Forest Fires...

[KukriKhan]

Thanks for the support guys , I'm really thankful it didn't take us by surprise and that our state's Forest Service is really good about notifying people about evacuations.




Yeah. I moved to Montana from Santa Barbra last spring, and when the California wildfires started to descend into the Valleys I was like "Thank god I moved out in time". I guess my card got picked in this year's go-around .

But I got a hold of someone at the Forest Service today about the Status of my home, she looked it up in the roster and said the fire had been fully contained about four miles south of where I live but the evacuation is still on order, and the National Guard isn't allowing anyone on the main route to where I live. Not a big deal, better safer than sorry.

Great news all around, Wakizashi. It's good the Forest Service has a handle on status.

Webcams.

Why didn't I think of that?

[drone]

Why didn't I think of that?

It's not foolproof, it requires power and internet access to remain available. So if powerlines or the ISP's lines cook you won't know the cause of the failure. But it's better than nothing (or relying on news reports).