The recent change in weather in the Panhandle could ignite a fiery problem.
“You feel your lips getting dry and this wind blowing,” Forest Area Supervisor Wayne Rushing said. “Typically around this time of year in Florida we’re usually getting pretty dry right now.”
The dryness and wind are things the Florida Forest Service is watching carefully.
“Take into consideration the weather,” Rushing said. “The red flag conditions, the humidity, the winds. Honestly, right now I don’t advise anyone to burn anything. We’re having 40 mph gusts.” The excess debris left behind by Hurricane Michael has made our area a tinderbox.
“Unfortunately we went through Hurricane Michael and it blew a lot of this timber down,” Rushing said.