Thursday afternoon it was threatening rain and the cool breezes were absolutely delicious. I decided to take a drive up through Walland and come back with some sort of treat from Walland Center (Welch’s Grape juice…I am a Bug of simple tastes).

As I was heading down the highway, I happened to look up and over to the left at the mountains and ‘forest fire’ popped into my head. I wouldn’t have thought anything of it except I sat down at my computer today and saw this:

… Increased fire weather threat this weekend across east
Tennessee… southwest Virginia and extreme southwest North
Carolina…

Here is a wildfire danger statement issued in coordination with the
Tennessee division of forestry… the Virginia division of forestry
and the North Carolina division of forestry.

A ridge of high pressure building into the southern Appalachians
will produce dry and unseasonably warm conditions through this
weekend. Low afternoon humidities dropping into the middle and
upper 20s and southwest winds between 5 and 15 mph will produce
enhanced fire weather conditions this weekend.

Any open burning is considered dangerous at this time. Be very
careful of heat and Sparks while operating any equipment or
smoking in wildland areas. Fire can spread quickly under these
conditions.

I thought it was interesting so if you’re up in the mountains be careful.