Oklahoma wildfires 4-13-18

[paul1598419]

Man, it was dark. Was that all caused by the fires, diachi? Or was it that time of year when midday wasn't that bright anyway?

 

[Richie89]

Wildfires definitely make for some nice outdoor beam shots! That said, hope we don't get any again this year...

This is how it ended up looking when we had some real bad fires a few years back. Video taken in the middle of the day.

Stay safe! :beer:

oh my gosh Diachi! that's insane, that was really during day? I couldn't imagine how that looked in person.

 

[diachi]

Man, it was dark. Was that all caused by the fires, diachi? Or was it that time of year when midday wasn't that bright anyway?

It was a mix of very dense smoke covering the city and a lightning storm that rolled in. Nope, that was in the middle of summer. At that time of day and that time of year the sun is still high in the sky, around 40 degrees altitude. Sunset isn't until well after 11PM, this was at around 5PM.

oh my gosh Diachi! that's insane, that was really during day? I couldn't imagine how that looked in person.

It was weird! Thought the apocalypse had arrived. :crackup: Went out for a smoke at 4PM and it was light out, but very smokey from the fires. Left work at 5PM (sunset isn't until after 11PM) and it was pitch black. Crazy!

 

[ArcticDude]

Wildfires definitely make for some nice outdoor beam shots! That said, hope we don't get any again this year...

This is how it ended up looking when we had some real bad fires a few years back. Video taken in the middle of the day.

Stay safe! :beer:

Whoa, nice apocalypse video diachi!!

Here's few Apocalypse clips from our Capitol some years ago..

And man, that storm came in fast

 

[paul1598419]

That storm did roll in fast, Tero. It reminded me of a sand storm that rolled into Lubbock, TX from the west when I was there. I was also headed west into town and was overtaken by the sand just as I hit town. It got black like in Yellowknife, too. I really hated Lubbock. Was so happy to get back to Colorado.

 

[BowtieGuy]

Diachi and Tero, those are some amazing severe weather videos, it looks like the one guy in Teros video had it right when he said, "it's the end of the world"!

 

[Shotgundrums]

Hey, Richie I’ll be flying in to OK soon. We were supposed to leave a few days ago but on takeoff our #2 Engine had a flameout and had to divert back. We gotter all fixed up so we’ll be headed out soon
I’ll send ya a pm when we get some down time.
SGD:beer:

 

[Richie89]

Hey, Richie I’ll be flying in to OK soon. We were supposed to leave a few days ago but on takeoff our #2 Engine had a flameout and had to divert back. We gotter all fixed up so we’ll be headed out soon
I’ll send ya a pm when we get some down time.
SGD:beer:

hey there SGD! Yikes man, flameout doesnt sound good. glad eveything is all good
what part of OK you staying in?

 

[Shotgundrums]

Yeah everything is good got it fixed up. No issues coming in. We’re staying in Midwest City on Tinker diagonal. Went in today for a while and saw lots of old faces I miss Oklahoma, not tinker lol.

 

[Richie89]

Yeah everything is good got it fixed up. No issues coming in. We’re staying in Midwest City on Tinker diagonal. Went in today for a while and saw lots of old faces I miss Oklahoma, not tinker lol.

Dude! That’s wicked!! I’m right down the street! On air depot. Haha “not tinker”