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2,700-acre fire burning in North Georgia
AJC ^ | 11/3/16 | Steve burns

Posted on 11/06/2016 5:48:30 AM PST by barmag25

2,700-acre fire in North Georgia prompted officials to close some key trails in the Chattahoochee National Forest “It’s remote, very rugged, and we are extremely dry,” said Jeff Gardner, a ranger with the U.S. Forest Service who is based in Chatsworth. He said the fire, which is burning north of Ellijay and west of Blue Ridge, started from lightning.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: georgia

1 posted on 11/06/2016 5:48:30 AM PST by barmag25
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To: barmag25

A nice area I’d like to live in.


2 posted on 11/06/2016 6:00:58 AM PST by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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To: barmag25

http://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml


3 posted on 11/06/2016 6:08:53 AM PST by Paladin2 (auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
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To: ctdonath2

Now would be the time to buy...


4 posted on 11/06/2016 6:12:57 AM PST by null and void (Keep sexual predators out of the White House, don't vote to get her and her husband back there!)
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To: barmag25

Must have had a Trump sign on the property....


5 posted on 11/06/2016 6:51:54 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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We are in a terrible drought here at the moment. I can’t even remember the last time it rained.


6 posted on 11/06/2016 7:34:23 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
We have been without rain for quite a while down in S. MS - probably matches up with you - and it was nice for a while after the long early-Spring - mid-Summer overabundance of rain.

The first time I ever experienced a real drought was when stationed at Altus AFB in the late 70's -mid 80's. Everything was brown and crispy. We had enough ground water saturating things that the grass is still pretty green and still growing (usually stopped by now) despite the long-term lack of rain.

Prayers that the drought doesn't cause too much of that beautiful country to burn. When I retired, I would have loved to move to northern Georgia or Tennessee for some seasons (originally from the Rochester NY area and can do without them Winters - even though a Southern Summer is every bit as brutal for me as a NY Winter - them Polish/Slavic genes don't mind a bit of cool) but the wife moved here from Ohio many moons ago to get away from any form of cold so I opted to keep Momma happy and stay where she loves it. Worked out OK as we were able to retire as we reached 62 (she's a cougar who took advantage of a young stud 2-1/2 years her junior) so I won't complain. Keeping the wife happy has resulted in a love story that I never dreamed possible.

But I wax "TMI" - hope to get some rain starting this week and maybe you will also get some benefit if it moves in the normal NE direction.

7 posted on 11/06/2016 7:49:45 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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8 posted on 11/06/2016 7:55:49 AM PST by Rebelbase (DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: barmag25
2,700-acre fire burning in North Georgia

Hasn't rained in nearly a month and then only a little rainfall.

9 posted on 11/06/2016 7:56:05 AM PST by The Sons of Liberty (Hillary - The Drunkard Brain-Damaged Criminal Nominee - LOCK HER UP !!!!)
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“Hasn’t rained in nearly a month and then only a little rainfall.”

Same here in Colorado. We’ve haven’t had any rain in over two months.


10 posted on 11/06/2016 7:57:26 AM PST by CodeToad
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“”I can’t even remember the last time it rained.””

I was writing it on my calendar as it was happening nearly every day for weeks but I stopped...I know I was turning off my computer more often than normal - not just shutting it down; day and night. Definitely very dry and the leaves are very brittle underfoot...


11 posted on 11/06/2016 8:52:32 AM PST by Thank You Rush
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To: Georgia Girl 2

I can’t remember the last rainfall. I live on the edge of the courts wilderness around grassy mountain. Visibility is very low from the smoke. I hope for rain soon.


12 posted on 11/06/2016 9:48:14 AM PST by barmag25
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To: barmag25

Should say cohutta wilderness. Spell check fail.


13 posted on 11/06/2016 9:49:06 AM PST by barmag25
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To: null and void

I have friends selling a place on Blue Ridge Lake. Really nice area.


14 posted on 11/06/2016 9:50:57 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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