robothut Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygar Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Don't SCARE us like that! I was expecting to see smoke rolling out of the only museum I'd cross the street to see... yours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvischris Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 That has to be frightening. Stay Safe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 Oh No!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil R Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 I get a lump in my throat thinking these guys are real heroes. The kind that are the only thing between us and disaster. I would be freaking out. The smoke fallout has finally reached us in the East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted July 24, 2021 Author Share Posted July 24, 2021 Today there have been no water planes so they must have it under control. My Old Plasma 65 inch TV died so I have no TV local news. I have to get my info from the internet. Any way, turns out there were 5 water planes and 1 chopper. The 2 planes that I never saw were reloading from a different lake so flew a different direction. They stopped at dusk. Today blue sky's so things must be OK. They did put out a Level 2 warning and that means be ready to get out. But I think because the winds were from the West blowing East and the fire was to my East , that kept from advancing my way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Robot Bob Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 This might be of some use to you, John (maybe some others here, too, for that matter) if you don't already know about it: https://fire.airnow.gov/ Stay safe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 New day new fire. this is about 3 miles from the Robothut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pygar Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 You mentioned having horses- as a Kentuckian I have to ask; what breed? Is it a horse farm you live on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Just wow, John. Stay safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted July 26, 2021 Author Share Posted July 26, 2021 Once again the firer fighters got it under control. I was a bit worried since the fire was not call in until 5PM, that ment it would take 1 hour to get full ground crews and the tanker planes on the job. The tanker planes have to stop flying by 8 PM do to low visibility. The level 3 "get out now" evacuation was changed to level 2 "be ready to leave" by 10 pm. The only problem for many of us is moving the live stock. We have a 3 horse trailer but 5 horses so that means two trips to some new location to safely drop off the horses. And that means you can not wait until they tell you too get out 2 trips means you have to leave 1 hour before they tell you too get out so you can get back for the second trip. But all seems fine to day, still at Level 2 but all quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6Stelab9 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I hope everything will get well soon. This must be stressfull situation. Are you used to fires in your area? Are you close to the woods? On the video, I can see there are fields around you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 Hopefully you have friends or relatives not too nearby with horse trailers. Or maybe just get some cowboys to ride them out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted July 28, 2021 Author Share Posted July 28, 2021 I suggested ridding them out to the wife. If she speaks to me again I will ask her if she thought that was funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinplate6 Posted August 1, 2021 Share Posted August 1, 2021 John, Awful news, I pray all gets resolved quickly. My daughter lives in Colorado, and the fires there had them evacuated twice. All the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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