Alaska had some massive lightning busts over the last few weeks leading to 530 tracked fires that have so far burned 3 million acres. The fires drew significant resources from the Lower 48. Alaska just had good rains in some areas, so a drawdown of firefighters has begun, and just in time for the rest of us. We're expecting 100 degree weather for most of next week across the Pacific NW which should jump start large fires quite nicely.
Nix could use a lightening strike, but most fires are caused by lightning. And there are no natural disasters. Just natural hazards that affect often poorly planned human environments. It's the human part that makes it a disaster, not the fire, hurricane, earthquake, or flood.
There are 12 new large fires in Europe: 4 in Spain, 2 in Italy, 2 in Greece, and 1 each in North Macedonia, Slovenia, Portugal, and France.
If the frozen tundra of Lambeau thaws out could turn into a swamp or cause a methane hydrate explosiong. Would like to see Aaron Rodgers throw for 300 yards knee deep in mud or in a crater.
I mean, I'm no expert, but I think that map has some errors. It looks like someone mistakenly drew some of the lower 48 states onto a map of Alaska lightning strikes. I don't know if that changes your conclusions or not, but you might want to find a better source.
No, that's right. Alaska is the second story of America. Think of a mall. Alaska is where the food court is--just take the escalators up from Omaha, Milwaukee, or St. Louis.
We had a good run. ______ Rare fire tornado warning issued in California https://www.kiro7.com/video/hot-vid...ifornia/cdf523ad-8df8-47ff-b12c-bd0db85aee72/
Update for you: it's $90/bale + $20/bale delivery charge. The feed stores are selling small loads of round bales for about $160. Cattle market is solid for calves (nobody knows why, but it is), and has cratered for older animals (packer cows) because everyone is selling off at the same time.
Decent vid. Indeed, it's the embers that get a house and then if there is another nearby, the radiant heat gets that one and starts a chain reaction up and down the street.
Thank you for the update. I have heard that somebody (Bellville - Sealy area) has Asked for $75 a bale for corn stubble. I don't know if they have gotten any buyers at that price. The buyer has to figure out delivery for themselves. People that sold round bales in past years are very very reluctant to sell this year. Those that sold small traditional bales (55 lbs?) to feed stores in the Fall aren't going to have as many if any to sell this year. So those with horses and similar are going to have hard times hitting them in the face really soon. https://www.barchart.com/futures/grains Prices for corn and the soybean complex are on the high side, so I don't know how those buying feeder calves are going to make the numbers work this Winter since the current problems influencing/impacting things aren't going to resolved in the next 5 months.
