Ten years ago today I started a little blog where I could post my thoughts about what was happening in the world of wildland fire. It was hosted on Blogger.com but used our own domain name, WildfireToday.com. When registering the name I was surprised to find that it was still available. I was also surprised to find FireAviation.com still available in November 2012.
After a year or two at Blogger, I migrated the blog to a site that hosted about a dozen fire-related blogs. Our site maintained its own identity, but after a few months I became disenchanted with some of the rules and restrictions, and finally moved Wildfire Today to its own self-hosted site, where it has remained.
It is the readers and those who participate with intelligent, thought-provoking comments and questions that make this a destination for millions of visitors every year who are interested in an exchange of ideas. Of course, we owe a lot to the advertisers who support the site making it possible to pay the hosting expenses and even a stipend to our guest writers when I am unavailable.
If you are a regular visitor, an advertiser, or if you’re here for the first time — thank you for your support!
Been reading since the beginning. The best source out there, nothing else like it. Thanks for your time and effort, greatly appreciated.
Very nice! Congratulations! Appreciate what we’ve learned here.
A very sincere thank you for all of your efforts on this site. It is one of the very best sources available for wildland fire information.
You’ve done an incredible job Bill. I look forward to reading it daily. I share it with my daughters who grew up with Dad almost missing both of their High School graduations, 34 years of missing my wedding anniversary, and many other small but important things our families came to accept as “normal.” Thank you Sir!jw
very cool Bill,congrats and thank you for what you do.its much appreciated.
Congrats Bill! We should celebrate with a s***load of pies….
Congrats! The site fills a need.
Congrats Bill! Thank you for everything that you do!
Bill:
Thank you for what you do. Much appreciated.
Marty Alexander
Thank-you Bill for creating and maintaining the worlds most up to date informative wildand Fire and aviation management news and open forum website for the past ten years !
Eric J. Kurtz
Congratulations Bill on 10 great, informative years! You provide excellence in reporting and commentary on major wildland fires and related issues! Keep on it! We need your insight!