There was an incredible team of men and women on the ground and in the air. Lots of smoke in the air today. Smoke may be visible from Lyons and Hwy 7. Henderson County (Jul 5, 2020) - The Reverend Harold L. McKinnish, my Dad, was the designer and stonemason for the entrance sign to the community of Highland Hills, off the Spartanburg Highway, on Oak Grove Road. Dry lightning can occur in any desert or semi-arid region that draws in moisture from nearby oceans. Before calling 911 make sure you have a location you see smoke and fire. Learn more. smoke definition: 1. the grey, black, or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when…. Lightning is a big spark of electricity between the cloud, the air, or the ground. This causes the air to explode outward. The Woodbury and Mountain fires were human-caused.

There is a small wildfire near Coffintop Mountain. Energy from a lightning channel heats the air briefly to around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, much hotter than the surface of the sun.

Typically what happens is 24 hrs+/- later when the weather is hot, windy with low relative humidity these ingredients trigger the smoldering lightning strike that lay idle to erupt into a fire. Crews are on-scene. We were very very lucky for many reasons.

The huge pressure in the initial outward shock wave decreases rapidly with increasing distance and within ten yards or so has become small enough to be perceived as the sound we call thunder. I raised my right hand into the air and the ring I had on began to buzz so loudly that everyone could hear it.” Not once did they consider that a lightning strike was imminent, he said. Many of 2019's fires were caused by lightning striking the dry brush such as the Coldwater Fire, Hoyley Fire and the Maroon Fire.