Joining the firefight
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Tyson Rayles Wrote:Living in the middle of a forest myself I hate to see these things. When people start them on purpose (not saying that's the case here) if they are caught they should be shot! Curse

A lot of people feel that way. One of the largest fires here in Arizona took place in 2002. One reserve firefighter decided if he started a fire, he'd be called up and paid to fight it. Around the same time, a stranded motorist decided she would start a fire to attract a passing newscopter. Well, the two fires got out of hand and eventually combined to burn close to 500,000 acres of forest. In 2011, there was yet another human-caused fire in the pines burning some 538,000 acres. Curse Curse I also get upset when I hear that some people fight forest management, including clearing out the underbrush and thinning trees to keep things like this from spreading so quickly. We even have some that fight cutting down the burned trees to salvage some for lumber and other uses and to clear the area for new trees. This is not going to be a good year for wildfires, we've got four others burning around Arizona right now, California, New Mexico and Alaska have their share as well.

We think of Arizona as a desert oasis. Down here it is, but up north, we have the largest stand of ponderosa pine in the country.
Don (ezdays) Day
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