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Post by Butterscotch on May 16, 2007 18:09:50 GMT -5
Dunno if any of you guys heard about the forest fires in New Jersey, but they're really close to where I live. Not too long ago, the wind shifted and we could smell the smoke (we've been seeing it since yesterday afternoon). It's pretty scary. The odds of the fire spreading to the part of town where I live are pretty slim, but I'm still scared. ;_;
I'm wondering if we might be evacuated, not because of fire, but because of the smoke.
It's raining now, but they siad on the news that lighting is a threat.
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Post by Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren on May 16, 2007 18:13:49 GMT -5
lightning is a threat?
If it's raining, it should put out the fires and make the smoke stop, right? I don't know much about fires.
Once there was a fire by my house, a few houses down. Apparenly it had been going on for 4+ hours! When I got home the firefighters were still putting it out. I was really nervous that it would spread.
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Post by Butterscotch on May 16, 2007 18:17:00 GMT -5
lightning is a threat? If it's raining, it should put out the fires and make the smoke stop, right? That's what I assumed, but the people on TV said the lightning could cause more fires. I guess they know more than we do about this. I don't smell the smoke as much now, so that's a good sign. |
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Post by Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren on May 16, 2007 18:21:02 GMT -5
lightning is a threat? If it's raining, it should put out the fires and make the smoke stop, right? That's what I assumed, but the people on TV said the lightning could cause more fires. I guess they know more than we do about this. I don't smell the smoke as much now, so that's a good sign. Well, it's good you don't smell it. Do you see it? If not, maybe it's going to stop. I hope so.  |
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Post by Butterscotch on May 16, 2007 18:34:13 GMT -5
I can see smoke, but it's too far away to see the actual fire from my house.
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Post by Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren on May 16, 2007 18:37:18 GMT -5
At least you don't live in/right by the forst. It's good you can't smell it.
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Post by Butterscotch on May 16, 2007 18:54:04 GMT -5
At least you don't live in/right by the forst. It's good you can't smell it. No, but other parts of town (the parts by the Garden State Parkway) have been evacuated.  |
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Post by TBustah! on May 16, 2007 18:58:41 GMT -5
I thought you guys lived in California?  |
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Post by Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren on May 16, 2007 19:00:07 GMT -5
At least you don't live in/right by the forst. It's good you can't smell it. No, but other parts of town (the parts by the Garden State Parkway) have been evacuated. Well, hopefully you won't be. |
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Post by Butterscotch on May 16, 2007 19:00:20 GMT -5
I thought you guys lived in California? Nope. I'm a Jersey Girl. |
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Post by Kikyou Saya Rin-Ren on May 16, 2007 19:16:22 GMT -5
How long have the fires been going on, Butters?
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Post by Sugar on May 16, 2007 23:25:15 GMT -5
since yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon... An F-16 dropped a flare in a exercise at the bombing range.... I still smell it once in awhile even now .. They are even using Black Hawks to help put out the fire |
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Post by TBustah! on May 17, 2007 14:56:12 GMT -5
I thought you guys lived in California? Nope. I'm a Jersey Girl. Hmm, then I wonder where it was I got that idea? I think it was a post somebody made saying something about California slang, and I guess I must have confused the author with you. |
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Post by Butterscotch on May 17, 2007 20:26:51 GMT -5
It rained all night and the fire is around 70% contained (last I heard anyway, which was a while ago)
The strange part is, the storms caused massive amounts of damage all over New Jersey due to high winds, but around here, it basically just rained, which is what we needed.
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Post by popkat on May 17, 2007 20:40:12 GMT -5
I wonder what causes the fire!? MY AUNT IS IN JERSEY!  |
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