Wildland Fire Danger
A little chit chat about wildland fires and what to do to safeguard your home
With the natural disasters causing so much damage and destruction this past few days, it makes me stop and wonder what could affect me. I live in the Pacific Northwest where our natural disasters consist of possible earthquakes on the fault lines or Cascadia Subduction Zone. There is also a possibility of small cold core tornados, windstorms, and mudslides. I think what affects us most though is wildland fires. Here’s what I think of that.
The United States is in a drought situation for a majority of the country and wildfires are a concern for many. I am going to put my tin foil hat on now and say that the weather is getting worse over the last five or so years. It may be longer, but I really noticed it lately. Why are the storms affecting us so bad right now? I have a theory. You may not want to hear it, but I believe we may be getting close to a pole shift. I follow a lot of You Tubers that talk about this very thing and they claim that it will happen by 2040. Honestly, that’s not too far away, but considering I will be way over the hill, I am not going to worry too much about it.
So, will SHTF in your lifetime? My lifetime? I just can’t predict what is going to happen, but I will say this, the weather and jet stream are pretty funky right now. Look at your weather, is it strange or normal for what you remember having as a kid? Here in the PNW we use to have a June-August with 75–85-degree weather, but now we are frequently seeing 95–105-degree weather which is totally drying us out. As I said earlier the danger of wildland fires has increased exponentially. The heat domes are wreaking havoc on our crops and fields.
What can you do to safeguard your home from wildfires? Wildland fires look for fuel, so removing brush from around the house and making a barrier will help. Have access to hoses at all times. Always have an escape route for any disaster. Carry a Bug Out Bag in your car. We are kind of in a scary position. I live on an 8-acre farm and most of our property is open fields. Our hay is down, and we are baling today but the fourth was a nail biter for sure. The neighbors to our west were shooting off bottle rockets and other fireworks. We had hoses but they would not have reached a fire in the fields. Once we get it baled it will be safer. Just access your property, this will help in case a wild land fire breaks out.
I can honestly say I don’t have much experience with many other disasters. I have been through a small earthquake when I was in my twenties, but it wasn’t too bad. I also have been in an F1 cold core tornado here on the homestead when I was in my thirties. That was a scary ordeal, but there wasn’t much I could have done to prepare for that. It was the aftermath of damaged property and the PTSD of standing in the doorway while the tornado went over the house. It sounded like a freight train right over my head. I cannot imagine a larger tornado and what people back East deal with. Wow. I was hoping to get some interaction on this post.
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