Feet up on the desk for now after rain arrived.
Unseasonably dry conditions for the month of September across North Carolina has lead to high fire danger in most parts of the state. WRAL reports that this weekend we had over 80 brush fires across the state.
Sunday’s rain came as a particular relief to firefighters who, in 48 hours on Friday and Saturday, battled about 80 brush fires across the state.
High temperatures and dry conditions help the fires start and spread.
“It’s been getting more and more busy,” said Brian Haines, a spokesman for the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources.
This coming week looks to have much cooler temperatures and rain just about every day. So what looked to be one of the driest September’s on record may turn out to be one of the wettest if the meteorologists are accurate in their predictions.
