TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️<p>Last Thursday (6 March) was a windy red flag day in southern New Mexico.</p><p>A structure fire broke out in the village of Cloudcroft around sunset when the winds were easing up a bit.</p><p>But in these extremely dry conditions:</p><p>"Sources indicate that they contained several small spot fires ignited by flying embers. Officials say one ember start was put out a surprising distance away, at the junction of highways 244 and 82."</p><p>That was over 1/2 mile (800 meters) away, and the conditions were not extremely windy.</p><p>Please also note that the Gila will begin fire restrictions tomorrow, Monday, 10 March. This is another sign of how dry the conditions are in the southwest US.</p><p><a href="https://www.cloudcroftreader.com/p/federal-review-could-reinstate-some" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cloudcroftreader.com/p/federal</span><span class="invisible">-review-could-reinstate-some</span></a> (Scroll down to "Structure Fire Breaks Out...." for more info)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NMwx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NMwx</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewMexico</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ForestFire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForestFire</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fire</span></a></p>