When you burn, the fire has a life of its own. There is a definite sinister feeling. To give you an idea of size of this fire, note the windmill on the horizon of the white smoke.
Fires create their own wind currents.
To the right you can see a fire tornado. For some reason, Walsh came back in more weeds than is normal after a fire. However, the grass is gaining on the weeds and the cedar was definitely set back.