Exploding targets with Extreme Wildfire Danger

[Alfonse]

We've got smoke still in the air, firefighters deployed all over and somebody thinks it is a good idea to use exploding targets. Yes, they started new wildfires doing it! Some people's kids...

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2012/oct/08/exploding-targets-preliminary-cause-of-two-new/?a

[QuercusMax]

I don't think that people who don't live out here in "fire country" understand this. Unfortunately, there are a lot of stupid people here - like everywhere else - and they don't seem to know it either.

Earlier this year the Trinity Ridge fire (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3088/) burned almost 150,000 acres just 30 miles west of me, filling the air with smoke for days. It was human-caused, although fortunately not by anything related to shooting.

[MO_Soldier]

If they were using legitimate tannerite, the website specifically addresses the product's lack of spark or open flame.

If you had a guarantee from a well-established company, wouldn't you trust it?

If these were napalm targets...no chit...but if they were tannerits, and but even a knock off...I don't think they should be so judged or ridiculed. Responsible for damages however, yes. :-/ life isn't always fun.

[Alfonse]

The only thing that is allowed around here right now is using a barbecue.

You can start a fire easily right now shooting metal targets.

I don't know if it will have been an expensive day for them or not but do think a little common sense would have told them it was a bad idea. Lightning lit nearly 150 fires Sept 8th, many of which are still burning. The air is still smoke filled.

If Tannerite guaranty's they won't start fires with their targets, and they did, do you think they'll pay for the response?

[muggsy]

Fire is just a part of natural succession. There were wildfires long before there was man.

[forestranger]

We've got smoke still in the air, firefighters deployed all over and somebody thinks it is a good idea to use exploding targets. Yes, they started new wildfires doing it! Some people's kids...


Man that's some tough country for fires. Spent part of summer 1970 on a big one on the Wenatchee. Still remember night shifts listening to them big boulders bouncing down the mountain & hoping I wasn't in their path:eek:! Best of luck!

[Alfonse]

Glad the rocks missed you! Fires are part of the deal around here. No hurricanes, tornadoes and hardly any earthquakes though. Thanks for your work on them back in the day!

[Starbug]

I hope Friday's rain hits you guys too. Although the smoke is far worse on your side of the state, it's still really bad on my side. We can smell it, our eyes burn on some days, and we can't see the mountains anymore. The next town over is clear as a bell, go figure. I'm so not ready to be socked in with non-stop rain until August, but we really do need it to kill the wildfires and make it possible to use our outdoor ranges again (closed due to fire risk).

[Alfonse]

I'm not usually looking for rain either, but yes, we could use a little moisture. The weather folks aren't optimistic any moisture will actually happen this weekend, but there is a possibility. We'll see. Thanks.

[Starbug]

Yeah, I was looking out the window a minute ago and I saw that it's sunny and blue skies. I'm wondering about rain even happening, now.

[Bawanna]

It's cloudy and overcast looking like rain on my side of the mountain. Course we often times get rain when you guys don't see a drop, guess that's why you live over there for the most part.

We could sure use some too. Been a long dry spell. Sure cooled down sudden like though, Had to wear a light jacket a couple mornings this week.

[Alfonse]

We are supposed to get some breeze that will clear the smoke out for a bit. There is even a chance of rain this weekend, although not much is expected. It gets a bit more moist after that with this high pressure finally breaking up. At this point, that's happy talk.

[Starbug]

Interesting that you have cloudy and overcast today, Bawanna. It was cloudy, cold, and looking like impending rain yesterday, but suddenly cleared up to blue skies and sunny today.

Argh! Here's what Komo4 news says about this weekend... I am not ready for this:

It's our last dry day -- for awhile! Are you sad? Lots of us at KOMO are really looking forward to the change, and I'm sure many of you are too! As for today, I'm still going with "filtered" sunshine and highs in the upper 50s and low 60s across the region. Now, the change. A series of disturbances will keep things plenty soggy starting Friday. We'll battle scattered showers through much of tomorrow, with heavier rain moving in on Saturday and Sunday. Here's a glimpse of what our KOMOnews.com meteorologist Scott Sistek (http://www.komonews.com/about/people/weather/167107085.html) has to say about our incoming rainfall amounts:

A potent storm rolls in on Sunday that will bring a dousing rain to the entire region... and pretty much kill off all dry streak records.

Models indicate as much as 4-7 inches of rain in the mountains and about 0.75-1.25" in the Puget Sound area, except models do show a decent Olympic Rain Shadow across the northeastern Olympic Peninsula (as usual -- Sequim is forecasted to have about only 0.10" of rain or less), that will also have some moderate drying influence in northern Kitsap County and across North Seattle/South Snohomish County -- not enough to make it stop raining, just that you'll have a lot less in your rain gauge than your friends in and south of Seattle.

So, we say goodbye to our incredible dry streak and hello to a much familiar friend -- the rain. Dust off that raingear -- you've been warned :)

I know we need this because of all the wildfires, but I'm still not ready to deal with constant rain. Sigh. And since I live in the mountains.... I get to look forward to 4-7" of it. Oh well.

[Alfonse]

Zikes (can that be said in something other than a 1960s batman show?)! Our extended forecast shows only 7 mostly sunny days the rest of the month. There are also only 7 days shown with rain. But, it does look like we'll have some clouds for awhile.

On the up side, cloudy days are great for practicing with laser sights.