Flaming shells

It is in the upper 90s outside. A smoky haze clings to the air from the fires at Ft. Drum, 50 miles south of Potsdam. This, my friends, is certainly not heaven.

Mirrored TSWP Entry - Monday, September 9, 2002

Combustion is fascinating. As of right now, there is a fire raging at Ft. Drum, about 50 miles south of Potsdam. The fire just happens to be located on a mortar training field, which prevents fire crews from effectively fighting the blaze on the ground for fear of undetonated shells going off under the intense heat. Instead, they have been dumping water on the blaze from the sky.

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