North Carolina doesn’t get big forest fires. The climate here is annoyingly boring, except for the occasional hurricane. We get three inches or rain a month, every month. Except not this year.<\/p>\n
The Catawba River has enough stored water to fend off any water shortage for 50 years, and agricultural irrigation is not in widespread use. But up in the mountains is another story. It appears someone is going around deliberately starting fires. Since this is such an irregular thing, North Carolina doesn’t have a huge firefighting presence. When fires break out for no apparent reasons, fireman are the logical suspects.<\/p>\n
The smoke has apparently made it to Charlotte, although I wasn’t outside today to notice. I did notice an odd smell this morning that I thought was someone making coffee.<\/p>\n
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