The fire went south and was contained. Firefighters fought the last of it way into the night.
I40 was completely shut down for 4+ hours. They diverted traffic to other roads, causing 'logjams' for hours. Some local newspeople were caught in the traffic.
We have been in a 4 year drought, looks like we might go into our 5th year. We did have some rains last year, however it will take years to get moisture back into the ground. Years to bring back our grass where we can graze livestock numbers our pastures used to support.
Thanks for the energy RR, I know it helped.