Unconventional
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It's Satellite Saturday!
Good morning
Yeah it's a little wet up here too.
Good morning
Yeah it's a little wet up here too.
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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I was in a Fire Aviation conference all week and didn’t get the call to TX but many of our people have went. Honestly, I’m burnt all the damn way out. I’ve poured my life and health into many futile efforts fighting fire and some pretty big victories.
These pics are not of the current fires but from when I got deployed to TX two years ago. Fighting fire in the plains is a whole other animal than forest fires. You don’t “catch” them. God tells it when to stop. The weather change (wind/precipitation) is the only thing that helps.
zkx14
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Don't think I've ever been to one. Where did you have them? Just looked at locations... closest is Ohio and Carolinas.
Good Morning
Yeah... he sounds like me.. cept i have no desire to ever get married... i got done with dealing with womens bullshit 20 years ago
JIB is great. I liked the spicey chicken sandwich the most!
Unconventional
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We used to peddle our Sting Rays to the next town for JIB I could eat pretty well with a week's pay in my pocket Week's pay being $1 from mowing 2 lawns
I could eat pretty well with a week's pay in my pocket Week's pay being $1 from mowing 2 lawns 
Frodee
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Thanks for all your efforts John we need more people like you.
Frodee
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Morning, looks like we will be getting more snow here tonight. and tomorrow. 
Unconventional
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Is it just comin' in on the wind Fred? them weather guessers are talkin' up to 12' up in parts of the Sierras. That snow up there is so light and dry it blows like dust. It could ride the winds to the DakotasMorning, looks like we will be getting more snow here tonight. and tomorrow.
Frodee
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Yea I saw that 12 feet of snow warning and I think your right.Is it just comin' in on the wind Fred? them weather guessers are talkin' up to 12' up in parts of the Sierras. That snow up there is so light and dry it blows like dust. It could ride the winds to the Dakotas
Unconventional
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Needs more tire on the back there
That's a fat tire car for sure.
Frodee
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I want it!!!
Unconventional
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With a 413 and a cross ram
yup.. that's the first mopar i fell in love with (not that one.. but the black one in the movie Hot Rod).. the roofline on early b-bodies are just the best
You put a 318 in that with some 360 heads and a AVS.... baby you got something
I want a 64 Dodge. It could have a Poly and I would be happy.yup.. that's the first mopar i fell in love with (not that one.. but the black one in the movie Hot Rod).. the roofline on early b-bodies are just the best
You put a 318 in that with some 360 heads and a AVS.... baby you got something
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Looks like we could be done with snow. Only a couple nights even get to freezing in the 2 week outlook. I’ll never rule it out though, have had some of the biggest accumulations from now till beginning of April.Morning, looks like we will be getting more snow here tonight. and tomorrow.
Yup.. my #1 would be a turquoise '64 polara 500.. best trim package of any b-body and great interior also.. had one when i was like 20.. with a poly, wish i had it now
Nice! I'm already collecting parts.Yup.. my #1 would be a turquoise '64 polara 500.. best trim package of any b-body and great interior also.. had one when i was like 20.. with a poly, wish i had it now
Frodee
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We been having a great winter so far here so I can't complain. Well yet anyway. LOL
One of the working theories is that hot exhaust + tall grass.
The area received good rain last year which yielded a good grass crop. Now that tall grass is dead grass and it’s been very dry this year so far.
100% human caused.
The plains and forests used to burn like this, unchecked, before western civilization. Whether it was lightning then or human caused now, the prairie WANTS to burn. And it should. It’s ecology.
If we want to co-habitats with the natural world we need to do more prescribed fire/ controlled burns and manage naturally caused fires instead of extinguishing them as fast as possible. There’s going to be a balance. If we try to interrupt nature she will hit us harder. Nature is dependent on fire and we should get over it. If we aren’t proactive about Fire we will continue to get these kinds of fires.
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