Winter is our normal dry/fire season in Florida but this year we’ve been soaked so often that getting a fire going is no easy thing. It’s been too wet to mow all year so plant growth has been phenomenal.
First year I moved here it was after a long drought and there were fires all over. The stench was so thick it was hard to stand, except when the sea breeze drove it off.
These folks on the beach there should be OK if the beaches are as free of trees as ours. That doesn’t mean the stench and embers won’t reach them but they should be able to round up enough boats to get everyone clear.
Well at least they should fare better than those poor folks who fled to the beach at Herculaneum to escape the eruption.
Damn weeds won’t stop. They are the worst!
Keep a lookout for Underground Fires there in the Peat. They travel for miles.