They got it stopped 3 miles from me. Some of the pictures are from last weeks fire when it was about 6 miles away. Most of the pics were taken from my front porch. The close up pics are of my friends ranch that burned, thank goodness they were able to save his house.
Modified by Stompy at 3:07 PM 8/4/2011
Glad you and the wife are ok.....prayers for those thy weren't so lucky...
"Only the dead have seen the end of war" Plato
Scary for sure John. Glad they got it under control.
Wow! Mother Nature has no mercy!
Glad you folks made out OK
Much too close for comfort. Pleased to know you & Adele were safe
Support bacteria. They're the only culture some people have.
For a fish, the end of a barbed hook is the 'point' of no return ...
Glad they got it out John, sorry to hear of your friends place. Aleast they saved his home.
way too close for comfort there
I'd a been one click from panic.
Do you know what started the fire?
"ain't too smart.....but I'm always thinkin"
The fire first started Tuesday before last about 6-8 miles away, on the other side of the big hills. They fought it for a couple of days and got it out except for the hots spots. They spent 1 day on those and pulled out, at that point it had burned 4400 acres and was 5 miles away. Several of us have been watching it because hot spots were still burning all the way thru this weekend.
This is what pisses us locals off. The guys closest to the fire have been calling the fire dept all week telling them about the hot spots and they would not respond. It finally relit yesterday and after several calls the FD sent out 1 guy in a 1 ton truck. He pulled up and called in the rest of the FD. In turn they called the Forest Service and BLM guys. Because the FD was not monitoring the fire and putting out hot spots, another 600 acres burned and a family lost their house. Needless to say, lots of folks are pissed around here.
Adele and I just got back from there. Their monitoring it now with the Breck fire dept and the BLM guys. Going to be interesting to see what comes about with the FD..As far as what started the fire,,they have no idea..
These little FD can't fight fires like this, they don't have the manpower or the equipment or the skill. These things are fought different than say a house fire. If it wasn't for the FS and BLM, I would be burned out and it would still be going. With that being said, the local FD should still monitor and put out hot spots.
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Sounds like negligence to me...
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I'm sure that's the case with the majority of like circumstances.
I just hope y'all don't have to face this again.
"ain't too smart.....but I'm always thinkin"
That's just way too close!!! Glad you made it through OK!!
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Can y'all believe it's still burning in spots. I see smoke plumes every day. It's been 15 days since it's started and it still has hot spots going..
That's just flat un-nerving!
Hope all goes well, Stompy
The hot spots only burned for around 5 days after the fires here...but, it is a lot hotter and dryer now....hoping and praying for the best for ya'll!!
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