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    Bear sighting in Evesham......or beaver.

    http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/07/27/evesham-township-black-bear/
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    Closing West Mill Road

    I've seen a picture on Facebook from the other side of the gate. They were unaware of it being there and were couldn't get to 206.
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    Closing West Mill Road

    I was just curious. I was wondering if it was before or after the gate went up.
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    Closing West Mill Road

    Just curious. What was the date you drove on West Mill.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    BREAKING: Lightning responsible for Penn Swamp Wildfire. More details later today. "An investigation found that the cause of the fire was a lightning strike on several trees on the evening of Wednesday, July 19," said NJDEP Spokesman Bob Considine. "Three trees were struck, including a large...
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    11 things lurking in New Jersey's forests

    I might also add. My mom loved her lily of the valley and kept a whole patch of them in our yard.
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    11 things lurking in New Jersey's forests

    I'd add other humans as a more likely threat. Especially the way the shobies drive this time of year
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    Fire in Wharton?

    I pulled this off Facebook. It's pretty much what I expected considering the size and location.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    Until I rains;) It should be contained tomorrow, but I'm only guesssing.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    In the end it's all part of the forest fire. Whether is the original fire or back fire.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    On the news feeds I saw it looked like they were backfiring off Washington Turnpike.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    07/20/17 @ 1330 hrs- SECTION B2 Washington Twp, Burlington County, 2 miles north of Batsto Village- "Penn Swamp Wildfire". Fire was spotted by the Batsto fire tower at about 1320 yesterday afternoon. Fire is in a remote area with no access into the fire. Crews are performing a large burn-out...
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    Fire in Wharton?

    Yes that's the back fire. It's going to wind up being big.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2017/07/20/wharton-state-forest-fire/ That is definitely is a large burnout operation for Penn Swamp.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    I'd almost put money on it being from a lightning strike. My front window faces that direction. I watched a storm build near atsion and head in that direction last evening. The outflow from the cloud tops was impressive.
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    Fire in Wharton?

    MAJOR FOREST FIRE 07/20/17 @ 1330 hrs- SECTION B2 Washington Twp, Burlington County, 2 miles north of Batsto Village- "Penn Swamp Wildfire". Fire is in a remote area with no access into the fire. Crews are planning a large burn-out operation to accomplish containment. The ICP is located at...
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    RAIN?

    I'd be surprised if I got more then 3/4" total. Everything skirted by either north or south. They'd very local though. A mile in either direction my friends got pounded.
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    RAIN?

    Just like yesterday. A lot of noise not much rain. Got about a 1/4" in 10 min earlier but that's it. Lightning is striking within a mile of me now but no rain.
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    RAIN?

    North of me
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