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Arizona fire breaks through containment line Friday and raced toward 600 homes
PHXnews ^ | 6-27-02 | AP

Posted on 06/28/2002 10:36:09 AM PDT by AZ Righty

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1 posted on 06/28/2002 10:36:10 AM PDT by AZ Righty
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To: AZ Righty
That sucks. Such horrible news.
2 posted on 06/28/2002 10:38:10 AM PDT by SGCOS
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To: AZ Righty
It's a shame the feds won't allow bulldozers with 16 foot blades to
carve bigger firebreaks. I guess those are the breaks...or not.
3 posted on 06/28/2002 10:38:54 AM PDT by Wm Bach
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To: AZ Righty; Brad's Gramma
Oh no.

Friends of mine are in Phoenix hoping to go back to their home in Pinetop soon.

Prayers heavenward <><

4 posted on 06/28/2002 10:45:18 AM PDT by homeschool mama
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To: Wm Bach
....16 foot blades to carve bigger firebreaks.

What's 16 feet in an area of tall trees that are blazing? I don't know about Arizona, but when I lived in Washington State, 16 feet wouldn't have saved squat when the treetops are blazing!

5 posted on 06/28/2002 10:46:34 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Wm Bach
They said it would cause to much damage. Hello, I guess in their minds fire helps grow trees.

How come there is no screaming from the eviro wackos about the damage to the air quality from the gases relesed by these bad fires?

May have something to do with their stupid lawsuits that set up this disaster.

6 posted on 06/28/2002 10:46:57 AM PDT by chiefqc
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I'm in Phoenix and cannot find a tv or radio with anything live.....
7 posted on 06/28/2002 10:51:35 AM PDT by cactusSharp
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What's 16 feet in an area of tall trees that are blazing?

32 feet in only two passes. The story yesterday was that a miner had two of the machines ready to work in tandem delivered to the front lines only to be turned away by the feds due to concerns about them being "too distructive". Heck, two passes by a team is 64 feet according to my math.

8 posted on 06/28/2002 10:51:48 AM PDT by Wm Bach
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32 feet in only two passes.

Good quick comeback! I couldn't believe what I was reading in that dozer story yesterday.

You ever get so outraged that you don't even feel angry? That's what I felt reading that story.

9 posted on 06/28/2002 10:55:08 AM PDT by AAABEST
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To: AZ Righty
This is just awful. And we aren't even to July yet.
10 posted on 06/28/2002 11:05:40 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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This is just awful. And we aren't even to July yet.
11 posted on 06/28/2002 11:06:37 AM PDT by colorado tanker
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Paste this address:

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into your MS Media Player to get live coverage from NewsRadio KFYI/Phoenix.

12 posted on 06/28/2002 11:17:46 AM PDT by mhking
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I think it is time for the Ilyushin Solution. The world's largest waterbomber.

http://www.waterbomber.com
13 posted on 06/28/2002 11:18:25 AM PDT by historian1944
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To: AZ Righty
The actual article states that this is the "largest fire in Arizona history. When I lived in Tucson, AZ, (1996) we would climb out to the edge of Mr. Lemon and you could see a whole side of a giant mountain (Mt. Graham) on fire from many, many miles away. It was amazing, but they are saying that this one is the largest in history.
14 posted on 06/28/2002 11:24:36 AM PDT by rodeocowboy
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The Russians sure make some big planes.

It was a Russian AN-124 that brought back our EP3 spy plane from China.

15 posted on 06/28/2002 11:24:53 AM PDT by SGCOS
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It's not the Show Low area; they're talking about those residents going home soon. The 11:30 update says it's Forest Lakes area on the NW side of the fire.

BTW, live TV news at noon AZ time here: Phoenix ABCNews 15 Live

16 posted on 06/28/2002 11:39:46 AM PDT by CedarDave
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To: AAABEST; CedarDave; Grampa Dave
You ever get so outraged that you don't even feel angry

More and more everyday, my friend. The good news out of all this Enviro-nazi, inept Forest service policies bs, is that the public is outraged and the worm will turn on them soon.

17 posted on 06/28/2002 11:43:54 AM PDT by BOBTHENAILER
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To: Wm Bach
The story yesterday was that a miner had two of the machines ready to work in tandem delivered to the front lines only to be turned away by the feds due to concerns about them being "too distructive".

More destructive than the fire? Idiots.

18 posted on 06/28/2002 11:48:36 AM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham
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More destructive than the fire?

Well, the diesel fumes would probably prevent the spotted owl from bonding with her eggs as closely as she should.

19 posted on 06/28/2002 11:52:50 AM PDT by Wm Bach
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We had a big fire in the Sierra last year because the FEDs wouldn't take state help and while they were arguing the fire took off!

20 posted on 06/28/2002 11:53:38 AM PDT by Righty1
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