As a side note…. There seems to be coincidences between counties refusing data centers, or being told they’re getting ones, are on fire now…. Brantley, Clinch, Nassau, Appling.
Anyways people are losing their homes and everything, no lives lost that I know of yet; a firefighter has been hurt but will be ok.
Scary times we live in. I woke to the smell of smoke this morning….
As the day progressed on the 21st, we could smell a fire burning in Volusia County. Not sure if it was a prescribed burn or something else, but I could see a smoke cloud from my house. As far as I know, there isn't a data center planned for this area, but with the way the city and county council meetings have a way of being held without proper prior notification to the public, it wouldn't surprise me if one is planned.
We're heading into a fairly serious drought down here, too. The last time it was this dry this late into the year was 98, and a lot of FL burned that year. It was also a "La Niña" year then, too. The narrative down here is being set in place for possible severe fires for Ctrl and N.E. FL from Brevard County to the FL/GA line (in N.E. FL), and from Orange/Osceola up to FL/GA line in the Ctrl parts.
It's got a lot of us worried.