New Mexico is burning

New Mexico is currently on fire, with over 500 miles permiter of fire burning right now, and it's still growing. there are 2 main fires, with one being significantly larger than the other one. the larger one is on the east side of a mountain range near Espanola, in the Pecos wilderness area. the other one is in a part of the Santa Fe forest. If you cant picture how fast the fire is spreading, an ember that gets carried by the wind about 2 1/2 miles away from the fire has basically a 100% chance of igniting the foliage around it. This fire is mainly the result of a megadrought, with little to no rainfall in there the bushes and debris on the ground being super dry, and the humidity is 2.5%, the fire has spread at record speed. This fore combined with the Rio grande drying up is a really bad thing because the Rio grade might have helped guide the fire, but it has dried up in places, and the fire can spread faster via the dry riverbeds. combine all this and you get a really bad situation and a real pickle for the new Mexico fire dept.




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