Charred acreage at nearly 300,000 acres; fire to hit Show Low soon

The Arizona Republic ^ | 6/23/02 | Judd Slivka, Pat Flannery, Kristin Go

[uglybiker]

Stories
• Terrified Show Low scatters
• Overgaard and Heber steeped in history
• Hotshots lament losing to the 'monster'
• Arizonans answer call
• No respite from heavy smoke
• Animals displaced by fire find creature comforts in Holbrook
• Evacuated kids camp threatened by inferno
• Federal fire agencies 'on the same page'
• SRP, APS watch lines to Valley

[uglybiker]

Updatesw and links to pics at:

www.pinetoplakesidechamber.com

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Fire and smoke touch down on the edge of Show Low, Ariz., Sunday, June 23, 2002 in Show Low, Ariz. What started out as a small fire on Tuesday has grown into a 200,00 acre inferno forcing the evacuation of over 7,000 people from numerous

[uglybiker]

Live coverage here:

KFYI 550 am

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Balance of pic text..........

from numerous communities including Show Low. (AP Photo/Matt York)

[keri]

God bless Bob Gates.

Thanks for the links.

[Timesink]

www.pinetoplakesidechamber.com

I notice that, according to this site, the American Red Cross is "Providing assistance." It would be interesting if some AZ Freeper could head down to one of their shelters and see just what sort of assistance is being offered, and whether or not the ARC is playing any 9/11-style (or WWII-style) games with the fire victims, such as charging for food or demanding names, addresses and SSNs so they can "bill" these poor people later.

[TheDon]

Map of area

[newsperson999]

less than 1 HR away from show low

[hole_n_one]

You can see the smoke in this animated satellite image.

[newsperson999]

THE FIRE HAS ENTERED THE TOWN WITH SEVERAL STRUCTURES BURNING UPDATES HERE

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From PBS' NOVA website.........

Fire Wars

[JimSEA]

Thanks for the post. As a native of Arizona, now living in Oregon the following quote really hit hom:

"Where's their damn spotted owl now?"

[uglybiker]

PING

Fire up those PING lists!

[Brad’s Gramma]

Can't we Freeper's call on our Lord for RAIN?????????????? Come on guys, 24/7 prayer for this fire to be miraculously put out!

[hole_n_one]

NOAA Satellite Images

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National Fire Maps

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Why not drop a few daisy cutters at the leading edge? It will blast it back and it is going to destroy whats in its path anyhow.

streaming news update

[dittomom]

UB, Channel 5 (CBS affiliate) just reported that a wildfire has sprung up near Tucson. Have you heard anything?

[hole_n_one]

Map (large file)