Stillwater Fires

[DxCowboy]

Not a good situation in Stillwater right now-high winds and multiple fires raging. Neighborhoods south of the west side wal mart being evacuated and areas as far south as 37th & country club.

 

[DxCowboy]

 

[HacklemanPoke]

This is on the verge of being an absolute devastating event. I’m 10ish miles SW of town and you can see an orange glow w occasional flames. It is just heart stomping to look at

 

[HacklemanPoke]

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Somehow the front lawn of a north side resident near the high school caught on fire but it got successfully put out.

The Mid South Races were affected:

 

[H2Orange]

 

[HacklemanPoke]

News was a little better at 10. And there are some reinforcements from other parts of the state coming in.

If you can picture yourself at the west Walmart and go 1 mile west to range and also 1 mile east to Sangre. Then draw a box 3 miles south to 44th, that’s the main area affected. There will be lots of homes gone from this.

The bad news is that there is an expected wind shift overnight from the SW to the NNW. Although the wind is supposed to decrease overnight. Any hotspots could potentially push the fire to the south.

 

[H2Orange]

Lots of homes destroyed in SW Stillwater. Many of the additions in that area are pretty exclusive. Several homes in Nottingham, Kenslow Farms, and Crosswinds have been destroyed.

 

[Stillwater Townie]

Lots of homes destroyed in SW Stillwater. Many of the additions in that area are pretty exclusive. Several homes in Nottingham, Kenslow Farms, and Crosswinds have been destroyed.

Tuesday night, storm spotter Val Castor toured Nottingham and watched several of them in flames. A bunch of them had already burnt down when he arrived there. He estimates at least 14 homes lost at Nottingham. Pecan Hill off W. 51 also believed hard hit.

 

[milehighpoke]

Sitting in my hotel room right now being disappointed that the race I've trained so hard for has been cancelled. But also realizing it's incredibly small and trivial compared to what's going on around me. I'm packing up to head home, and have asked the hotel staff here to donate my paid room tonight to a family in need.

The only other time I've seen anything like this was the Louisville fires in CO a few years ago. I'm in the Best Western and my room is facing the stadium. When the sun went down last night I could barely see campus or the stadium.

Stay safe out there, y'all.

 

[PJ-OSU]

Sitting in my hotel room right now being disappointed that the race I've trained so hard for has been cancelled. But also realizing it's incredibly small and trivial compared to what's going on around me. I'm packing up to head home, and have asked the hotel staff here to donate my paid room tonight to a family in need.

The only other time I've seen anything like this was the Louisville fires in CO a few years ago. I'm in the Best Western and my room is facing the stadium. When the sun went down last night I could barely see campus or the stadium.

Stay safe out there, y'all.

My buddies were all in Stillwater for the race too. Feeling for all the racers and the community this morning.

 

[Rob B.]