Georgia wildfire crosses into blaze-weary Florida; hundreds evacuate
With hurricane season right around the corner, it seems that Florida has been dealt just a bit more to contend with.
Crews already battling more than 200 wildfires across Florida faced a new threat Tuesday as a huge blaze in Georgia moved toward the state line and a smaller fire crossed it.
Besides the sheer number of fires, high wind and tinder-dry conditions made it difficult to battle the Florida blazes, which had covered about 78 square miles, or 50,000 acres. Authorities evacuated about 300 homes in north Florida on Tuesday and hundreds more residents were on evacuation standby. ”
I’m beginning to look forward to those afternoon torrential downpours that Florida is so famous for. And lets hope that campers are extremely diligent in the coming weeks. I will keep you posted as I watch how close these fires get to my house!
May 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
I’m a Floridian too - it DOES seem that we get the short end of the stick sometimes:
http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/286053/Science+and+Technology