Grayling MI Wildfire

[BucketBack]

GRAYLING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A wildfire in Michigan had burned more than 3 square miles (7.7 square km) by late Saturday but an emergency evacuation was halted, the state Department of Natural Resources said.

The Wilderness Trail Fire in Crawford County started around 1 p.m. about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Grayling near Staley Lake in Grayling Township, the department said in a statement.

The wildfire moving west and southwest threatened multiple buildings and closed I-75 for most of the day, the statement said.With the Canuck Wildfire smoke and now Grayling Wildfire, it's really smoky out

https://www.wilx.com/2023/06/04/michigan-wildfire-burns-more-than-3-square-miles-emergency-evacuation-suspended/

[hawgrider]

Hasn't been a drop of rain in over 3 weeks. Pretty crispy round here.

[Mad Trapper]

Was parched here with near record highs last week. Not even any weeds popping up in the garden.

Got 1/2" of rain Fri night and temps now in the 60s.

[Slippy]

I'm diggin' the small drought that we are having in Alabama.

Yeah, rain is good for the veggies but rain erodes my roads and driveway and I'm sick of the constant maintenance! Plus, no rain equals no grass growing and that equals no bush-hoggin'!

Win-Win

[Prepared One]

We got rain a few day ago. Starting this afternoon and going through to Tuesday we are supposed to get more. No burn ban here as yet.

[TJC44]

I had maybe 2 weeks of no rain, then Friday the front moved through and it's been raining ever since. Expected to continue most of the week. It should quench the fire in Nova Scotia.

[Mad Trapper]

I'm diggin' the small drought that we are having in Alabama.

Yeah, rain is good for the veggies but rain erodes my roads and driveway and I'm sick of the constant maintenance! Plus, no rain equals no grass growing and that equals no bush-hoggin'!

Win-Win

If it don't rain the weeds don't grow and you don't have to mow the lawn. I don't get people who fertilize their lawns............

[Inor]

No significant rain here since early March. (That is normal). In about 3-4 weeks, the monsoon season will start, then we will be slammed with it.

[Michael_Js]

We won't see much rain until September now...drought and heat season...Oh well...we do get some sun though! :)

[shootbrownelk]

Hasn't been a drop of rain in over 3 weeks. Pretty crispy round here.

You can have some of ours Hawg, we've had some rain everyday for almost 2 weeks. I can't mow my lawn the grass is too wet. My yard looks like a hayfield. It's supposed to rain off and on for at least another week. Jeeez, it's like living in a rain forest, not the Rocky Mountains. My brother says that Wisconsin is in a drought. No rain by him for over a month.

[hawgrider]

You can have some of ours Hawg, we've had some rain everyday for almost 2 weeks. I can't mow my lawn the grass is too wet. My yard looks like a hayfield. It's supposed to rain off and on for at least another week. Jeeez, it's like living in a rain forest, not the Rocky Mountains. My brother says that Wisconsin is in a drought. No rain by him for over a month.

We had a wet early spring but now its drier than a popcorn fart so you bet SBE send a wee bit of that water this a way.

[BucketBack]

The natural pond I just found out was 4' deep, as it has dried up and I can see stuff growing out of the duckgrass.

No chances of rain until Saturday, that will make 3 weeks. Plus the NE changing to NW west will bring more smoke down from Grayling and Canuck land

[Broncosfan]

We had a wet early spring but now its drier than a popcorn fart so you bet SBE send a wee bit of that water this a way.

Crazy dry here too! Wife and I watered trees Saturday using over 250 gallons with 5 gallon buckets and the atv. We plan to finish watering using the tank in the utv. Garden is watered at least twice a week. Not everything in yet. Pond has dropped several inched and very little rain in the 10 day forecast. Watering adds a lot to my weekly to do list but it has to be don't.

[Inor]

Crazy dry here too! Wife and I watered trees Saturday using over 250 gallons with 5 gallon buckets and the atv. We plan to finish watering using the tank in the utv. Garden is watered at least twice a week. Not everything in yet. Pond has dropped several inched and very little rain in the 10 day forecast. Watering adds a lot to my weekly to do list but it has to be don't.

With as many fruit trees as you have, it might be wise to run some irrigation lines for them like you did for your gardens. I did that with all of our fruit trees and now watering them is a 10 minute job.

[hawgrider]

Crazy dry here too! Wife and I watered trees Saturday using over 250 gallons with 5 gallon buckets and the atv. We plan to finish watering using the tank in the utv. Garden is watered at least twice a week. Not everything in yet. Pond has dropped several inched and very little rain in the 10 day forecast. Watering adds a lot to my weekly to do list but it has to be don't. Pond still full?

[Broncosfan]

With as many fruit trees as you have, it might be wise to run some irrigation lines for them like you did for your gardens. I did that with all of our fruit trees and now watering them is a 10 minute job.

That could actually be a huge project. The fruit trees are located in 3 areas. The newest fruit trees are several hundred feet from any water source. Most of the other like hazelnuts and a couple of others were planted to control erosion and there planted in many areas. We put the 125 gallon tank on the utv today and watered the newest fruit trees with 250 gallons. We gave each tree 5 gallons. One more trip tomorrow should finish the hazelnuts and a few others. Rain in the forecast Sunday-Tuesday if it doesn't change.

[Broncosfan]

Pond still full?

No its down about 12" give or take. High heat and wind causes a lot of evaporation. After Labor day we seen it drop 16" due to lack of rain.

[Innkeeper]

GRAYLING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A wildfire in Michigan had burned more than 3 square miles (7.7 square km) by late Saturday but an emergency evacuation was halted, the state Department of Natural Resources said.

The Wilderness Trail Fire in Crawford County started around 1 p.m. about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Grayling near Staley Lake in Grayling Township, the department said in a statement.

The wildfire moving west and southwest threatened multiple buildings and closed I-75 for most of the day, the statement said.With the Canuck Wildfire smoke and now Grayling Wildfire, it's really smoky out

https://www.wilx.com/2023/06/04/michigan-wildfire-burns-more-than-3-square-miles-emergency-evacuation-suspended/

You know that fire was caused by someone who left a campfire smoldering and left it. Being as I am just North of Grayling smoke was bad here. Every year there is usually a Chinook and some planes at the airport hear for fire duty, they stayed really busy that summer. I usuualy go out and talk to the Chinook guys, I have not known any of them, but we have had friends in common since the Army Chinook program isn't huge.