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(@IslandHops)
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7pm wednesday. Big fire north shore STX. Looks to be above Arawak west of salt river. Hope everyone up that way is ok. Thoughts ate with you.


 
Posted : March 13, 2013 11:15 pm
(@toninski)
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Watching fire closely.....it appears to be at base of Clairmont Estates...I am at top of Clairmont......seems to be spreading, although I am being told it is "controlled"


 
Posted : March 14, 2013 2:15 am
(@DixieChick)
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two fires reported? and one over weekend? praying for a down pour quickly. lived here 23 years and not sure if i have ever seen it this dry for this long.


 
Posted : March 14, 2013 10:33 am
(@speee1dy)
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i have never seen the island this brown since i have been here. scarry. on my way to work there had been three fires-not today-but the evidence is there


 
Posted : March 14, 2013 12:01 pm
(@LiquidFluoride)
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"controlled burns" are not a bad thing; if you let too much material build up you'll have a worse fire later.


 
Posted : March 14, 2013 12:56 pm
(@DixieChick)
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keep water in cisterns incase it is needed for a fire


 
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