The Fire and Rain and Smoke Thread

[TheGreatAbyss]

Fire in Livingston this weekend, mostly contained:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1850690542373371946

 

[Peter Minde]

Meanwhile, half an inch of snow overnight. Black ice on the Cascades Lakes section of Route 73.... a truck went in to a ditch. Ugh.

 

[raisingarizona]

Wildfire in Rockaway Township, NJ park leads to evacuations

Homes were evacuated in Morris County, New Jersey on Friday because of a wildfire.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Peter Minde]

Whoa. Way too close to my former home.

 

[MarzNC]

Brush fire in PA on Blue Mountain. Started with a brush fire on Sat afternoon. Don't know the area well enough to know how close the fire is to the Blue Mountain Resort. There is a picture in the article from Sat night after dark. The last report I found this morning said the size of the fire was up to 100 acres.

November 3, 2024

Blue Mountain fire still burning, spreads significantly overnight

The fire began early Saturday afternoon near Route 248 in Lehigh Township in Northampton County and burned through the night. Numerous aircraft and heavy equipment were to Sunday morning to help fight the fire, which was not yet contained. No injuries were reported.

www.lehighvalleynews.com

 

[TheGreatAbyss]

Brush fire in PA on Blue Mountain. Started with a brush fire on Sat afternoon. Don't know the area well enough to know how close the fire is to the Blue Mountain Resort. There is a picture in the article from Sat night after dark. The last report I found this morning said the size of the fire was up to 100 acres.

November 3, 2024

Blue Mountain fire still burning, spreads significantly overnight

The fire began early Saturday afternoon near Route 248 in Lehigh Township in Northampton County and burned through the night. Numerous aircraft and heavy equipment were to Sunday morning to help fight the fire, which was not yet contained. No injuries were reported.

www.lehighvalleynews.com

It's really bad. We're now going on 34 days without any measurable precip and no rain in the forecast for the next 7 days.

Newark, NJ Weather History | Weather Underground

 

[Sbob]

Brush fire in PA on Blue Mountain. Started with a brush fire on Sat afternoon. Don't know the area well enough to know how close the fire is to the Blue Mountain Resort. There is a picture in the article from Sat night after dark. The last report I found this morning said the size of the fire was up to 100 acres.

November 3, 2024

Blue Mountain fire still burning, spreads significantly overnight

The fire began early Saturday afternoon near Route 248 in Lehigh Township in Northampton County and burned through the night. Numerous aircraft and heavy equipment were to Sunday morning to help fight the fire, which was not yet contained. No injuries were reported.

www.lehighvalleynews.com

It’s a few miles away but creeping Eastward slowly, the wind is supposed to increase from the South but a little westward component on Tuesday which is concerning.
The north side of the mountain has lots of more volatile vegetation, pines and fallow brushy fields.

 

[raisingarizona]

you guys have a large population out there that’s not accustomed to red flag conditions. It’s sketchy for sure.

 

[Brownski]

you guys have a large population out there that’s not accustomed to red flag conditions. It’s sketchy for sure.

We have a large population that’s not used to acknowledging or following any rules at all

 

[MarzNC]

The approach to fighting the Blue Mountain fire seems quite different than what happens in the west. Or maybe it just the reporting.

November 3, 2024

Firefighters continue to battle Blue Mountain brush fire | Times News Online

As firefighters continue to battle the massive wildfire on the Blue Mountain in Lehigh Township, Northampton County, residents have turned out to donate water and other supplies. The line of residents...

www.tnonline.com