Karen Snyder
Jet Stream Block Could Mean Real Winter Ahead
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They called last winter, “the winter that wasn’t”. The question this year for meteorologists is, will it be similar this year. U.S. Agriculture Meteorologist, Brad Rippey, says last year the jet stream swept much of the cold air out to sea, but this year a high pressure system parked over the North Atlantic is holding the cooler air over the continent.
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Fire Strategy Laid Out At Community Meeting
Karen Snyder, K2 Radio
Great work done during initial attack on the Sheep Herder Hill Fire means crews are now able to move forward with containment, which, as of Wednesday, was at about 50 percent.
Larry Floyd, one of the operation chiefs on the fire, addressed a community meeting Wednesday saying the last 24 hours were focused on the west side, because that’s where most of the houses are.
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Smoke and Ash – Natrona County Health Department Advises Caution
Karen Snyder, K2 Radio
Officials at the Natrona County Health Department say they’ve had reports of ash from the Sheep Herder Hill fire dropping as far away as Douglas. Audrey Grey is special operations manager at the health department and she says they’re encouraging folks to take precautions if they find themselves cleaning up accumulated ash.
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5pm Fire Update From Rich Denison [AUDIO]
Rich Denison, K2 Radio News
K2 Radio’s Rich Denison has been on the mountain all day and had this late afternoon update from the fire command center.
He says fire personel continue to arrive, with federal fire fighters expected to take over tomorrow.
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"American Idol" In Casper, Mayor Says She’ll Be There Lending Support
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Heads up Idol fans. Producers are telling K2 Radio that the audition start times are earlier than first reported. 8 a.m. is now the call time with auditions that continue through the day until 4 p.m. at which point if you haven’t faced the judges you likely won’t.
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New Details About "American Idol" Stop In Casper
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The American Idol Bus is scheduled to roll into Casper, Wyoming sometime the week of August 6th. It’s one leg of a regional tour by producers combing the area for talent.
Casper Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Robyn Mundell, says they met with the production company this week.
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Hay, Pasture In Wyoming Shrunk By Drought And Fire
The Wyoming Department of Agriculture met with producers, law makers and county officials across the state in a series of meetings on the current impact of drought and fire.
Doug Miyamoto, Agriculture Department deputy director says they wanted to get information out as quickly as possible about the situation and hear what producers need
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Fire Watch Round-up Friday July 6th
Fire fighters say rain is helping control four major wildfires burning in Wyoming. State Forester Bill Crapser says damp conditions raise hopes that firefighters will be able to move into mop up soon.
The largest of the fires is the roughly 150-square-mile Arapaho Fire burning northwest of Wheatland
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Human Cause Sited For Squirrel Creek Fire
Investigators on the Squirrel Creek Fire say they’ve determined it was human caused.
“One thing people should understand is, 75 percent of the fires, at least, are human caused. And we just ask people to be very careful. Its bad enough that we do have the lightening strikes, but when we do it to ourselves that just makes it a lot worse.”
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Newcastle Oil Creek Fire, Neighbors Helping Neighbors
North of Newcastle the Oil Creek Fire has burned over 58,000 acres with about 40 percent containment. Those numbers were reported late Wednesday.
Incident Information Officer, Mary Bean says area evacuations have been lowered to level one and so far only one structure, a barn, has been destroyed
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Fire Watch Roundup
The Arapaho fire northwest of Wheatland, as of late Wednesday had burned over 93,000 acres with 25 percent containment.
Burnout operations on the SW corner of the fire were successful. Fire officials say shifting winds and record dry conditions continue to pose challenges for the firefighters
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Arapaho Fire Update – Tuesday July 3rd
Heat exhaustion, smoke and poor visibility, narrow dirt roads and animals on those road are all safety concerns facing firefighters working the Arapaho fire northwest of Wheatland. That fire has grown to about 88,000 acres.
Fire spokesman, Jim Whittington, says the fire is about 25-percent contained with an undetermined number of structures burned
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