Bastrop, Texas Fire
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A more visual idea of the fire burning down in Bastrop near Ferguson.
The first pic has the city of Austin's skyline with the fires buring 30 miles off in the background. The second pic is one of our major highways that runs from Austin down to Houston - Just past Bastrop.. .
Ben in Austin
The first pic has the city of Austin's skyline with the fires buring 30 miles off in the background. The second pic is one of our major highways that runs from Austin down to Houston - Just past Bastrop.. .
Ben in Austin
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5-10 mph winds are suppose to change direction tonight/tomorrow... blowing the smoke in the direction of the town of Bastrop and towards Austin (30 miles away) . Bastrop fire still not contained.
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they are working every air vehicle they can.. but they don't carry that much water on each pass.. the winds have been blowing embers farther than they can protect..
we normally get 30 inches of rain a year.. so far we are at 8 total..
the ground is SO dry, that water has been baked out almost 2 feet deep,
and in my lot, there are 2 inch wide cracks in the soil from the lack of water.
so, a few hundred gallons will be sucked up and make no real difference..
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Stay Safe guys!
Hey tight guys and stay safe. Here in Florida we get the occasionaly large fire too, but nothing near like that where I live. I hope ya'll make it through this. Just make sure ya'll do roll call of people and trucks on the way out before ya'll leave( hope it doesn't come to that).
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It's been a tough couple of days here in Central Texas - A few more pics - John Chapman of Bastrop lost his collection of 175 cars - Dozens of corvettes, Shelby Cobra, 60 GTO, 57 Chevy Pickup, 47 Studebaker Pickup..... His house was saved but what a waste... He escaped in his Ford F250...
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It's been a tough couple of days here in Central Texas - A few more pics - John Chapman of Bastrop lost his collection of 175 cars - Dozens of corvettes, Shelby Cobra, 60 GTO, 57 Chevy Pickup, 47 Studebaker Pickup..... His house was saved but what a waste... He escaped in his Ford F250...
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It's been a tough couple of days here in Central Texas - A few more pics - John Chapman of Bastrop lost his collection of 175 cars - Dozens of corvettes, Shelby Cobra, 60 GTO, 57 Chevy Pickup, 47 Studebaker Pickup..... His house was saved but what a waste... He escaped in his Ford F250...
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Hi Ed,
The link below shows the current map of the Bastrop fire..
Elgin is approx. 18 miles north of Bastrop - the fire has been mainly burning to the South due to winds. I was surprised to see on the map how close the fire came to reaching highway 290 - that's the main highway from Austin through Elgin to Houston.
Your brother was definitely close enough to get a lot of smoke from the fire but he should be ok up in Elgin north of the fire. They are allowing some people back in to survey their homes - the fire is about 40% contained in the latest update.
Ben in Austin
Bastrop fire in Texas: updated maps, 1,386 homes destroyedWildfire Today
The link below shows the current map of the Bastrop fire..
Elgin is approx. 18 miles north of Bastrop - the fire has been mainly burning to the South due to winds. I was surprised to see on the map how close the fire came to reaching highway 290 - that's the main highway from Austin through Elgin to Houston.
Your brother was definitely close enough to get a lot of smoke from the fire but he should be ok up in Elgin north of the fire. They are allowing some people back in to survey their homes - the fire is about 40% contained in the latest update.
Ben in Austin
Bastrop fire in Texas: updated maps, 1,386 homes destroyedWildfire Today
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