Today, UT is emersed in a grey, smelly haze from these fires. Well, it's not too grey but it is smelly.

just fyi

9/7/2011 5:18:24 PM

that happens in NC a lot too

9/7/2011 5:19:49 PM

I bet they smell like that shitty texas "barbeque" /thread derail

9/7/2011 5:20:07 PM

dude wrong direction

but right direction

9/7/2011 5:23:09 PM

Good thing Rick Perry cut funding to the volunteer fire departments (the vast majority of the fire departments in TX are of the volunteer variety) by 75% this year.

http://www.kvue.com/video/featured-videos/Volunteer-firefighters-in-Texas-struggle-with-financial-crisis-118510059.html

9/7/2011 5:24:15 PM

yeah what a tard. he needs money for his anti abortion schpeel. dollars to sonograms that aren't needed.

9/7/2011 5:25:37 PM

they don't need vfds, they need the forest service.

[Edited on September 7, 2011 at 5:26 PM. Reason : wildland firefighters]

9/7/2011 5:26:19 PM

I don't think Texas has more than like 50 trees.

9/7/2011 5:30:44 PM

wildland firefighters fight fire in wild. lands.

9/7/2011 6:25:23 PM

^^ lulz

9/7/2011 6:30:10 PM

This isn't impressive at all. You can smell the swamp fires over a hundred miles away in NC.

9/7/2011 6:33:16 PM

Drought, Wildfires Haven't Changed Perry's Climate-Change Views

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2011/09/07/140260189/drought-and-wildfires-havent-changed-perrys-views-on-climate-change

9/7/2011 6:58:47 PM

because they shouldn't. this drought was perfectly predictable based on ocean patterns.

9/7/2011 7:01:17 PM

9/7/2011 7:37:31 PM

global warming is indisputable

the cause of global warming is debatable

get it right dude.

[Edited on September 7, 2011 at 7:47 PM. Reason : hg]

9/7/2011 7:45:52 PM