burn ban: My 4th Of July Forida Burn Ban & Wildfire Updates & Safety Tips - 06/30/07 06:09 AM

Where has the year gone?
It seems like Christmas was just last month and now here we are, its almost the Fourth Of July!
 
I know it seems like the state of Florida has seen a lot of rain during the month of June. The sad fact remains that we are still very dry folks. We need to be very careful while celebrating our Nation's Independence.
I've been contacted a couple times this past week about the Burn Bans around the state. Some have been lifted, some are still in effect. Here are the Florida Counties still under a Burn Ban:
  Baker, Bay, Charlotte, Flagler, Franklin, Glades (partial ban), Gulf, Hernando, Lake, Levy … (12 comments)

burn ban: Florida Wildfires 2007 Update May 20th, 2007 - 05/20/07 02:11 AM

I finally have some good news regarding the major Florida Wildfires I've told you about previously!
Let start with updates:
The Bugaboo Fire is 80% contained!  It is still burning, but it is burning inside of itself and has not jumped the  containment lines. The people who have been evacuated are allowed to go home but are asked to remain "on alert". Officials said they are "in much better shape then they were several days ago." Roads in the area are currently open. The Bugaboo Fire has burned 121,319 acres to date. Lightning was the cause.
The Dairy Road Fire in … (20 comments)

burn ban: Smoke From A Not So Distant Fire 5/11/2007 Florida Fires 2007 - 05/11/07 08:32 AM
The smoke isn't so bad here in Daytona Beach today. We have what's left of Sub Tropical Storm Andrea of our coast that blew the smoke somewhere else and I thought our Airport Road Fire was out.
 
                                            
                                      NOT SO.                                        
 
I just finished reading the Daytona News Journal and not only is the Airport Road not out, it has gone from 60% contained to 45% contained in the last day.
 
On the up side it is smaller, down from 6,800 to 6,100 acres. Some firefighters have also left, their numbers are now 164 down from 190. I hope that means … (10 comments)

burn ban: Smoke From Distant Fires - 05/09/07 07:25 AM
If you read my post Smoke From A Not So Distant Fire post this week you know all about our (Volusia and Flagler Counties) now named "Airport Fire". I updated that post last night with the following:
OUR AIRPORT ROAD FIRE IS ONLY SMOKING AS OF TODAY 5/8 DESPITE OUR HIGH WINDS. FIREFIGHTERS SET 300 SURROUNDING ACRES ON A CONTROLED BURN (DARING MOVE CONSIDERING THE WINDS) AND HAVE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO CONTAIN IT. THE FIRE IS NOT OFFICIALLY OUT AND CAN SPARK UP AGAIN BUT OFFICIALS ARE OPTIMISTIC. AS OF SATURDAY THE FIRE CONSUMED 6,500 ACRES PLUS THE EXTRA 300 ACRES THE FIRE … (20 comments)

burn ban: Smoke From A Not So Distant Fire Updated 5/8 - 05/07/07 04:52 PM

 
 
Fourteen miles from the Century 21 Sundance Pelican Bay office and twelve miles from where Steve and I live there is a wildfire burning on the border of the Volusia and Flagler County lines.
(Graphic courtesy of the Daytona News Journal)
 
 
The smoke from the fire can cover our county depending on the wind. On Thursday and Friday it was so thick it burned our eyes, we could smell and taste it fourteen miles away. In the afternoon the seabreeze picked up and blew the smoke away.
 
Friday afternoon Governor Charlie Christ declared a State of Emergency which allows the National Guard … (57 comments)

burn ban: Is Volusia County Under A Burn Ban? I Think We Should Be.. - 03/25/07 01:27 AM
I was watching Fox 35 News out of Orlando last night and I could have sworn the story mentioned Volusia County was under a "Burn Ban"
I pulled up the web site this morning and searched it, nothing about the "Burn ban", watched the story again and it seems to be edited. I checked every local news website and the Daytona Beach News Journal, nothing about a "Burn Ban"
Some natural disasters cease to scare me like they used to.  I know what to do now. I've been through quakes, including the 1989 Loma Prieta Quake, 4 hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms and … (16 comments)