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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dean nelson" data-source="post: 102701" data-attributes="member: 1305">That area is not part off the bettle kill so they didn't play a roll. As for California's oak trees they would be far easier to fight just like our cottonwood are. Conifers sap is highly flammable thus why they candle out so well which is when the whole tree goes up in seconds shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air and launching embers for miles. You will never see an oak do that unless you perfectly timed it to the fall leaf drop and even then the leaves are likely still to wet. The beetle kill lumber is the standard lumber for just about everywhere now since it's cheep and allows the cutting of old growth forest which pays out way better. When I lived in Colorado cutting clear cuts around resorts and towns as fire breaks is how I maid a living and it actually paid better then when I worked in the oil field. Plus I got the joy of pissing of hippies and yuppy liberals when they would come up from Dever to their cabin that was in the forest last weekend and was now a huge clear cut.....their reaction always maid me smile. As for the smoke it's bound to be crappy again this year and I see it's listed in bismarcks forcast today.[ATTACH]5473[/ATTACH]  This is the best shot I've seen of it from the air and this was only as of Wednesday.[ATTACH]5472[/ATTACH]</blockquote>