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Originally Posted by Taco
I heard that rumor this morning at Waterton Colony as well. I replied that I heard much the same rumor during the Granum fire of 1997 which was flat out BS. Ever wonder how far out in the prairie a burning ember blown off the top of a mountain by an 80-90 kph wind could land and start a fire. Embers in the Granum fire on flat land was lighting fires 500 metres ahead of the fire front.
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Exactly what started happening with the Suffield fire by Hanna and Blindloss...This is all basically crop land but the wind is throwing the embers ahead of the original fire....