THE NEW NORMAL IN NORMAN : APRIL FIRE SHOWERS

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Oklahoma  Attorney  General   turned   Environmental Protection Agency Administrator  Scott Pruitt  has yet   to respond to the lethal Rhea Fire, which The National Weather Service in Norman says continued its spread across the state Tuesday, having so far burnt through nearly 400,000 acres, and claimed at least two lives.

The NWS issued a fire warning at the request of the Rhea Fire Incident Command and the Dewey County Sheriff's Office asking  residents  along  Highway 60  and east toward Chester to evacuate north and northwest toward Woodward.

The U.S. Drought Monitor  lists conditions in western Oklahoma as “exceptional” the highest ranking on its drought intensity scale.  Some areas have gone more than  185 days without more than one-quarter inch of rain.

Oklahoma's  Department of Emergency Management requested the air support assistance of the Oklahoma National  Guard  to  help  fight  the rapidly spreading wildfire Tuesday.











The NWS issued a fire warning at the request of the Rhea Fire Incident Command and the Dewey County Sheriff's Office asking residents along Highway 60 and east toward Chester to evacuate north and northwest toward Woodward.

The U.S. Drought Monitor lists conditions in western Oklahoma as “exceptional,” the highest ranking on its drought intensity scale. Some areas have gone more than 185 days without more than one-quarter inch of rain. 

The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management requested the air support assistance of the Oklahoma National Guard to help fight the rapidly spreading wildfire Tuesday.