Forest Fires

Not sure if its from the same or a different fire but flying into ktys tuesday vis was reported 3 miles and I don't even think it was that. At 3000ft you could look straight down and barely see the ground but other than that it was like flying in a cloud. It was kind of cool being 1.5ish miles from the runway and just barely getting the runway lights.
 
Yup, that will happen. That is now a "season" here in Montana.

Great pictures by the way.
 
Went out the other day and visibility looked like it was close to MVFR. The ANG is stationed at 1A0 right now and a new firefighting TFR was issued just west of the airport. La Niña doesn't look like it will be shifting anytime soon. :(

I second the pictures, great shots, especially the NVG photos!
 
falconkidding said:
Not sure if its from the same or a different fire but flying into ktys tuesday vis was reported 3 miles and I don't even think it was that. At 3000ft you could look straight down and barely see the ground but other than that it was like flying in a cloud. It was kind of cool being 1.5ish miles from the runway and just barely getting the runway lights.
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Multiple TFRs out but you all could be getting some of this one when the winds were out of the south. Atlanta is mostly getting the FU from this. Was IFR at PDK yesterday for a little bit.

WE NEED RAIN!
 
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paflyer said:
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Until preventing too many small fires turns forests into a massive inferno. Hmm....

Not blaming forest service, just saying something used to happen right before we started "managing" the forests.
 
This particular fire was reported to have been caused by lightning on October 16th. Rumor is, the forestry service knew about it and decided to let it burn for awhile.
 
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Joshuajayg said:
Until preventing too many small fires turns forests into a massive inferno. Hmm....

Not blaming forest service, just saying something used to happen right before we started "managing" the forests.
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There isn't a lot of forest fire management necessary here.

The SE usually receives enough rain that damp conditions contain fires and the fires either burn out or are extinguished without becoming massive. However, that isn't the case right now. We're approaching an all-time record for consecutive days without rain. I think they are claiming that record as 32 in Atlanta.

I live just North of the city and do not believe we have had more than 1/10" of rain in the last 45 days. That's pretty much the case for the entire Northern portion of the state, into TN, NC, Alabama, and SC. Things are very dry here, and when a forest catches fire, it isn't easy to extinguish.
 
In the last 60 days we've had 1/2" of rain, in a normal year we would have had 8" of rain.
 
image.jpeg image.jpeg Ugly day in north GA. Thought I could get a good pic of the fire. No such luck.
 
Never thought it would be fire that would effect my flying so much. IFR checkride attempt #2(first was 90 degree direct crosswind at 18kt ceilings 3k ) bout 730 call up awos vis 1/4 mile wait some more and by 930 it was up to 4 reported but you couldn't even see the trees off the end of the rwy so we scrapped it. Getting so used to it that 6sm vis will be like a CAVU day.
 
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