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re: Wildfires in Louisiana
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:21 pm to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:21 pm to LegendInMyMind
Yep I think that’s the Evans fire
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Posted on 8/26/23 at 9:36 pm to SWLA92
My God. My childhood home was halfway between DeRidder and Merryville. This is so sad. Canadian level fires.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 10:12 pm to SWLA92
New fire at the Lions Camp/Vernon Lake Area. Totally separate from the evans fire.
It’s getting out of hand fast. The video my buddy just sent me looks apocalyptic.
It’s getting out of hand fast. The video my buddy just sent me looks apocalyptic.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 10:17 pm to Cweezy1Threezy
Yeah that’s the one between Leesville and Anacoco saw a video of it jumping the road insane
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:36 pm to SWLA92
Just heard from my aunt who lives on Maul Road, 5 miles south of Deridder. She's said she's evacuated. It's sounds like the severity of the fire is being underreported.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:40 pm to Tiger Ike
It is a big fire that moves quick at times, but your aunt is ok tonight for sure
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:45 pm to Tiger Ike
Wind is actually almost calm hopefully that keeps the fire from spreading to quick tonight
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:46 pm to Run up middle
How you faring up there Run?
Posted on 8/26/23 at 11:48 pm to Run up middle
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It is a big fire that moves quick at times, but your aunt is ok tonight for sure
Kind words, but two days ago she was laughing about smoke in the distance. Now she's out of her home. I think we're all ready for this thing to be nipped in the bud.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:02 am to SWLA92
Been very fortunate. So far all is good. Fire has gotten close everyday, just hasn’t made the big push I guess
Posted on 8/27/23 at 12:05 am to Run up middle
Great to hear hopefully this is over soon Goodluck
Posted on 8/27/23 at 2:54 am to SW2SCLA
The one by Leesville got really bad. Lions Club Road Fire
I’ve been seeing a lot of national guard trucks moving giant bull dozers west on I-10 from Baton Rouge. I presume they are going to the fires
I’ve been seeing a lot of national guard trucks moving giant bull dozers west on I-10 from Baton Rouge. I presume they are going to the fires
This post was edited on 8/27/23 at 3:02 am
Posted on 8/27/23 at 2:57 am to Cweezy1Threezy
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New fire at the Lions Camp/Vernon Lake Area. Totally separate from the evans fire.
It’s getting out of hand fast. The video my buddy just sent me looks apocalyptic
They evacuated areas closer to Leesville - like Hawthorne. IDK if that’s a new fire or if the Lions Club Road fire moved that direction that quickly. But that’s several miles SE of Lake Vernon.
To be frank, massive wildfires like this is a new concept to us in Louisiana. There is probably a better way to track it but I don’t know how.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 5:28 am to frequent flyer
I don’t think they are going to get much of a break today. Temperature of 108 degrees. NW winds 5-10. And temps in the 100’s. No rain. For ten days at least.
Looking at the maps this fire is not going to stop till it runs out of fuel or we get massive rain.
Pretty sobering when you see how many trees there are left to burn.
Y’all go on Google Satellite Maps. There is an icon for the Tiger Island Fire. Click it. It shows the approximate burn area.
That fire is going to burn a while. It’s just getting started.
Looking at the maps this fire is not going to stop till it runs out of fuel or we get massive rain.
Pretty sobering when you see how many trees there are left to burn.
Y’all go on Google Satellite Maps. There is an icon for the Tiger Island Fire. Click it. It shows the approximate burn area.
That fire is going to burn a while. It’s just getting started.
This post was edited on 8/27/23 at 5:40 am
Posted on 8/27/23 at 5:44 am to frequent flyer
quote:We have lots of fire abatement resources around here, including Ft. Johnson. Private timber doesn't prescribe burn like Kisatchie does. Bound to happen in a drought to two of the largest pine parishes in the state.
I’ve been seeing a lot of national guard trucks moving giant bull dozers west on I-10 from Baton Rouge. I presume they are going to the fires
Posted on 8/27/23 at 5:50 am to VernonPLSUfan
It jumped a main road they were trying to kill eastward progression last night. They ordered big evacuation and supposedly ordered all fire departments out. There was an army of civilians that showed up soon with several dozers and tractors and about have it contained again for now. Crazy
Posted on 8/27/23 at 5:58 am to frequent flyer
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To be frank, massive wildfires like this is a new concept to us in Louisiana. There is probably a better way to track it but I don’t know how.
It’s almost surreal the behavior of these fires. Laura and Delta are still frocking that area. Tons of downed timber that has been sitting there for three years and has been drying die 40 plus days straight. It’s highly flammable and the downed timber slows the dozers way down
A new incident management team is there so we will be getting actual daily updates with the exact acres and maps of this thing They arefrom the south so know how fires behave in these type fuels
The national sit report is updated everyday here
LINK
You can look in there and see all the resources spread over the country
Texas has their own interagency coordination system for this and I am sure once this is over louisiana will be doing the same.
Posted on 8/27/23 at 6:04 am to Run up middle
If you look at an aerial In all directions of that fire are row planted timber plantations that have never burned Another thing that is difficult is all through the the oil and gas infrastructure
Posted on 8/27/23 at 7:10 am to Ron Cheramie
Bump, should be stickied again
Posted on 8/27/23 at 8:08 am to Kattail
Bump for sticky.
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