Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: Creighton on June 26, 2005, 04:20:27 pm
Hope all is well!
Creighton
Creighton
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: BryanH on June 26, 2005, 07:21:03 pm
Creighton, thanks for concern... the Cave Creek Complex, estimated at 80,000 acres and 20% contained, is about 5 miles from me (as the crow flies) but on the ther side of the mountain. Seems close but not really. We see the glow and smoke plume, expecially at night and the hot shot crews have taken over the fields and parking lots where my kids go to school. But so far it hasn't threatened my family directly and given the size of the fire the damage is relatively small as it has only burned a handful of homes and ranches.
With all the spring rain the southwest had this year, I think it's going to be a hot fiery summer for AZ and CA.
With all the spring rain the southwest had this year, I think it's going to be a hot fiery summer for AZ and CA.
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: Creighton on June 26, 2005, 08:53:36 pm
Glad you are ok!! It's going to be bad this year. Can't recall the Smokey the Bear quote but all please be carefull.
Creighton
Creighton
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: Jim on June 26, 2005, 09:06:57 pm
Glad to here your family and you are safe!
Hopefully Mother Nature will be a little kinder to us all this year...
Hopefully Mother Nature will be a little kinder to us all this year...
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: halehouse on June 26, 2005, 09:46:40 pm
Actually, isn't it Smokey Bear, no "the"? 
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: dr galaga on June 26, 2005, 09:54:01 pm
| Quote (halehouse @ June 26 2005,10:46) |
| Actually, isn't it Smokey Bear, no "the"? |
Yea, you're right. I remember the PSA's on the radio a few years ago for that.
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 01:03:49 am
Remember, only you can...
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: Creighton on June 27, 2005, 01:11:31 am
They had public service announcements over an extra "the"? I'll try and be more carefull in the future :-)
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Creighton
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Creighton
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: MoonDawg on June 27, 2005, 10:19:11 am
| Quote (Jim @ June 26 2005,7:06) |
| Glad to here your family and you are safe! Hopefully Mother Nature will be a little kinder to us all this year... |
Mother nature is tough enough to handle. #### the people who get a thrill out of starting these fires on the first hot dry windy day.
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: BrianB on June 27, 2005, 10:42:23 am
Yeah...it's the human factor that really makes it interesting. One of my fave's was this moron who got lost while hiking in San Diego County near the US/MEX border in the middle of the summer after a really wet winter (a lot of built up brush) and decided to cook off a signal flare to get somebody's attention....Needless to say, he got A LOT of somebody's attention!!
The lightning stikes are unavoidable, people are just stupid....
The lightning stikes are unavoidable, people are just stupid....
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: Eric on June 27, 2005, 11:06:48 am
It's dry everywhere! We are having what the weathermen are calling a “mild drought” I almost miss cutting my grass....almost.
pretty soon I'll be sweeping my yard. Ha
And it depends when you grew up with Smokey.... Does anybody remember when he died?.....
pretty soon I'll be sweeping my yard. Ha
And it depends when you grew up with Smokey.... Does anybody remember when he died?.....
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 12:18:25 pm
We have the fires here in Utah shutting down sections of the freeway!! We even have one town that may evacuated because of the fires and just 4 months ago was cut off due to flooding! Wish Mother Nature would make up her mind.
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: BryanH on June 27, 2005, 12:21:07 pm
Hey Jed - where in Utah are you located?
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 12:45:41 pm
I am in Spanish Fork, about 60 miles south of Salt Lake City.
My wifes grandparents and uncle live down in St. George closer to all of Mother Natures current doings.
My wifes grandparents and uncle live down in St. George closer to all of Mother Natures current doings.
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: petey64 on June 27, 2005, 01:21:10 pm
because of all of the rain in SoCal this year it has all the makings of an ugly fire season, the last destructive fire we had here was set by a homeless person trying to stay warm who was mildly retarded and spoke an obscure chinese dialect, even though he caused a lot of destruction i felt sorry for the guy he spent nearly two months in a mental institution until they could find someone who could understand him.
Title: Fires in az. everybody ok?
Post by: on June 27, 2005, 10:11:20 pm
I have the same problem. 