An unquenchable fire seasonPosted Apr19, 2006 at 12:07 AMWith the destructive fire on Bull Mountain in Patrick County the past few days, and the big fire near Blue Ridge just a month ago, our area is getting in on what is shaping up to be, potentially, the worst fire year on record nationally, as this linked AP article describes. We need rain and lots of it. The Plains need even more than we do. Though we got some rain the past few days, we sure could use a pattern change that would bring more moisture. The long-term prognosis is still not good for that to happen. |
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Kevin Myatt works on the copy desk for The Roanoke Times and is its principal weather geek, writing a weekly weather column and advising the newsroom on weather topics. He helps guide students on a storm chasing trip to the central U.S. each May and was an editor for "Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States." .....Advertisement.....
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