The Great Dismal Swamp is burning, again. The smoke plume is going right through our yard this morning. Nothing smells as good as a peat fire in the middle of a hot muggy summer. It’s growing at about a thousand acres per day.
Blowing right across the southern beaches of NC. Wonder if they can smell it?
Wow, look at that plume! I bet if they zoom
out more, you could see the whole jetstream.
Couldn’t see fifty feet in front of me this morning and it’s as bad in the northern part of the Outer Banks once the wind shifts back their way. It’s been north of Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, and Nags Head so far. I understand it could be smelled in DC and Annapolis the other day.
That’s the stuff!
Thankee-sai.
Maybe they should change its name so it doesn’t live up to expectations.
Being called “Dismal” all the time gets me fuming, too.
Dark Tower quote! 
I kept thinking I was smelling camp fires late last week. I wonder if that was it? People certainly weren’t having fires when it was 90+ degrees out.
“Dismal” is beginning to define the outlook for an important part of the swamp’s future: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/15/us-swamp-fire-virginia-idUSTRE77E4Z920110815
Thanks for sharing this dwest. As I read the article I just started feeling so sad for the loss of this eco system! I want to believe there will be some up side to this. 900 years to develop an inch of peat, that is an amazing loss in this fire. Now I’m curious and will read more. Certainly a good reason for someone to compose an air like “Dismal’s Memories Fill the Sky.”