This is looking up at one of the more iconic landmarks in the area; the Sleeping Giant. It's so socked in, you can't see it. A very welcoming site for us right now.
The past weekend brought much needed snow to South West Montana. In some areas of the high-country, this storm dumped a couple feet, which should douse the fires. If that didn't do it, this next storm coming in should.
I don't have the official tolls but it's been said in multiple publications that over a million acres burned up in Montana, killing 2 wildfire fighters and millions of dollars in property damage. Apparently, this was the driest summer since 1929 out here. Couple that with the beetle kill, the fact that we've been fighting fires for so long not letting some of them burn, there was an exorbitant amount of fuel in the mountains. I know it won't look pretty for a while and I do feel for those who lost property and more importantly, the lives of those firefighters but we did need the burn--not sure we needed it all at once though...
Keep 'em where they live...
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