The last I heard the fire had burned over 6000 acres.
Karen Kearney
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On Aug 14, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Harry Armistead <harryarmistead@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
AUGUST 9, TUESDAY.
Dismal Swamp smoke: There’s a pervasive, blue-gray smoky haze
everywhere we go in Talbot County [MD] today. It is from a 2,500-acre
wildfire in Dismal Swamp that has been burning for 5 days, started by
lightning. This smoke has traveled 120 miles to get here. It is so intense
that you’d think it was from a neighbor’s house or field. In the Tilghman
Island area we get 3 different stories about the smoke, all incorrect. I
wouldn’t have been surprised if, had we had a fourth story, we hear it was
started by Martians. I thank Bob Anderson and Nancy Lytell for getting it
right for us. Disappointing that no Swainson's Warblers came with it. SWWA
would be a nice new one for the yard list.
Several years ago in summer, with our windows open, there was so
much smoke we thought something was burning in the kitchen. That was from
another Dismal Swamp fire. Hard to believe. - Best to all. - Harry Armistead.
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