[ARDF] Bastrop State Park on fire

[Kenneth E. Harker]

     The 2008 USA ARDF Championships were held in Bastrop State Park, east
of Austin, Texas.  The combination of severe drought, extreme temperatures
(today was our 80th day of the year with a high temperature of 100F or 
higher), very low humidity, and high winds from the non-rainy side of 
Tropical Storm Lee combined today to result in wildfires across central 
Texas.  The biggest fire near Austin is currently burning in and around 
Bastrop State Park.  It is 10 miles wide, and has already burned 14,000 
acres and 300 houses, mostly east and south of the park.  The park has 
been evacuated.  So far, no reports of injuries, but the fire is essentially 
uncontained.

     This is the best online video I can find.  The road that the car is 
driving on is SH-21, a stretch of which is the northern border of the state 
park.

     http://www.newsradioklbj.com/News/Story.aspx?ID=1532738

-- 
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker at kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/