Corpus Christi\u2019s firefighters are trading nostalgia for new tech and they\u2019re not complaining<\/a><\/p>\nWith summer-like temperatures still hanging on and dry brush building up, the Texas A&M Forest Service says parts of the state are facing a heightened fire risk.<\/p>\n
As dry conditions persist across much of Texas, state officials have activated additional wildfire response resources to stay ahead of any potential emergencies.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin the city limits we are not allowed to burn \u2014 burning of trash, burning of lumber \u2014 those things are not allowed because of the fire danger and the risks that come with that,\u201d said Corpus Christi Assistant Fire Chief Kenneth Erben.<\/p>\n
Erben says he doesn\u2019t expect those resources to have a major impact locally, but warns the fire risk is still high and should be taken seriously.<\/p>\n
He says much of that risk comes from what\u2019s known as the wildland-urban interface \u2014 areas where homes and development meet brush and fields. It\u2019s a setting he says can still be found in parts of Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do have a lot of brushy areas. Brushy areas that are pretty adjacent to residential neighborhoods. Keep the brush away from your home, away from your fences \u2014 those types of things. That will help prevent that spread onto your property,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not just a manmade problem \u2014 nature plays a role too. Texas A&M Forest Service spokesperson Heather Gonzales says living near the coast does come with advantages like the breeze, but it\u2019s those winds that can also add fuel to wildfires.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we usually have that helps is higher humidity values, especially with the coastal breezes coming in. But also with those coastal breezes sometimes it can bring variable and increased winds,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Gonzales says before lighting up the pit to always:<\/p>\n
\u201cCheck the weather, if it’s going to be really hot, low humidity values and really windy, postpone for a better day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brush near homes poses wildfire threat in Corpus Christi. Officials urge clearing debris, avoiding outdoor burning, and staying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-1868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1868\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}