Fireball 440

Fire almost 10,000 acres now.  Visibly much bigger from my place.

18 hours ago, ckf said:

How close is the fire to you?

20-25 miles north.

I can see the smoke from my deck.

5 hours ago, Mag6240 said:

Will this place survive??

 

Looks like they possibly staged a helo landing zone there.  Fire is now 3200 acres.  High of almost 90 today and the wind is still blowing.

The power line through Greenwood is a good challenge.  I think it's the one from Taconite Harbor to Hoyt Lakes.

100 sled dogs saved.

https://www.wdio.com/news/sled-dogs-rescued-greenwood-fire/6210590/?cat=10335

22 minutes ago, Zambroski said:

Let me know if some freshly “cleared” lake property opens up!  

Anywhere on McDougal Lakes should be ready.

Still growing.  My place is about 15-20 miles south of Greenwood Lake on Hwy 2.  Hoping the wind keeps blowing it North.

On 8/11/2021 at 9:55 PM, HSR said:

How fast did you ever do in it? I would think at 141 it would be a little scary

I had it to 125 once and as I switched lanes to pass a car,  amazing how the steering wheel feels crossing the center line at that speed. hold on!

12 hours ago, Rigid1 said:

Did that have twinsies on it??

No, it was a AWD 3.7 NA 304 HP.  141 mph top speed.  Consumer models came with the 3.5.

Same issues with both engines.

1 minute ago, racinfarmer said:

Ours has the 3.5 where the major issue can be the water pump due to its location.  

Yeah that's what I meant with the timing chains.  Stupid configuration.  They had the engine since 2007 they should have designed the car around that, but no....

On 8/8/2021 at 6:23 PM, racinfarmer said:

We almost traded it off last week, but couldn't quite bring ourselves to spend that kind of coin to rid ourselves of a perfectly good vehicle.  

We did go with the regular 3.5 over an Ecoboost on the recommendation of our mechanic neighbor.  

Frankly, the only complaint we have with it is the lack of arm rests in the 2nd row seats, @SVT MXZ XRS , WTF!

It's the timing chains and PTU that are the major design flaws, but they're expensive.

I had a 2015 Explorer with the 3.7 Interceptor.

6 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

Knock on wood, we've been very happy with it for 4 years now and no problems.

That's good

Hope it stays that way.

5 hours ago, HSR said:

Where ya been?

Life and stuff.

Last Tuesday I put my dog down, and the next day my mother-in-law died from a heart attack.

Tough week.

16 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

A friend of mine used to work for GM corporate and before we bought the Exploder, we asked him what GM SUV's to avoid. 

He said anything that isn't a 'Hoe, 'Burban, Yukon, etc he'd never own and recommended we don't buy one unless we were getting a Tahoe or Yukon.

...and you bought an Explorer.

They're just as bad as any of the unibody GM garbage.

3 hours ago, racinfarmer said:

At least there was no dismemberments or beheadings.

There was missing head a couple days ago.

On 7/15/2021 at 10:00 AM, ckf said:

Thanks jt

You get Britney freed and she'll pay the site fees for eternity.

10 hours ago, Mainecat said:

Why aren’t you taking the forests like Trump asked?

9 hours ago, racer254 said:

trump wanted people to "take" the forest? 

Seems now the state of California is planning to do just that, so circle back.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/calmatters.org/environment/2018/08/california-forest-management-fires/

12 hours ago, Mainecat said:

600,000 Americans lost their life because Trump ignored a pandemic for months.

oh and cops matter now?

Meanwhile Japan didn't do anything so now there's no Olympics.

The U.S.A. is open for business, dumbass.

8 hours ago, f7ben said:

I’ll sell you my soul for about $3.50

Covid pricing, I've been flipping souls for less than a gallon of gas.

26 minutes ago, FrankieJames7 said:

i honestly forgot because of how little i care. sorry

You forgot because you're name is Dave.

4 minutes ago, hayward said:

You'll never be able to compete with the chinese

I have the Russians on my side.

2 minutes ago, hayward said:

I'm curious, why is this so ignored?  Including the unvaccinated population?  I don't hear anybody using this as a solution to not taking the shot.  Has the majority forgot about what was really the first line of defense against the virus?

There is a huge untapped market for this right now.  Time to get rich selling scammed fake kits!

6 hours ago, FrankieJames7 said:

lol oh yeah. you're a fucking pos and need to get banned. fs is not the place for a delusional old fuck trying to get someones personal info to be a total fucking weirdo about. what would you have done if i gave you personal info? you're a fucking pos mach

MC level awareness!

3 minutes ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

You’re not hurting anyone’s feelings but you sure sound like an ignorant piece of fuck......again. 
Must be the reason you’ve had so many different jobs recently.

Hurt your feeling too, oops.

You can already see the curvature of the earth and they haven't even fired the rocket yet.