The state of Texas is currently drenched, not with water, but with flames. Over 1,000 homes have burned this past week in wildfires across the state. For those needing to track the Texas fires, and/or to prepare for one crossing your path, please visit the links below.
Basic info about Texas wildfires
Map to current fire activity across Texas:
Texas Forest Service Fire Activity
To check the level of fire danger in your part of the state:
Daily Fire Danger Map
Where to get help
Extensive set of links from the A&M Texas Extension Disaster Education Network to help you prepare for and track disasters in Texas.
A&M Texas Extension Disaster Education Network
Red Cross
The Central Texas Red Cross chapter
FEMA for Texas wildfires
Also check local news sites and Twitter feeds below, or search Twitter for #texaswildfires, #centraltxfires, or #CentralTexasFires as the latest updates pour in:
Central Texas News Station webpages and Twitter feeds
KXAN
KXAN Twitter
Pets and disasters
You expect pet-related links and here they are!
All of Texas
Red Cross: Pets and Disaster Safety
AKC Disaster Preparedness
Central Texans with pets
Central Texans looking for help evacuating with animals or wanting to help out, visit the sites below.
DogTipper.com, based in Central Texas, is doing a fantastic job of keeping their blog page and Twitter feed current.
DogTipper.com blog page
DogTipper.com Twitter feed
Main Central Texas shelter groups
Austin Humane Society — blog
Austin Pets Alive — blog
Austin SPCA — blog
Groups above are taking in animals from other shelters and are looking to quickly adopt out animals they have for reduced and sometimes waived adoption fees. If you live in other parts of Texas, please check with your local rescue and humane groups.
If are in Bastrop, and have large animals which need to evacuate, check this Facebook page:
Bastrop Co Fire Large Animal Info
Stay safe! These links are as much for our benefit as yours. I’m off to prep things for our crew, just in case…
