We've had massive fires sweep through SW KS occasionally. They seem to be more common but recency bias probably. We've always been able to save our structures but our ranch has been burned multiple times. we've also been lucky enough to not lose a lot of head of cattle, mostly because it's a barren hellscape in the best of times and there is plenty of pen outside of any vegetation where we can easily move them. It's quite the scene when one sweeps through. State, County, and township road blades just tearing through fields trying to create fire breaks, farmers from all over the place with their own equipment ripping into stuff to break the line. they will shut down the highway and no farmer gives a crap and just drives through to either get to their families or go to see if they can help. to the KS HP and other law enforcements credit they don't put up much of a fight when you just drive right by their road barriers, and they leave you plenty of room to do so. rural communities are irl the bitb at banding together to help with stuff like that. Not always successfully but not for lack of trying.
I've probably talked about this in this thread before actually. not sure.
