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🚨 #BREAKING: A MASSIVE wildfire has completely surrounded the town of Canadian, TX and is expected to enter the town imminently.
All roads have been blocked, and an unknown amount of residents are trapped.
This is looking REALLY bad.
60 counties? That is quite sizeable.
“Hot and dry conditions caused by high temperatures...”
We know what Newsom would blame it on
Another article. Apparently people are trapped in Canadian.
People Trapped In Texas Town As Fires Rage Across Panhandle
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/people-trapped-in-texas-town-as-fires-rage-across-panhandle/ar-BB1j053z?ocid=msedgntp&pc=U531&cvid=9e424f962f7047e7a38f43d7759daef6&ei=21
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EXCERPT:
A​ fast moving wildfire in the Texas Panhandle has burned more than 300 square miles of land in just over 24 hours and left people trapped in a small town after mandatory evacuations were ordered.
Called t​he Smokehouse Creek Fire, it was reported late Monday afternoon in Hutchinson County, about 35 miles northeast of Amarillo. By around 5 p.m. Tuesday it had spread to 312 square miles and into neighboring Hemphill County.
“T​he fire is being fueled by winds gusting more than 60 mph,” weather.com digital meteorologist Jonathan Belles said. “At the same time, the humidity there was as low as 16 percent and temperatures unseasonably warm in the mid-70s.”
T​he blaze prompted evacuation orders for several areas. That included the town of Canadian in Hemphill County. But about 30 minutes after the order went out, the Hemphill County Sheriff’s Office posted this update to Facebook:
“US 60/ 83 south is shut down at this time. We recommend sheltering in place in Canadian at this time. The high school gym in Canadian will be open soon if anyone is traveling (through) and needs shelter.”
I​t wasn’t immediately clear how dire the situation is.
It’s in the panhandle, very flat, gras fire, very few trees, many small towns, very rural in general. Very windy area. The big one (Smokehouse) is in the central panhandle and running east, it’s long and narrow. There’s a lot of room out there but if your house or town is in the way, not good. I’ve not seen how they fighting it, I imagine with everything given the terrain.
Lucky only one town in trouble so far. Being a grass fire, not forest, I’m hopeful the town people will be OK.
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This is the future for US wildfires
From CNN's Rachel Ramirez
(whole article on CNN with Nut Case idiot blaming fires on “Climate Change”, as if they can predict it.)
“Human-caused climate change has exacerbated the hot and dry conditions that have allowed wildfires to ignite, grow and increase in severity in recent years.”
“Researchers say that as the planet warms, the United States could see an overall increase in the conditions that make wildfire possible, and could also experience a prolonged wildfire season — even during the winter months.”