Cool, wet weather gives BWCA firefighters a leg up
September 18, 2011 at 7:00 pm in Duluth News Tribune
Firefighters made significant gains Sunday, slowing the progress the Pagami Creek fire, which has burned 93,898 acres of forest, mostly in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. As of late Sunday, the fire was 19 percent contained up from Saturday’s
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According to the DNT article:
“”Wet, cool weather helped fire crews Sunday as they worked to subdue the fire. Showers dropped a little over a third of an inch of rain on the area…….
Sunday’s soaking should help keep the fire in check today, with dry, warmer weather expected. More rain is forecast Tuesday and Wednesday.
“We’re looking to get our lines in good shape before a drying trend sets in,” Anderson said. “This weather has given us an opportunity, and we’re jumping on it as hard as we can.” In all, 598 people are now working the fire.”"
My comments:
Things are perfectly normal, and no global warming hoaxes are even close to Duluth, MN, USA, eh?
It’s a cold and wet September in the Arrowhead Region, with no rain for about 2 months, a little over 1/3 inch of rain called “a soaking”, and more of the same in the forecast, (unless a drying trend develops, of course).
Any comments, from our local climate historian and expert, Mr. David Anderson?
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1/3 of an inch will help but it certainly isn’t a soaking- especially in an area that until yesterday hadn’t had anything but a sneeze of rain since August 6- I believe.
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