Justin Dombrowski
Justin Dombrowski
air cost dollars fires millions resources talking
Think of the resources that we use, like air tankers. We're talking about fires that cost millions of dollars a day to fight.
move people three
They were able to move about 1,900 people up there in three minutes.
aggressive burned fast heavier hot lighter spread tempered vegetation winds
It burned hot and aggressive and spread fast because of the winds in the lighter vegetation and more south-facing slopes, then it tempered down when it got into the heavier timber area.
above dams giving help information major occur people tie
Major dams occur above many communities in this state. Giving people information can help them tie into what they should do to help themselves.
awesome extreme looking power smoke
That smoke plume that you see there is not just a plume going up into the sky. It is extreme energy. This is awesome power that we're looking at.
far fast greater moving park puts
Right now, it's moving so fast and so far that it puts everything in that park at a greater threat.
aggressive cooler dealing difference exact gets oklahoma situation type
It's the exact situation they're dealing with in Oklahoma and Texas, it's the same type of situation for an aggressive fire. The only difference is out here it gets cooler in the evening.
dry event mountains receiving
This has been a monthly event all winter: a hot, dry day with westerly winds. As the mountains have been receiving the moisture, we've been receiving the wind.
allowed fires thousands turning wind
It has allowed for more fires and the wind has fanned those fires, turning them into hundreds, if not thousands of acres.
fast fire happened stop time
This happened so fast that firefighters just had to stop the fire without having time to evacuate.
continuing pattern relief weather
This weather pattern has been continuing for weeks, and there's no real relief in sight.
basically coming events fires instead multiple quickly seeing stop talk thousands turning wind
We've been seeing hundreds of fires this winter, basically multiple fires everyday. When you talk about these wind events that have been coming through, instead of these fires where firefighters can quickly stop them, they're turning to thousands of acres.
fire ground people realize season snow
What people need to realize is that fire season is a year-round problem. If you don't have snow on the ground or it's not raining, you're in fire season.
above ahead basically below few fire looking next normal range recipe season until
Unfortunately with the long range forecast, we're looking at above normal temperatures like this all the way until the next 12 months. We're looking at below normal precipitation in the next few months, basically the recipe is there that we can have a long fire season ahead of us.