[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by sugar'n'spice

It's pouring rain here today...it also rained a bit on the weekend at the car show too...

I'll pass I had enough when I was growing up in the Detroit area.

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

I was still living in Tucson when we has snow actually stick on Christmas day.

I'll never forget that...

That would be pretty cool.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

Well you gotta keep in mind this area is almost completely devoid of human civilization. Really the only place that got threatened was Alpine with 256, Greer with 177 and the Spingerville/Eager area with less than 6,500. Basically they just put up fire lines near population centers and let the rest burn.

I remember that fire... Some friends who lived in springerville lost their home..

I had already joined the Navy by then but one of the guys in my squadron still had family there.

That was a bad deal.

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

I remember that fire... Some friends who lived in springerville lost their home..

I had already joined the Navy by then but one of the guys in my squadron still had family there.

That was a bad deal.

Yeah it was. I have a store in Show Low and you could see the fire in the distance. Most people thought I was just taking photos of a storm... It was at least 200 miles long from what I could just see from the roof of our building.

Found three of my photos from 6/8/11:

1. From the 260 rolling east out of Overgard. The entire cloud in the background is the smoke trailing north east.
2. From Whipple and White Mountain Road, you can see how close the smoke cloud is.
3. From the US 60 right before Salt River Canyon, you can see the southern portion of the fire.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

I'll pass I had enough when I was growing up in the Detroit area.



That would be pretty cool.

Just looked it up, it was 1987

[sugar'n'spice]

Originally Posted by badgebunny

I'm so jealous of everyone getting rain but us.

I would gladly give it to you if I could...

Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan

hey joanne i was wondering how you were

what's skip up to today? shouldn't he be good and come join you for lunch?

I was away...about 1 hour away....BBQ/Sleepover/Car Show...

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

I'll pass I had enough when I was growing up in the Detroit area.



That would be pretty cool.

I would love to pass it too....lol

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by AZCamaroFan

hey joanne i was wondering how you were

what's skip up to today? shouldn't he be good and come join you for lunch?

Nah he is at work. I will see him when I get off though.

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

Well you gotta keep in mind this area is almost completely devoid of human civilization. Really the only place that got threatened was Alpine with 256, Greer with 177 and the Spingerville/Eager area with less than 6,500. Basically they just put up fire lines near population centers and let the rest burn.

Wow thats nuts. Well the fire areas here are mostly near Austin or ranches, so far 400 houses have burnt since 11am yesterday.

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

Just looked it up, it was 1987

So I'd be five when that happend.

[GTAHVIT]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

So I'd be five when that happend.

LOL


sorry to hear BB...

we'll keep you guys in our thoughts and prayers.

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by badgebunny

Nah he is at work. I will see him when I get off though.



Wow thats nuts. Well the fire areas here are mostly near Austin or ranches, so far 400 houses have burnt since 11am yesterday.

There was another big one called the Rodeo/Chediski fire back in June 2002 that one was about 460,000 acres. They had to evacuate about 30,000 people for that fire. About 400 houses burned in that one and you could see it from Phoenix.

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by GTAHVIT

LOL

sorry to hear BB...

we'll keep you guys in our thoughts and prayers.

Thanks, I just worry because they are near my sister in Austin and about 20 miles north of my house and it just sucks seeing people displaced like this.

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

There was another big one called the Rodeo/Chediski fire back in June 2002 that one was about 460,000 acres. They had to evacuate about 30,000 people for that fire. About 400 houses burned in that one and you could see it from Phoenix.

Thats just crazy. That must have been huge. Idk how many people they have evacuated but its quite a few. They are calling for anyone in the state of TX with ANY firefighting experience to show up.

[TOMS1SS]

Originally Posted by badgebunny

Thanks, I just worry because they are near my sister in Austin and about 20 miles north of my house and it just sucks seeing people displaced like this.



Thats just crazy. That must have been huge. Idk how many people they have evacuated but its quite a few. They are calling for anyone in the state of TX with ANY firefighting experience to show up.

That sucks to hear, its probably going to be a lot of evacuating given its close to Austin. At least our fires were remote and had lots of coverage from the forest service. I drive by where that fire was 2 or 3 times a week and it still hasn't recovered after 9 years.

[bossbunny]

Originally Posted by TOMS1SS

That sucks to hear, its probably going to be a lot of evacuating given its close to Austin. At least our fires were remote and had lots of coverage from the forest service. I drive by where that fire was 2 or 3 times a week and it still hasn't recovered after 9 years.

After 9 years? Wow. Well we had our forestry/fire budget scaled back 30% by our wonderful govenor, i bet he is regretting that now. Who knows whats gonna happen, but its supposed to get worse before it gets better.

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