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General => Council of Cobra => Topic started by: Gate Troll on August 09, 2011, 08:37:36 AM

Title: Swamp fire
Post by: Gate Troll on August 09, 2011, 08:37:36 AM

Apparently there's a large wildfire (http://hamptonroads.com/2011/08/dismal-swamp-blaze-jumps-breaks-tops-1000-acres) spreading in the middle of the Great Dismal Swamp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Dismal_Swamp) over in Virginia. When I woke up this morning the air was thick with smoke, and it appears to have spread all over Northern VA and Southern MD. Have any other TLHH members noticed the unusual smoke?

Title: Re: Swamp fire
Post by: SomeRandomDude on August 09, 2011, 08:48:29 AM

I'm on the Western side of the beltway, so I wouldn't have noticed anything going down in the Chesapeake.

(Plus there's a lot of rain here, I'm not sure how a wildfire would catch hold).

Title: Re: Swamp fire
Post by: ket_the_jet on August 09, 2011, 09:28:18 AM

Quote from: SomeRandomDude on August 09, 2011, 08:48:29 AM

I'm on the Western side of the beltway, so I wouldn't have noticed anything going down in the Chesapeake.

This for me as well.
-wtk

Title: Re: Swamp fire
Post by: macheteman on August 09, 2011, 11:41:38 AM

i'm in King George. haven't noticed anything.