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05-08-2007, 11:06 AM
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Straight Shooter
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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I'm in the Daytona area... there has been a really big fire just north of here burning for a week now. It's awful, the smoke is so bad.
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05-08-2007, 12:01 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Just saw the news & the meterologist said that the conditions were very smoky in the Sarasota area due to the conditions in northern FL & GA. Crazy! Here in Punta Gorda (south of Sarasota) it is quite, quite smoky!
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05-08-2007, 12:09 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Smokey over here on the west coast near clearwater too. It's getting better than this morning. I was having a hard time breathing while in my florida room. The sun this morning when I took my daughter to the bus at 9 am was beautiful.
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05-08-2007, 12:21 PM
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Not a member
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Debary, Florida
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The wind has blown some of the smoke away here however with my allergies and asthma I am still struggling, with inhalers, eye drops, sinus sprays etc...
I am just dreaming of the rainy season at this point.
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05-08-2007, 02:48 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Central Florida
757 posts, read 754,453 times
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http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html or http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/lg_fire2.phpwill (broken link) show you fire info in the US.
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05-08-2007, 03:09 PM
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The prelude to Terrapin
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: FL
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Lakewood Ranch has been Fire Threat...
...yes, it's true!
They've closed I-75 at Fruitville Rd....the people who went out to "put out the fire" had to be rescued by helicopters when the flame/fire surrounded them...and they were not by any water at that time.....
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05-08-2007, 04:00 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
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Satellite photo of Florida and smoke from the fires.
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05-08-2007, 05:43 PM
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Retired
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Join Date: Jun 2006
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Oh man, I still smell like a campfire (usually welcomed)!
Pinellas County was crazy today. My eyes are still burning and I'm coughing like a smoker!
Ack!
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05-08-2007, 07:09 PM
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Real Estate Agent
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
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Here's the latest updates on the fires and drought situation:
The Keetch-Byram drought index average for the Jacksonville District (Nassau, Duval and Clay Counties) is 567 out of an 800 point max. Average KBDI for spring in north Florida should fall between 261-460.
Individually:
Duval County average is 554 maxing out at 739
Nassau County average is 536 maxing out at 735
Clay County average is 620 maxing out at 755
The current fire danger adjective is High
Year to date fire activity (from Jan 1st)
Statewide 1,928 wildfires have burned 163,495 acres
In Jacksonville 113 wildfires have burned 1,061 acres
Currently active wildfires
Statewide 121 wildfires burning 11,811 acres
The areas of the state with the most active acres burning are:
Waccasassa (Gainesville Orlando) 1,105 acres
Bunnell 2,260 acres
Withlacoochee 1,337 acres
Lakeland 3,342 acres
Caloosahatchee 1,312 acres
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05-08-2007, 07:19 PM
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Moderator
Status:
"Happy New Years!"
(set 3 hours ago)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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Smokey this afternoon in Miami from the fires in Naples they said.
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