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re: Wildfires in Louisiana
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:04 am to LegendInMyMind
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:04 am to LegendInMyMind
I see on Flightradar24 there’s a military helicopter and airplane flying patterns north of Rosepine hopefully there’s no issues in that area
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Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:06 am to SWLA92
Has any of the news stations given any coverage to these wildfires?
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:07 am to SWLA92
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see on Flightradar24 there’s a military helicopter and airplane flying patterns north of Rosepine hopefully there’s no issues in that area
Pretty good fire started in that area this afternoon
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:10 am to Walt OReilly
KPLC is the only station in SWLA covering it and they are doing a good job. Lafayette channels haven’t done anything. I’m sure the Alexandria stations are going a good job of covering the event
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:21 am to SWLA92
Here’s a dumb question? What does fire do to a road? Are we talking easy reoverlay or are talking rip up and do it all over? Truly have no clue.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:22 am to SWLA92
I was surprised that KATC didn’t say much if anything.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:28 am to Run up middle
I grew up on Bob Carsey Rd. He was my great grand father. id bet I know you.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:28 am to LCboi
I’m in deridder on the west side and this is getting awfully hairy
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:36 am to LCboi
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I grew up on Bob Carsey Rd. He was my great grand father. id bet I know you.
Real good chance. I know about everyone on that road
Posted on 8/25/23 at 12:45 am to tiger91
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Here’s a dumb question? What does fire do to a road? Are we talking easy reoverlay or are talking rip up and do it all over? Truly have no clue.
Shouldn't really do much of anything. Roads are significant because they're natural firebreaks. If it jumps a road, you've got trouble.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 1:31 am to Jim Rockford
You can see the storms and the fires in this satellite loop. You can tell they really kicked up as the storms passed through the area. The fire over in Texas that got some resources pulled from this fire is visible, too.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 4:16 am to Walt OReilly
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Has any of the news stations given any coverage to these wildfires?
Made CNN yesterday.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 4:36 am to SWLA92
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Lafayette channels haven’t done anything.
KLFY had a story at 5, 6, and 10 since Scott FD has a crew out there, but I wouldn't expect a station that covers Acadiana to do much more coverage of it than that.
Hopefully 190 stops that fire. If it jumps around Junction, that's another 60k+ acres of timber for it to run through.
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 4:39 am
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:29 am to SWLA92
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KPLC is the only station in SWLA covering it and they are doing a good job. Lafayette channels haven’t done anything. I’m sure the Alexandria stations are going a good job of covering the event
It’s amazing how stations like Lafayette and Houston don’t even mention this. It’s a big thing just because it’s not in your area doesn’t mean it’s not relevant.
Tons of people in both of these areas have family and friends in West Louisiana.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:32 am to LegendInMyMind
Lets hope for less wind today
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 6:33 am
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:43 am to Corinthians420
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Lets hope for less wind today
And planes to fly sooner
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:57 am to Run up middle
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:22 am to Run up middle
As of 5:30am Merryville officials are saying no structural damage to any buildings in town. Great news to hear
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:53 am to SWLA92
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As of 5:30am Merryville officials are saying no structural damage to any buildings in town. Great news to hear
Yep
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Merryville Police Department
Update:
Fire has not made it to any structures within merryville city limits as of yet. Winds changed direction so that helped some. Just pray fire can come in and safely contain it without any homes or structures being harmed. I know this has been trying time for all the town people, know that we are Merryville Strong ?? we as a town will make it through this as a family. I will (Cindy) be here until the end and hopefully at the end able to greet everyone back to their homes. Please be safe.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 8:22 am to turnpiketiger
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It’s amazing how stations like Lafayette and Houston don’t even mention this.
And literally my comment just above yours said KLFY had a story about it.
What difference does it make if Lafayette covers it? Houston, yeah, there's probably several hundreds thousands more there that aren't aware of this going on. But I bet most people in the Lafayette area are already aware of what's going on over there. Hell, all of Carencro and north into St. Landry and Evangeline had a haze hanging over the area from smoke from the Tiger Island Fire.
If anything, I would like to see someone nationally pick it up, but that's unlikely since it's in an area that is sparsely populated and hasn't been a large burn compared to what normally gets coverage out west.
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