Apparently Ring is also partnering with Watch Duty in addition to Flock.

https://www.watchduty.org/blog/watch-duty-and-ring-new-fire-watch-feature #WatchDuty #Wildfires

#WatchDuty essentially runs on Slack behind the scenes. I'm curious to see if they respond to the owner being a fascist asshole.

Everybody has standards as long as it doesn't cause inconvenience. We'll see what happens.

Water tanker aircraft, fighting forest fires in southern New Mexico...have clearance to cross White Sands Missile Range.

The aircraft icon circled in red has just existed the restricted area of the range, and the icon circled in green is just entering the restricted area.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Sands_Missile_Range

#NewMexico #WatchDuty #WhiteSands #Aviation #Fire #ForestFire

The Seven Springs fire on Mescalero Apache land in Otero county is a handful to control.

How often do you see this sort of announcement? (see screenshot)

https://app.watchduty.org/i/51926

[Edit/Add] NOTE: The Mescalero Apache Tribe is the official source of news on this fire:
https://mescaleroapachetribe.com/news/

This is a follow up to:
https://universeodon.com/@KrajciTom/114700901888825067

#NewMexico #WatchDuty #Fire #ForestFire @ai6yr #SevenSpringsFire #SevenSprings @camless

There is a small vegetation fire threatening the visitors center at Natural Bridges in #SantaCruz. Crews are on the scene and there is a line around the main fire, per WatchDuty:

https://app.watchduty.org/i/52144

#WatchDuty

Sunrise on Sierra Blanca shows low lying smoke from the Seven Springs fire that envelops the mountainous terrain.

The sky above is pink-orange because of smoke from the distant Trout fire.

We hope that monsoon moisture gets here in several days.
 
Seven Springs fire:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/51926

Trout fire:
https://app.watchduty.org/i/51304

#NewMexico #NMwx #Fire #ForestFire #Drought #WatchDuty #Smoke #Mountains #Monsoon