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 Norma's Wanderings around a small section of Montana |
I got a 'HOT' tip yesterday that there would be a big fire event in town today. The DES rep at the county commissioner's meeting told me all the county fire departments were holding a scheduled burn. So I dutifully got ready to go. In the car. Camera and notebook. Time was ticking, that burn would start soon. I have the worst time now getting our Jeep in to reverse. It's a manual transmission and the ratio is somehow off. So today it didn't want to back out of the garage. Now I was HOT. Oh bugger me. I tromp back in the house. Get my husband to do the reverse out to the garage. But all is not lost, I did get down by the fairgrounds to see the men in action. Big bonfires being set to do a cleanup of old dead trees, tree stumps, dried grass. It was also a training day for the firemen. Wildland fires happen every year in the west. I talked to one fireman. He remembers a year when there were 90 fire calls in 90 days. All the fire departments are volunteer. There are no paid fire departments in Musselshell County. So if the fire siren goes off, they have to leave their homes or their jobs and report. Got some good pictures. But unfortunately, too big for this site. I'll use them for the paper. So the rodeo people that use the fairgrounds are happy now, the fire people hope. The fire will burn most of today, then die down overnight. At least that is the plan. The firemen got training, the brush and dead trees got removed, and that land will hopefully be used during rodeo time for people to ride their horses, away from all the people and RVs and horse trailers. We do have some 'weather' forecast for the next few days. Rain here, snow in the mountains. Yep - that's right, snow. I did park in the garage with the car in reverse gear, that I was finally able to engage. So next time I won't be - well, you know. |
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