Anyone else shutting down for the season ?
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Harmanizer
Burning Hunk
Stove ran out of pellets last night so that will do it for me.Have a good Summer everyone.
Harmanizer
Burning Hunk
I still have a couple of tons left but I think I'll save them for next season.I see a warming trend this week.
bogieb
Minister of Fire
AGGHH - My Eyes - What is that bright yellow thing in the sky?
AGGHH - My Eyes - What is that bright yellow thing in the sky?
You have sun? Haven't seen that in a week.
Pete Zahria
Minister of Fire
Just showed it's face here... (11:00am)AGGHH - My Eyes - What is that bright yellow thing in the sky?
I buckled and lit the stove off last night... it was just raw in the basement
where the stove lives.. Not like I don't have leftovers, a bag here or there
isn't going to matter much!
Dan
bogieb
Minister of Fire
Yeah, been since Saturday for me. waves of clouds keep coming in and making it dreary and gray. then the sun will pop out for 10-20 minutes before being muscled out of the scene for a while.
jackhammer
Burning Hunk
The wife and I got back from Florida late Wednesday, wish I could have brought the weather back with us! I ran the stove out of pellets two weeks or so ago. I'm done now and have three tons in the driveway that were delivered today. I guess she better get cracking!
We had sun and bright blue skies today for oh maybe 2 hours. It's all gray again now. Had been raining since Monday evening and really things still looked a bit dry out there not long after the sun came out. We were under a fire warning a week or two ago. Thought I might go fly fishing, too windy back at that moment. Now that I'm home again it's dead calm out, go figure.
Tonyray
Minister of Fire
Yesterday was a miserable day here , it rained, it drizzled, the wind blew, the wind actually howled out of the NE and the high for the day was 46. If I had pellets I might have lit the stove off but I wasn't going out to buy some when the only place with any is 16 miles away and $6.59 a bag and tomorrow supposed to be near 60 and Sunday is to be 60, Mon and Tues warm.
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Tonyray
Minister of Fire
don't blame you.
I still have almost 2 tons left from winter with 3 tons early buy coming few months. ton Hamer Hots/2 tons Okanagan Platinums.
2011 GT/CS
Member
Stove still starts once or twice a day. A couple weeks ago I made sure the ac was ready. Hope it gets warm soon. Then I guess we complain about the hot weather. Lol. Still have 2 tons left. So if it calls for heat I just let it run. Happy spring. Sort of.
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bcarton
Feeling the Heat
Lake Girl
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I have been running a couple of hours usually every day. I'm jealous of all the rain folks are getting in other locales ... we need some here as our wildfires have kicked off early this year. Conditions now are similar to mid-late summer lack of moisture conditions. Had some nasty smoke conditions on Friday from the fires burning on the Manitoba/Ontario border... nothing like Fort McMurray but burn bans are now in place.
Bioburner
Moderator
I am sucking up your smoke. Been in a red flag area for some time. Finished our burning projects for Pheasants Forever Friday AM and the red flag was started at 11 that day as we went to 92 degrees with a wind hitting over 30. Supposed to get some rains coming in late today and good chance for rest of the week. Will probably clean the Harman and pull the exhaust but keep the Bixby up as we are to stay in low 60's at best for another week.
Lake Girl
Moderator
My post thread #21 shows the smoke on Friday ... couldn't seen the islands that are visible on the normal view.
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/fort-mac.154752/
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/fort-mac.154752/
Bioburner
Moderator
Lake Girl
Moderator
This one is getting worse with more evacs and was responsible for Friday smoke conditions. Winds have settled a bit and temps have dropped so it has slowed fire spread ... but still growing.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-forest-fires-whiteshell-nopiming-1.3572531
Brother-in-law retired but nephew flying those water bombers.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-forest-fires-whiteshell-nopiming-1.3572531
Brother-in-law retired but nephew flying those water bombers.
Bioburner
Moderator
Being I continue my wild fire certification I am probably in the lineup if we don't get some rain soon. Governor called out the National Guard for fires by Bemidji
They lifted our fire ban with the rains we had but it's too late, we have a burn season which is now over. So my huge pile from last year is still here. But that's not the worst part, with our mild and mostly open winter ticks are going bonkers around here. I had one buried in my leg, I've plucked them off my pants, my wife had one in her hair. I took the tarp off my tractor today to cut grass and there was one on the steering wheel. I'm sure that brush pile is loaded with them too. Our tenant has a dog, I'll have to tell him to keep an extra lookout for ticks.
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