Kansas Crimson

That’s most years.

There’s just too much careless human activity in wildfire country.

Just went outside for my lunch break. Apparently the “East troublesome” fire (cuz there was already another “ troublesome” fire in like utah) is blowing up.

Immediate smell of smoke when I walk outside. Come over the ridge, and there’s this ominous cloud of smoke rolling up the valley on the edge of town.

Yup, went from 400 acres yesterday to 3700+ today.

jesus

some “good” news

https://nature.com/articles/s41598-020-72641-z

I saw some stat that of mammals remaining on the earth, 60% are livestock, 36% percent are humans, and only 4% are wild.

I don’t know how they figure that tho. Does, say, a mouse count as a wild mammal? Cuz there’s shitloads of mice.

maybe figured by biomass?

and are bison livestock or wildlife, with some being raised for food?

Biomass is a good thought.

I wonder many mice there would be if you just piled them up. It may be a huge ton, or may be a ton but still not as big as your average herd of cattle.

It was just from some vegan hippie chick’s social media feed, so who knows.

for illy

https://wsiltv.com/2020/10/15/on-the-trail-snake-road/

man so I don’t know if it belongs in this thread or the weather thread or the frightening perspective thread, but man. In addition to be unseasonably warm and dry here lately, it’s also been unseasonably windy.

Really at any time day or night we’ll get a gusty windstorm that rolls through for an hour or two, and just sets everyone on edge. You can watch the smoke cloud on the horizon get bigger. Check the updates, the fire grew by another thousand acres.

I wanted to go up to North Park and fish Delaney Buttes on my days off, but the highway going north is now closed. Evacuations in place in some rural areas, and pre-evacuation notices for neighborhoods north of the town of Granby.

County officials advising against travel to Grand Lake and RMNP, as trail ridge road through the park to Estes is closed, and the only other road in and out of Grand Lake is directly in the path of the fire. They don’t want folks getting trapped up there, but it’s not like y’all listen. Tim Allen has a vacation home up there, maybe y’all can squat with the tool man.

FOR REAL WHY DID IT JUST GET SO WINDY

some positive news

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... rivers-aoe

In Historic Move, Colorado Voters Decide To Reintroduce Gray Wolves

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/06/93147237 ... ray-wolves

fucking cool

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au ... ng-secret/

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 5:29 pm fucking cool

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au ... ng-secret/

Wow.

My daughter appreciated that post. She is obsessed with butterflies.

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:16 am for illy

https://wsiltv.com/2020/10/15/on-the-trail-snake-road/

Not sure how i missed this one!

IllinoisJayhawk wrote: ↑Mon Nov 09, 2020 7:12 pm

TraditionKU wrote: ↑Fri Oct 16, 2020 11:16 am for illy

https://wsiltv.com/2020/10/15/on-the-trail-snake-road/

Not sure how i missed this one!

She was the local weather girl on ABC here in Lexington. Didn't last very long, probably 6 months.