Texas governor issues disaster declaration as wildfires grow in Panhandle
nbcnews.com
The fires in the state that aren't yet contained include a 250,000 acre blaze burning in Hutchinson County.
A nuclear weapons facility in the Texas Panhandle said it had evacuated some staff Tuesday amid wind-fueled wildfires that covered thousands of acres and prompted the governor to issue a disaster declaration.
The Pantex Plant, which handles nuclear weapons, said it was monitoring the situation but that there was no fire on the plant site. All weapons were safe and unaffected, the facility said.
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It's winter, but we only had low Temps for a few days in January. It hit 94 (34.444 C) at the DFW Airport on Feb 26, over 80 (26.66 C) in Austin for the last 3 days, and a high temperature between 75-82 (23.88-28.33 C) for the last 3 days in Amarillo.
Usually this is the colder part of the year hovering around 50-60 degrees (10-15.5 C), but this year has been warmer. In the last decade, we've had Temps like this up to Christmas time and then it usually doesn't get this warm until aprilish. Climate change has really been messing with our temperatures though.
94°F in fucking February? Fuck that. I thought it was ridiculous that we had some 60°F days here in Washington.
I know and that's after having the second hottest summer in TX history.
We've only had a handful of days under 50 it seems like. I just hope this doesn't mean an even worse summer.