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Old 08-01-2003, 09:12 AM   #5
Tobiasly
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Jeffersonville, IN (near Louisville)
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Re: 7/31/2003: Burning embers captured

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Originally posted by Undertoad
Yet another MSNBC shot, this one shows how fires move so quickly on windy days.... it's the embers.[/b]
How true that is. We had a fire sweep through our camp yesterday; my tent was only several away from the destruction but luckily the wind was blowing the other way.

21 large 50-person tents were destroyed; luckily no one was hurt. Some of the tents were pretty far from each other, but those damn embers just flew everywhere.

Unfortunately I can't post any pictures of the destruction but it was pretty bad. Of course the friggin' desert heat didn't help any either. There were a few porta-johns that were probably over 100 feet from the flames, but just melted right down to the ground.
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