More than 50 structures lost; McKinley fire jumps Parks Highway

KTUU ^ | August 19, 2019 | Daniel Kirby

[tired&retired]

Fire crews battling the McKinley fire faced some of the worst firefighting conditions for the second day in a row Sunday.

The Division of Forestry reports more than 50 structures have already been lost. The fire jumped the Parks Highway late Sunday afternoon from the east to the west side near mile 88.

Currently, all homes in the Hidden Hills and Caswell Lakes area are under an evacuation notice.

[logi_cal869]

Then it must have been about time.

[logi_cal869]

If the focus was on evacuating people rather than hysterically extinguishing a natural process there would be no loss of life.

I know: I spent the last 4 years researching this. The lie began back in 1910 under Teddy Roosevelt, perpetuated by the Smokey Bear propaganda campaign which continues to this day (along with the hysterical cries of “more funding” for the “war on forest fire”).

[mabarker1]

Will do !!!

[Cobra64]

Alaska huh?

[KC_Lion]

Thank You for the CondoleezzaProtege.

Sorry for the late ping.

[Dusty Road]

Never studied archaeology but it’s been an interest most of my life. I always found early man to be fascinating. We’ve found artifacts all over the ranch but there’s three main campsites due to springs. We have flint artifacts ranging from 400 years ago to many say 12 to 15 thousand. Native Americans swarmed the US at one time and fire was constantly with them. Along with that they caused many fires, probably more than we see today. Many of the old books about Native Americans here in the West TX region mentioned fires many times. A botanist/Texas historian friend of mine, claims much of this area here in the Permian Basin was native grass lands at the time, now it’s Mesquites, Prickly Pear and Juniper tree’s. He claims that this area burn’t so much that most tree’s burnt before they could get a good start, only the grasses could recover. Fire was a part of the cycle long before humans discovered a way to make it.