Dismal

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:49 am

The Great Dismal Swamp is burning, again. The smoke plume is going right through our yard this morning. Nothing smells as good as a peat fire in the middle of a hot muggy summer. It's growing at about a thousand acres per day.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:04 am

Blowing right across the southern beaches of NC. Wonder if they can smell it?

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:50 am

Wow, look at that plume! I bet if they zoom
out more, you could see the whole jetstream.

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 7:57 am

Couldn't see fifty feet in front of me this morning and it's as bad in the northern part of the Outer Banks once the wind shifts back their way. It's been north of Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head so far. I understand it could be smelled in DC and Annapolis the other day.

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:00 am

http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/im ... 20_lrg.jpg

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:58 am

dwest wrote:http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/im ... 20_lrg.jpg

That's the stuff!
Thankee-sai.

The Weekenders · Post by **The Weekenders** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 7:16 pm

Maybe they should change its name so it doesn't live up to expectations.

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 1:52 pm

Being called "Dismal" all the time gets me fuming, too.

Thomaston · Post by **Thomaston** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 2:55 pm

fearfaoin wrote:
dwest wrote:http://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/im ... 20_lrg.jpg
That's the stuff!
Thankee-sai.

Dark Tower quote!

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:13 pm

The Weekenders wrote:Maybe they should change its name so it doesn't live up to expectations.

I agree. How about "The Big Comfy Swamp"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJwS1mfj6j4

Redwolf

chas · Post by **chas** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:19 am

dwest wrote:I understand it could be smelled in DC and Annapolis the other day.

I kept thinking I was smelling camp fires late last week. I wonder if that was it? People certainly weren't having fires when it was 90+ degrees out.

dwest · Post by **dwest** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:08 pm

"Dismal" is beginning to define the outlook for an important part of the swamp's future: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/ ... Z920110815

janmarie · Post by **janmarie** » Wed Aug 17, 2011 5:04 am

Thanks for sharing this dwest. As I read the article I just started feeling so sad for the loss of this eco system! I want to believe there will be some up side to this. 900 years to develop an inch of peat, that is an amazing loss in this fire. Now I'm curious and will read more. Certainly a good reason for someone to compose an air like "Dismal's Memories Fill the Sky."

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