Fire in Alton Bay

[spyboy]

I saw the fire warning on my weather app yesterday morning. I thought it was strange because of the wet ground from snow melting, but with the high winds and warm(ish) days, I guess stuff is drying out on the surface.

Last night there was an 11 alarm fire in Alton Bay, burned 40 homes

http://www.wmur.com/news/19161844/detail.html#

[M_Six]

Nastiness. At least no one was around this time of year. Would have been much worse in the middle of summer.

[spyboy]

Drove down to Alton Bay today to see the fire damage, here are the panos

http://mosscreekmedia.com/pano/2009/0414/fire1.html
http://mosscreekmedia.com/pano/2009/0414/fire2.html
http://mosscreekmedia.com/pano/2009/0414/fire3.html

Kirk

[Charlie]

wow the first one shows a lot of what happened

old wooden houses go up fast and with a little wind you never know

[krummholz]

It's amazing what damage can be done in April when the trees provide no shade, the air happens to be extremely dry, the ground is warm, and the winds are high.

I was struck by the weather contrasts the past weekend: the terrible sodden downpours of Saturday, the winds rushing in all day Sunday (and into Monday) as the low pressure system exited. I get a lot of wind at my house on a hill in Gloucester, Mass.!

[M_Six]

What a shame. I bet a lot of those houses weren't insured for nearly the replacement cost. Lot of family history went up in smoke there. :(

Thanks as always for the pics, Kirk. The panos really give a good view of the scene there.