I've never eaten them, but I feel like I am one! After the official driest July on record we are still sitting almost surrounded by forest fires, some with 6o ft high flames. North of us on Murphy Dome there have been three cabins lost. South of us, close to Anderson they have started a voluntary evacuation. The Wood River fire has been burning in a bombing range for a few weeks, fortunately the military cleans up any 'messes' there... Fire crews are active from all over Alaska as well as crews being brought in from out of state. The fires are maybe 25 miles away last I checked. Visibility here in town is about a 1/2 mile. You can see the ash falling & it is laying a decent layer on everything standing still. The worst part is the taste...
As you can see, we could REALLY use some a break here! The best plan we have is that the fair starts this weekend & that is usually is a guarantee of rain. =D
Anyway, I thought I'd post some pictures of what we are seeing.
(The 1st picture was taken August 1st, the 2nd was taken at 9pm on August 4th & the 3rd was taken at 9:50pm on August 4th.)
http://fire.ak.blm.gov/incinfo/aklgfire.php
If you go to this site & then click on Alaska Fires (the top blue link on the left) it shows the fire map. Click on the bottom 'choose area' & pick Fairbanks. It's pretty interesting!
I've never eaten them, but I feel like I am one! After the official driest July on record we are still sitting almost surrounded by forest fires, some with 6o ft high flames. North of us on Murphy Dome there have been three cabins lost. South of us, close to Anderson they have started a voluntary evacuation. The Wood River fire has been burning in a bombing range for a few weeks, fortunately the military cleans up any 'messes' there... Fire crews are active from all over Alaska as well as crews being brought in from out of state. The fires are maybe 25 miles away last I checked. Visibility here in town is about a 1/2 mile. You can see the ash falling & it is laying a decent layer on everything standing still. The worst part is the taste...
As you can see, we could REALLY use some a break here! The best plan we have is that the fair starts this weekend & that is usually is a guarantee of rain. =D
Anyway, I thought I'd post some pictures of what we are seeing.
(The 1st picture was taken August 1st, the 2nd was taken at 9pm on August 4th & the 3rd was taken at 9:50pm on August 4th.)
http://fire.ak.blm.gov/incinfo/aklgfire.php
If you go to this site & then click on Alaska Fires (the top blue link on the left) it shows the fire map. Click on the bottom 'choose area' & pick Fairbanks. It's pretty interesting!
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