Texas governor issues disaster declaration as wildfires grow in Panhandle
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Texas governor issues disaster declaration as wildfires grow in Panhandle - Lemmy.World
> a 250,000 acre blaze burning in Hutchinson County. A nuclear weapons facility
in the Texas Panhandle said it had evacuated some staff Tuesday amid wind-fueled
wildfires that covered thousands of acres and prompted the governor to issue a
disaster declaration. The Pantex Plant, which handles nuclear weapons, said it
was monitoring the situation but that there was no fire on the plant site. All
weapons were safe and unaffected, the facility said.
Is it not winter there? Are there often wildfires at this time of year?
I’m next door in Colorado up in the mountains and we’ve been very very warm this year (60s F, 17-ish C). We’ve also had fires recently and there’s very little snow on the ground.
Winds of death seem to be kicking up already to in the Denver. Not surprised some of the elevated areas are starting to burn. Seems snow pack is okay this year based on my reading
…colostate.edu/…/colorado-mountain-snowpack-in-20…
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