Texas Is On Fire

[Adam Daigle]

Hey, folks. I’m not sure how many of you have noticed, but Texas is on fire.

We’ve been under a serious drought and some pretty hardcore temperatures lately. There have been a lot of fires this season, but just this weekend, the tropical storm veered away from us, and instead of dropping some much-needed rain, it whipped up winds and pushed some brushfires to an out-of-control level. So far the fires have destroyed over 500 homes in Central Texas alone. Firefighters have been fighting some of the fires since Saturday and Sunday and they’re still listed as 0% contained. We’ve got winds between 12-24 mph and humidity hovering in the low teens, and no rain on the forecast, so things aren’t looking great.

One of my friends from work can’t make it in tomorrow because the road is closed into town due to the fires. He’s spent most of the day helping displaced people and helping the VFD in his small town get some extra trucks running. His wife, who runs a dog-sitting business opened her place to all the displaced pets.

Thankfully, casualties have been low, but a lot of people are evacuated from their homes, and hundreds of them don’t have anything to go back to. I know this isn’t a major flood, hurricane, tsunami, earthquake or warzone that’s killed hundreds or thousands of people, but it’s in my backyard (figuratively) and it’s affecting my neighbors (again, figuratively), so it’s close to my heart.

You guys and girls are the only other community I have aside from my friends and family here in this area, so I’m asking y’all to keep us Texans in your thoughts. If you’re the praying type, kick that method. If you’re the donating type, this link gives some suggestions (Local Red Cross)

I’ve seen gamers help out tremendously for other natural disasters, so as one gamer to another, if you can lend a hand, Texans will graciously accept.

[Lilith]

Texas is on fire, and we're not talkin' 'bout the hot sauce. :(
*rummages around, finds latté money, donates it instead*

[Mikaze]

Oh man. What a year this has been. :(

Thanks for the donation link, Adam. Going to have to make some family calls.

[Aberzombie]

As someone with family down there, I say: Be safe everyone. Hope things turn out well.

[Steven Tindall]

I hope that you stay safe. Thanks for the donation link. I will be sure to use it.

I saw that your Governor returned to Texas instead of making a T.V. appearance so hopefully the national guard and other emergency services have now been activated.

Again good luck and stay safe.

[Mike Welham]

Thank you for the donation link, Adam!

Plus, thoughts and prayers you and your fellow Texans' way.

[Azure_Zero]

Worst part is Texas is not the only part of North America in a drought or natural disasters

link

even Canada is getting hit, in the prairie provinces there has been little food corps that made it this summer.

[Godu]

And it looks like the Gulf is heating up as well. Two potential systems with 50-50 chances to come up toward Texas and Louisiana.

Although the high pressure system causing the drought will most likely keep the worst of the storms out of Texas maybe we can pick up some rain.