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While ongoing efforts to reduce the threat of wildfire\u00a0 have been successful in reducing the wildland fire threat, there is still an abundant amount of natural fuels available to burn in the Lake Tavis-Westlake area, according to Chief Robert Abbott, Lake Travis Fire Rescue, also known as Travis County Emergency Services District No. 6.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service\u2019s Climate Prediction Center report for April, May and June is calling for hotter and drier-than-normal conditions across much of Texas.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see 2018 being a fairly active fire season. I don\u2019t see it panning out to be like [the devastating Central Texas fires in]2011, but I do see it as an issue, something that we have to monitor,\u201d Abbott said. \u201cIt\u2019s our duty and our job to continue to remind people that this is a threat. We have to keep this [topic]at the forefront of everybody\u2019s minds, or they\u2019re going to forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Steiner Ranch fire<\/p>\n
On Sept. 4, 2011, Steiner Ranch homeowner Norma Harais said she and her family escaped their house as they watched wind-driven cinders cross RM 620 and drift into the neighborhood they had called home since 1994. They were evacuated for three days, only to return and find their house was a total loss along with 23 others.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were the first to leave because [the fire]was right in our backyard at that point,\u201d she told Community Impact Newspaper.<\/p>\n
Harais\u2019 advice to newcomers to the area is to remain aware of changing weather conditions and to prepare for the worst.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Remember to] clean up the fire hazards around [the outside of]your house; clean out your gutters; it\u2019s basic stuff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In Spicewood a fire that also sparked on Sept. 4 destroyed 67 homes and burned 6,500 acres. A Texas Forest Service report into the fires found no official cause for either fire. Earlier that year in April, the Pinnacle Fire destroyed 10 Travis County homes after someone left a campfire unattended.<\/p>\n
Click this link to read rob\u2019s full article<\/strong> https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/lake-travis-westlake\/features\/2018\/05\/16\/residents-addressing-wildfire-risks-in-lake-travis-westlake\/<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”]<\/p>\n Re blocked due to the insight of the article<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n The Community impact Paper<\/p>\n https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/lake-travis-westlake\/features\/2018\/05\/16\/residents-addressing-wildfire-risks-in-lake-travis-westlake\/<\/a><\/p>\n By\u00a0<\/strong>Rob Maxwell<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a05:00 am May\u00a016, 2018<\/p>\n This is a very insightful article <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_divider admin_label=”Divider” color=”#ffffff” show_divider=”off” height=”10″ divider_style=”solid” 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