke from fires far away, too, depending on wind conditions.
Williams is 50 to 60 miles north of us and a burn was being conducted in that area this week.
When strong winds blew from north to south here is what we got.
While the smoke is a nuisance, we can at least be thankful that we don't have the raging fires that are plaguing California at the present.
Our thoughts are with family and friends that live over there.
We've been fortunate here in our spot on the Central Coast. Power outages have plagued many Californians as PG&E cuts power to their poorly maintained lines and equipment. PG&E has been the source of many fires including the most extensive. Here and elsewhere in the state we anxious await the rainy season. We hope and pray it will be a good year for moisture.
ReplyDeleteThe forestry department does that here in our state parks. Burns out the dead leaves and underbrush, to prevent a more severe fire in the future. Thankfully, we are not in an area that gets the smoke.
ReplyDeleteIn my area I remember times when we could smell smoke in the air, from fires around Hudson Bay.
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of smoke! But it's a lot better than a catastrophic fire.
ReplyDeleteWhen we drove to Flagstaff last weekend, we saw at least two different signs warning of controlled burns but, we never saw the smoke. We must have been in the right places 'wind-wise'.
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