ep169 Forest Fire Death Trap aka Fire In The Forest

Ranger Bill, warrior of the woodland, struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, fighting the many enemies of nature. This is the job of the Guardian of the Forest, Ranger Bill, pouring rain, freezing cold, blistering heat, snow, floods, bears, rattlesnakes, mountain lions.

Yes, all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. The weather is warm around Naughty Pine. Unseasonably warm. In the southern part of the state, the snow is melted and the forests are dry, tender dry. A weather change is coming across the south end of the state. A cold front

is trying to push its way through. The warm front resists and the warm and cold air mix it up but good. A huge out-of-season thunderhead forms. The storm giant rises 30,000 feet into the air. Suddenly the monster lashes out at the dry forests with bolts of lightning.

Savagley. Rangers and their fire towers hold their breaths because they know what this savage attack of lightning could mean. The raging monster stops its fury for a minute as if gathering all its strength for the final punch. Then the haymaker comes racing out of the sky, a blinding streak of fire. Rangers watch with eyes

filled with apprehension. The smoke begins to rise skyward. The Rangers jump to their instruments to make a fix and grab their phones. Hello Kurt, that last one did. Splashed fire all over the valley. Get the boys rolling. Kurt, there are three fires from what I can see here. One at F-6, the second at H-3 and the third at C-15. That last

ball really slapped at us hard. Hello Kurt, I can count half a dozen fires now. Remember that 90 foot tree we use for landmark? Well, it's gone. Fire. Forest fire. Six separate blazes. Three more makes nine. Then one makes ten. Ten fires in a dry forest with a good wind fanning the fire like a bellows.