Rick Ochoa Quotations

If I had to categorize it, I would say the area of extreme fire conditions extend over a good portion of Texas and Oklahoma. Once we get into mid-February, the problem will probably widen into southern New Mexico and Arizona, but until then the focus will be concentrated on almost all of Oklahoma and most of Texas.

You guys are obviously warmer than other places, but most importantly, Texas and Oklahoma have got the winds that can really make these fires go.

What you need is not just one storm. You need a number of storms occurring over a month or two to really put a big dent in the fire season.

I think the weather you're seeing in Texas is very unusual. You would have to go back to the '50s to see the kind of dryness you're seeing. I don't think we've seen anything like this in a generation.