June 24, 2019, 01:06 PM
HRK15000 acre Brush Fire in Everglades
Pretty intense smoke big time flames, going to put a lot of critters out of homes, lots of fried lizard, snakes.
Right off Alligator Alley and 27.
The LinkJune 24, 2019, 05:14 PM
snwghstBBQ python.....
Low intensity fires like this is ecologically very good for wetland areas
It’ll return even more lush
June 24, 2019, 05:24 PM
remsigHoly crap! My boys and I were just down there on Memorial Day and had 2 airboat rides while there. I hope they can extinguish the fire without massive losses to the animals and brush.
June 24, 2019, 05:50 PM
sns3guppyFighting wildland fire in Florida is a whole different ballgame. I had a number of years of firefighting experience when I first went to Florida for the "firestorms" in the late 90's, and everything from the tactics to the terminology to the fuels was different.
We did fires in the swamp, but the conventional means of fighting them was out the window, and because it's water, retardant can't be dropped, backfires and other tactics are limited, access is difficult, making reaks and clearing line is difficult, and there's a lot of dangerous stuff. They don't get fires there that often, but when it does burn, the fires present some real challenges for control.