I thought that it's worth breaking this out into a thread -- shocking to see that the fire had almost doubled in size by COB Wednesday. Here are some pix and a DEC clip of helicopter water drop from earlier in the week.
Maybe I don't get out enough but I always wondered why they had these fire-danger signs in the east. Other than this summer's abnormally dry conditions, do they ever register anything but "low"?
Probably because history has demonstrated that the risk exists. Here are just a few results; there are many more listing specific fire events in recent times. I only searched New York.
The Adirondacks have a long history of epic blazes. While there are no recent comparisons with the terrible devastation faced by the west, fire is no stranger to the vast […]