Here’s a cool picture of the fires currently burning up my home state of Florida.  Lot’s of smoke in the air around here.

I do a lot of work with the local fire department and the folks there have been on high alert.  A small brush fire just 500 yards from my house (YIKES!) was extinguished in a few short minutes by my guys. 

Conditions are quite dry (although we do have rain in the forecast) and we’re hoping that it doesn’t touch off like in did in 1998, when 100,000 acres burned in 39 Florida counties in less than a month.

Unfortunately, forecasters and fire experts tell that we’re in much worse shape that we were at the beginning of the 1998 fires. 

 Keep your fingers crossed!