http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa319/toddecopp/forestfiretwo.jpg http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa319/toddecopp/forestfireone.jpg These were taken just less than 48 hours ago. At this point, 2500 acres were burning, as of this morning, 10,000 acres are burning, which has caused the closing of the Missoula Airport- pilots can't see through the smoke. The bottom photo shows how brown and dry the grass is out there, as I walked, I could hear it crunching under my feet like snow. I pushed on the grass with my hand - it broke. Missoula has topped 100 degrees 18 times this year, which breaks the prior record by far, the scary part is, August is usually the hottest month for them.