A reality based independent journal of observation & analysis, serving the Flathead Valley & Montana since 2006. © James Conner.

4 July 2015

Music for a windy Fourth of July

Happy Independence Day, everyone. The fire winds are stirring, and so is this fine 2009 performance of Shove the Pig’s Foot a Little Closer to the Fire.

Flags are out, and so is a Red Flag Warning:

Timing: Winds will begin to increase around sunrise, becoming gusty by early afternoon. A dramatic wind shift from westerly to easterly will occur by the late afternoon and evening hours.

Today’s Daily InterLake, in a story posted online last night, reports the Polson Chamber of Commerce still plans to go forward with its fireworks show, believing it can shoot the stuff safely over the lake. That’s just not possible, not with the wind blowing harder and onshore in the gloaming. That display will be canceled, and should have been canceled earlier this week.