The wind convinced me quickly that I didn’t want to burn today.

Man I wish my place looked like that. I have a 40 acre clear cut I need burned for replant and need a NE or E wind to keep the smoke off roads.

Big fire in Baldwin Co around the Perdido WMA got out of hand this afternoon. Has got some roads shut down. No one should have been burning with the low humidity and winds we had today.

I burned 20 acres of mixed pine/hardwood Friday afternoon and got a great burn. I had some old dead pines that that threw off some sparks this afternoon and jumped my fire lane. It took me a couple of hours in this wind to get it under control.

I waited until after 3 pm to light up a two year old stand of longleaf. It’s still burning now but just about to tie in together. It was only 17 acres and I spent the first hour and a half putting out spot fires. 😂

I took it slow and easy until I had no choice but to call in reinforcements. I had all three of my kids out there and that wasn’t enough. Called in a buddy who saved the day. I knew what I was getting in to and it still exceeded my expectations. 😂

I watched a neighbor one year burning off part of quail plantation under red flag conditions about like we had today…..It made my butt pucker just watching it.

No way I was setting anything on fire today.

I want to burn today but humidity dropping into the 20s has me anxious.

Forest services ain’t skeerd. They just lit one off next to me in Bankhead

Wait until this afternoon......

We are. Just burned about 6 acres and the head fire was a bad idea. Should have kept it backing especially once it hit the hardwood

Run strip head fires where you just move out in front of the backing fire 30, 40, 50 yards and light a line……The more space you give it between the head fire and your backing fire….the more “momentum” its going build up…….You can also just light spot fires or flanking fires out ahead of your backing fire to keep the intensity down

I wonder have much got turned black the last few days and deemed a “good burn”, but only burnt the top duff layer?

Head fires today are a no go unless it’s your objective. Short spot or flanking fires will be better.

Only have one torch so I don’t guess I can do flanking. What is a short spot fire?

It’s where you move out in front of the backing fire and just drop a spot of fire…….move over a little ways and drop another spot…..instead of making a solid line. A flanking fire is a line that’s basically run at a 90 degree angle to the backing

I could do that but this next burn will be up hill so it’s gonna run like hell. Not sure what to do.

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I'm assuming that red 7 the wind speed and direction?? Is the top of the ridge on the north side or south side?

South