Insane wind today and wildfire.

[5575]

By the grace of God, dedicated rural firefighters and hundreds of farmers and ranchers and their water tanks, tractors and discs. An almost uncontrollable wild fire in these winds was in fact controlled!
What a wonderful job of mass cooperation, makes a person ND proud!
Happened north of Richardton this afternoon caused by a downed powerline.
This was from my friends weather station at his ranch there..uffda


This was the mid section of Sakakawea around 6, she was a monster.

 

[ndfinfan]

Crazy stuff...does look like a nice Easter weekend coming up tho...hopefully get the boat out somewhere the following weekend.

 

[wslayer]

Glad to hear they got the fire contained.
I see shingles laying around all over in my driveway ( Jmst area), not sure how bad it is up there yet.

 

[Kurtr]

big fire west of rapid city 400 houses evacuated and some burned already bad deal

 

[Retired Educator]

By the grace of God, dedicated rural firefighters and hundreds of farmers and ranchers and their water tanks, tractors and discs. An almost uncontrollable wild fire in these winds was in fact controlled!
What a wonderful job of mass cooperation, makes a person ND proud!
Happened north of Richardton this afternoon caused by a downed powerline.
This was from my friends weather station at his ranch there..uffda


This was the mid section of Sakakawea around 6, she was a monster.

That's a little more than a walleye chop.

Fire in the dry conditions and a wind like that could be deadly. Hope none of them are started intentionally.

 

[guywhofishes]

Pretty sure I saw the Cornelia Marie setting pots in the background at 0:27.

 

[LBrandt]

Been watching out my dinning room window, dirt like was in the 30's, random snow that looks like smoke, scary that was cause the fire department is fighting fire up by McLeod. Soo line had some hot wheels and started grass fire. LB

 

[Bed Wetter]

Time to go for a run. “Our hills is wind.”

I brought this on myself.

 

[1bigfokker]

Remember when there was tree belts and CRP. Very little wind erosion in those years.

 

[guywhofishes]

Time to go for a run. “Our hills is wind.”

I brought this on myself.

a run?????

#grayboogersaplenty

 

[bilbo]

Time to go for a run. “Our hills is wind.”

I brought this on myself.

If you really hate yourself try a bike ride. I've always told myself the same, that the wind is our version of elevation training. On the bike it actually somewhat works. Running usually doesn't though because the mechanics are so much different when actually ascending/descending. The last couple of days may be an exception as I think you could actually lean into the wind enough to mimic going uphill and would be leaning back far enough to avoid being pushed downwind that it would mimic descending.