Today, January 6, 2012 we celebrate our 4th birthday and begin the 5th year of Wildfire Today. Since our first post on January 6, 2008, we have written 3,036 articles, an average of 2.8 per day. Some periods of the year are slower than others, of course, but there’s almost always something going on in the world of wildland fire that captures my interest, and I hope at least some of the prose here you find interesting as well.
We set records at the site this year for the number of visitors. During June, the busiest month in 2011, our visitors viewed 563,274 pages at Wildfire Today, an average of 18,775 a day.
We could not do it, of course, without readers like you, and especially the folks who write comments and send us tips and information about what is happening in their wildfire world. We also thank our supporters who place ads in the sidebar, which helps to offset the hosting and domain costs.
We have no intention of slowing down the pace at Wildfire Today, and we hope you don’t either, in your personal or professional life or in your continued visits and participation here.
Thanks everybody! Thanks for the kind words, and thanks for following Wildfire Today!
Happy Birthday Wildfire Today! I enjoy your reading your articles.
Bill,
It’s been a great pleasure reading your informative and stright talk site over the last couple of years.
Both you and The Firegeezer site offer a good mix of fire and related stories and information.
Keep up the good work.
Happy Birthday Bill, great web site!
Bill you have maintained a quality website the past four years–very informmative–thank-you!
Will you be posting your annual top wildland fire related reader’s opinion poll for 2011? Great stuff
Thanks Eric. Yes, we have begun the process of putting the poll together. You can nominate your favorite stories.
Happy Birthday! Be careful with all those candles, don’t have an escape. I appreciate this site, it’s one of a very small number I check with a daily basis, and one of a couple that I often get good intel on hours or even days before stuff makes it through “official channels”. I can’t count the number of safety bulletins or similar items the boss has forwarded that I’d already read earlier in the week here.
Watch your page nearly everyday to get the scoop on what is really happening out there. Thanks for putting it all together and keeping us informed. Keep up the good work!
Has it really been that long? I remember finding this site in March or April of 2008 because I was writing a paper on air tankers for my high school English class. Bill Keep up the great work. I look forward to many more years of your articles and in sites.
Happy Birthday. Best wishes.Keep always one foot in the black. Greetings from Germany