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| Above, a Southwest fire scar. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
The winds last Friday have to be the worst I have experienced since I moved to New Mexico four years ago. They have fanned the flames of wildfires in some New Mexico counties. Some are still burning and barely contained.
This looks to be possibly the worst fire season in decades in the Four Corners region.
According to WESA-FM:
New Mexico faces a long and potentially devastating wildfire season, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said Saturday, as Southwestern wildfires cause destruction and force people from their homes.
Hundreds of structures were lost in a growing number of wind-driven blazes across drought-stricken New Mexico, Lujan Grisham said Saturday.
Over 20 active wildfires were burning in at least 16 of the state's 33 counties, in the wake of winds that gusted up to 90 mph (145 kph) on Friday, Lujan said during a briefing streamed online. "So half the state has a fire issue."
With so many fires burning in April, well before the normal May or June start of the wildfire season, "our risk season is incredibly and dangerously early," Lujan Grisham said.
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1 comment:
You'd better keep Barking Spider Acre cut real short this spring. Also consider "producing" fewer "barking spiders." Otherwise, you might experience spontaneous human combustion!
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