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« on: June 05, 2008, 02:59:42 PM »
Beware of any of you guys heading down to Lake Mattamuskeet this weekend. A large fire, that has consumed over 22,500 acres as of 12 noon today is sending dense plumes of smoke in that direction.  Keep your eyes and ears open for newer reports before going there. I am not saying it is closed, actually I will find out here shortly.
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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2008, 03:14:32 PM »
It is open, at least at the Mattamuskeet lodge and the refuge areas, for today at 3pm anyway. The guy in the office said call before going on the weekend as the winds have changed and now getting ashes there, so things could go bad he said.
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Swan Quarter, NC 27885

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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2008, 10:00:40 PM »
DID YOU FORGET TO PUT THE CAMPFIRE OUT LAST WEEKEND?  BRIAN?
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2008, 12:27:11 PM »
Quote from: genecrabman on June 05, 2008, 10:00:40 PM
DID YOU FORGET TO PUT THE CAMPFIRE OUT LAST WEEKEND?  BRIAN?

yeah it was blowing smoke and ash all the way to OBX.. KDH and Nags Head... it looked like snow falling with all the ash... I thought some redneck was burning his trash and was going to call Horse Fly and tell him to put it out til I saw the forest fire on the news.  Went out in the ocean friday for cobia and the smoke was hanging on the beach thick ... could see past a mile...

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« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2008, 08:43:46 AM »
Hey HorseFly, Get your darn smoke out of my air space..  Angry  Wink Unbelieveable, looks like fog here but it is smoke from the fire.  WX has got small craft warnings up for the Lower bay because of limited visability, less than one mile.  Sad  We woke up to "I smell smoke!"

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
654 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>014-016-017-030-102-VAZ072>078-081>093-099-
141600-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-ACCOMACK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...MARGARETTSVILLE...
AHOSKIE...COROLLA...TAPPAHANNOCK...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...
EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...
CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA
654 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

...AREAS OF SMOKE WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...
AREAS OF SMOKE FROM THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP SOUTH ONE FIRE...AND
FROM THE EVANS ROAD WILDFIRE IN WASHINGTON...TYRRELL...AND HYDE
COUNTIES IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES MOST OF
THE TIME WILL REMAIN 6 MILES OR BETTER...HOWEVER WILL OCCASIONALLY
BE REDUCED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 MILES THROUGH MIDDAY.

PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS DUE TO THE
SMOKE.

MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. PLEASE SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM
HEADLIGHTS AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU FROM OTHERS...IN
CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS REQUIRED.
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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 04:11:30 PM »
Quote from: jack1747 on June 14, 2008, 08:43:46 AM
Hey HorseFly, Get your darn smoke out of my air space..  Angry  Wink Unbelieveable, looks like fog here but it is smoke from the fire.  WX has got small craft warnings up for the Lower bay because of limited visability, less than one mile.  Sad  We woke up to "I smell smoke!"

Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
654 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

MDZ021>025-NCZ012>014-016-017-030-102-VAZ072>078-081>093-099-
141600-
DORCHESTER-WICOMICO-SOMERSET-INLAND WORCESTER-MARYLAND BEACHES-
NORTHAMPTON NC-HERTFORD-GATES-CAMDEN-INLAND CURRITUCK-BERTIE-
OUTER BANKS CURRITUCK-KING WILLIAM-KING AND QUEEN-ESSEX-
WESTMORELAND-RICHMOND-NORTHUMBERLAND-LANCASTER-PRINCE GEORGE-
CHARLES CITY-NEW KENT-GLOUCESTER-MIDDLESEX-MATHEWS-GREENSVILLE-
SUSSEX-SURRY-JAMES CITY-YORK-SOUTHAMPTON-ISLE OF WIGHT-ACCOMACK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...SALISBURY...CRISFIELD...
PRINCESS ANNE...SNOW HILL...OCEAN CITY...MARGARETTSVILLE...
AHOSKIE...COROLLA...TAPPAHANNOCK...PETERSBURG...HOPEWELL...
EMPORIA...WAKEFIELD...WILLIAMSBURG...POQUOSON...FRANKLIN...
CHINCOTEAGUE...WALLOPS ISLAND...MELFA
654 AM EDT SAT JUN 14 2008

...AREAS OF SMOKE WILL PERSIST OVER MUCH OF THE REGION THIS MORNING...
AREAS OF SMOKE FROM THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP SOUTH ONE FIRE...AND
FROM THE EVANS ROAD WILDFIRE IN WASHINGTON...TYRRELL...AND HYDE
COUNTIES IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WILL CONTINUE TO REDUCE
VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THROUGH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES MOST OF
THE TIME WILL REMAIN 6 MILES OR BETTER...HOWEVER WILL OCCASIONALLY
BE REDUCED BETWEEN 2 AND 5 MILES THROUGH MIDDAY.

PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY AILMENTS SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS DUE TO THE
SMOKE.

MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF
RAPID REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES. PLEASE SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM
HEADLIGHTS AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU FROM OTHERS...IN
CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS REQUIRED.

Here is a cool pic from satelite of the fire form a couple of days ago.. I hear dit is getting worse....
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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 04:38:49 PM »
It stinks too..  Tongue Not pleasant like a woodfire place. Hard to believe Mattamuskeet is 200 driving miles from us.
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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 05:48:12 PM »
Jack,

yeah I thought some redneck was burning trash when I was down there first weeek of june.  had ash falling into the pool at the rental house.  that was tuesday 6/3/08.  then the it blew 35 mph and cloudy from south no smoke.  thursday blew east so it kept it off th ebeach.  by friday morning it was a SW wind right fromt the fire to Nags head... stuck like burnt pine cones burnt framing timber smell like 2 x 4's. 
smoke so bad friday 6//6/08  could see a nautical mile on the ocean while we were fishing for cobia...
it was like your pic... a smokey fog/haze that burnt your eyes, nose and throat.....  made sight casting difficult.  I hear that this past week it got even worse... Can't imagine living close to it as that must be putrede....
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« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2008, 09:44:13 AM »
I am really getting tired of smelling smoke.  Angry
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« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2008, 12:21:42 PM »
yeah I can imagine I was sick of it after 2-3 days.  suck it up and be a man jack.  I cobia fished in that [curd] all day in the ocena with lesss than a mile visibilites...smelled like sucking on a wet muffler....

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« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2008, 03:28:31 PM »
We just got a ton of rain. maybe that will help some..
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« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2008, 12:37:27 PM »
Quote from: genecrabman on June 23, 2008, 03:28:31 PM
We just got a ton of rain. maybe that will help some..
Gene, get the rain dancing shoes back out..  Another smoke warning for VA today.  Hard to believe a swamp can burn that long.  Live video of fire -> http://www.hamptonroads.tv/adv_search_embed.cfm?e=140177&keyword=&section=&source=
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