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The fires in the state that aren't yet contained include a 250,000 acre blaze burning in Hutchinson County.

A nuclear weapons facility in the Texas Panhandle said it had evacuated some staff Tuesday amid wind-fueled wildfires that covered thousands of acres and prompted the governor to issue a disaster declaration.

The Pantex Plant, which handles nuclear weapons, said it was monitoring the situation but that there was no fire on the plant site. All weapons were safe and unaffected, the facility said.

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[–] Naja_Kaouthia 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’m next door in Colorado up in the mountains and we’ve been very very warm this year (60s F, 17-ish C). We’ve also had fires recently and there’s very little snow on the ground.

[–] Pacmanlives 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Winds of death seem to be kicking up already to in the Denver. Not surprised some of the elevated areas are starting to burn. Seems snow pack is okay this year based on my reading

https://climate.colostate.edu/blog/index.php/2024/02/21/colorado-mountain-snowpack-in-2024-so-far-decent-fine-ok/

[–] Naja_Kaouthia 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah thank you for the data! Good to know the snowpack overall is ok. It’s just been a really warm brown winter locally and naturally we’re all dreading summer fire season.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

The front range in Boulder was on fire January 2009. Also the Marshall fire of course. Pretty sure we are trending towards over 300 days a year of fire season. :\