{"id":15502,"date":"2011-09-13T17:30:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T15:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15502"},"modified":"2011-09-13T17:30:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-13T15:30:49","slug":"texas-drought-and-wildfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/13\/texas-drought-and-wildfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas drought and wildfires"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boston.com\/bigpicture\/2011\/09\/texas_drought_and_wildfires.html\">Big Picture<\/a>, as always, shares some stunning pictures of a natural disaster. \u00a0This time Texas drought and wildfires are in focus. \u00a0When looking at these images, I can&#8217;t stop thinking of people who, instead of running, trying to save their lives, stopped for a moment, set their cameras, framed the image and pressed the shutter button. \u00a0I haven&#8217;t been in anything even remotely as dangerous as these situations, but even that was enough for me to know that I am not built for journalistic photography. \u00a0And I can&#8217;t even start to imagine what all those people who&#8217;s homes and businesses were in the path of fires feel like.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wild_fires.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"15503\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/13\/texas-drought-and-wildfires\/wild_fires\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wild_fires.jpg?fit=990%2C588&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"990,588\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Wildfires\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wild_fires.jpg?fit=660%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15503\" title=\"Wildfires\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wild_fires-500x296.jpg?resize=500%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wild_fires.jpg?resize=500%2C296&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wild_fires.jpg?w=990&amp;ssl=1 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Big Picture, as always, shares some stunning pictures of a natural disaster. \u00a0This time Texas drought and wildfires are in focus. \u00a0When looking at these images, I can&#8217;t stop thinking of people who, instead of running, trying to save their lives, stopped for a moment, set their cameras, framed the image and pressed the shutter &hellip; 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