Posted on 06/25/2002 3:49:51 PM PDT by HiJinx
FEMA information- 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)... call Wednesday.
Home Information for Timberland Estates, Pinedale, Pinedale Estates and Clay Springs residents call(928) 524-4262 Call 8am-5pm for information. Only residents of burned communities- Heber-Overgaard residents should not call.
375,000 acres have burned. 345 houses, businesses and other structures have burned- many of them in Heber-Overgaard. More than 2800 homes/structures saved. 25,000 people evacuated. More than 2300 fire personnel fighting the fire. The fire is 0% contained.
RED CROSS 602-336-6681 FIRE INFORMATION 928-537-4536
(Eagar, Arizona-AP) -- President Bush has paid a visit to some of the 30-thousand people forced out of their homes by a wildfire in Arizona.
He told them: "A lot of people in our country are pulling for you."
He promised federal help as the state struggles to cope with its largest wildfire ever.
Bush also got an aerial look at the fire and a briefing by officials. One told him that because of dry conditions, "there's not a heck of a lot we can do."
Officials told the president they were having some luck saving homes, but a hard time stopping the 500-square-mile blaze.
Before leaving the White House today, Bush declared two Arizona counties and the Fort Apache Indian Reservation major disaster areas. That makes them eligible for federal aid and low-cost loans.
The Arizona fire is one of 18 burning in six Western states.
(Show Low, Arizona-AP) -- As firefighters in eastern Arizona try to fight a massive wildfire on one front, the blaze is kicking up on other fronts.
A fire line carved overnight is so far keeping the 351-thousand-acre blaze out of the mountain town of Show Low.
But just miles away, there's word the fire had destroyed at least 15 more homes as it swept into a portion of the small town of Heber.
That brings the total number of lost homes to at least 390.
One fire official says the blaze swept in like "a tidal wave."
The western edge of the fire is threatening a major transmission line to Phoenix, but utility officials say if the line is shut down, the power could be transferred to other routes.
On the northwestern corner of the fire, the blaze threatens a fish hatchery and ranch.
Even though conditions are improving in terms of wind speed and temperatures, many structures in Show Low and points east are still under threat of destruction.
Saying prayers.
Roads and logging cause forest fires--The Sierra Club.
I do appreciate any news I can get about this.
I do have bookmarked The Arizona Daily Star and The Arizona Republic but their coverage is not very timely.
I do miss sunny Arizona much.
Suspect Arrested in Connection with Rodeo Fire in Arizona
Time running out for Show Low (Rodeo Fire)
Arizona Town Besieged by Wildfire
Fire storm enters Show Low AZ
Charred acreage at nearly 300,000 acres; fire to hit Show Low soon
Rodeo and Chediski Fires merging near Show Low, AZ
Era of the Big Fire Is Kindled at West's Doors [Long Read]
The Fire This Time
National Fire News
The Fire This Time [treehuggers and the Colo. fire]
I've got a liberal arguing that the Sierra Club has the right prescription for making the forest fire resistant. I'm telling him that a clear cut is a fire break. GP doesn't have any problems during Oregon droughts. The Clinton roadless policy is stupid, and other such things.
So, here is what I have learned,…
The environmentalists, who are so concerned about our environment are STUPID!! He pointed out that there is no logging taking place in Arizona, Colorado, Utah and such. I pointed out that every time some person or company tries to do so, they get a lawsuit from an environmental wacko group.
They believe that the earth takes care of itself, (without us) and well, it actually does do that, But they also believe that mankind on the earth destroys this situation. Mankind on the earth actually helps the Earth to manage, given the conditions.
I was there for the results of this let the Earth take care of itself thinking in Southern California. I saw it burn, I was concerned about my own house.
The environmentalists had chosen the "California Gnat Catcher" bird to keep the Laguna Beach city from doing a controlled burn in the Laguna canyon area.
Heck, the Laguna Canyon area was the prime nesting area of the California Gnat Catcher, an endangered species. They filed a lawsuit. Endangered Species, don't ya know.
It all went up the next year. Here's a nice web site to show some of the excitement when the locality burnt down.
http://www.quovadimus.org/laguna/thumb.htmlThe Gnat Catcher was GONE!!!
God answers prayer!
Sierra Club supports the end of commercial logging on federal forests
Forest Guardian's "Eco-defense & zero-cut logging"
The Campaign to End Logging on Public Lands
These groups take such great pride in their lawsuits, that they even list them on theirwebsites.
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