Video shows rapid growth of Howe Ridge Fire in Glacier National Park

[2naSalit]

7. In southern MT

where I live, we are under a fire weather watch until Sunday, the haze from other fires is so dense, as has been the case for several years now That I can barely make out the silhouette on the hills north of town, half a mile away. At least we have been getting sporadic rain during the past couple months, it's still somewhat green around here, but that won't last long unless it rain some more. This weekend it was 102F for two days straight in the location I was, fortunately I was at the river so I could get cooled off periodically.

At my age and after living in the Anza-Borrego desert for a summer, I don't do well when the temps get over 70F anymore. I can take -50F but not the heat which is why I moved this far north and at a high elevation. Sadly, the temps of the desert SW are now common well north of the 45th parallel.