{"id":105,"date":"2008-01-28T17:55:18","date_gmt":"2008-01-28T22:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/28\/west-texas-sandstorms\/"},"modified":"2008-01-28T17:59:59","modified_gmt":"2008-01-28T22:59:59","slug":"west-texas-sandstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/daviddrummond.com\/blog\/2008\/01\/28\/west-texas-sandstorms\/","title":{"rendered":"West Texas Sandstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Of all weather phenomena, sandstorms is the one I hate. It’s a sure sign spring is just around the corner when the regular sand storms start in west Texas. The majority of fields are bare, being in between harvest and planting season, and we are most often driest this time of year. Late winter\/early spring fast moving storm systems often kick up the winds in to the 40+ mph range and today was no exception. So far at my location the highest gust we had was 52 mph, and the highest in the area was 55 mph.<\/p>\n

A couple of wildfires have broken out, one between Midland and Lamesa, TX, and a huge wildfire has erupted near Muleshoe, TX in the southwest Texas Panhandle that is ongoing as I write this. In fact, Muleshoe Emergency Management has requested evacuation assistance in the area and a fire warning released.<\/p>\n

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED\r\nFIRE WARNING\r\nTEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY LUBBOCK TEXAS\r\nRELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX\r\n402 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008\r\n\r\nTHE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE\r\nMULESHOE TEXAS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY.\r\n\r\nTHE MULESHOE EMERGENCY MANAGER IS REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN\r\nEVACUATION OF BUILDINGS NEAR AND NORTH OF A GROWING WILD FIRE\r\nLOCATED SOUTH OF MULESHOE...OVER NORTHEAST BAILEY COUNTY...NEAR\r\nTHE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 214 AND 746. THE FIRE APPEARS TO BE\r\nSPREADING QUICKLY TO THE NORTHEAST AND HAS ALREADY GROWN QUITE\r\nLARGE. CITIZENS IN THIS AREA ARE REQUESTED TO MOVE TO SAFE\r\nLOCATIONS IMMEDIATELY.<\/pre>\n
Looks like another windy and sandy day tomorrow before a cool down and  small shot at some snow.  If you don’t like the weather in west Texas, just wait a minute!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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