Wildfires July 2, 2018

We are in drought conditions again. We didn't get the typical spring rains and the temperatures turned off hot earlier than usual.

In the community of Palo Pinto, which is our county seat 4 different wildfires broke out in rural areas.

Palo Pinto is 12 miles West of Mineral Wells but smoke could be seen.

When I feed horses the sky had a smokey haze and made for a little different sunset.

What you see in this photo is not clouds but smoke from the fires.

I repeat, these are not clouds but smoke from the wildfires. If you will look to the left side of the photo you can see the smoke rising from the horizon.

Three of the four fires were put out fairly quickly but one covered 4,483 acres over very rugged terrain and burned for a week before it was completely contained.

Things are so dry that a ban was put on the use of fireworks except for professional displays.

Pray for rain.

Have a good one!