I Am Impressed

[retdetsgt]

Dirt burns?

It's really dry dirt.....

[Cat_Doc]

The Wallow fire has now surpassed 478,452 acres burned, is now the largest fire in Arizona history, is only a little over 20% contained and is now burning in New Mexico.

[cntryboy0531]

Military tents in Arizona Heat.. My hat is off to them.

[MikeG]

Military tents in Arizona Heat.. My hat is off to them.

Where it's hot, there is nothing to burn. This fire is at about 7000 ft and higher I think. It was some of the most beautiful pine forest as anywhere.

The disappointing part is they did a news segment on a section of forest that had been thinned by loggers and forest service. The fire skipped it. It destroyed the forest that was off limits to loggers. All fires are fought up there so eventually the fuel builds up to the point where they can't control it and it's supper intense. they need to pick one strategy and stick with it: either forbid logging but don't fight fires and let them naturally thin the forest or let loggers in to thin it and fight the fires. As of now there is no forest for the enviros to protect or loggers to harvest.

As for army tents, Sheriff Joe has the right idea by putting those convicted and sentenced to county jail get to stay in tent city. That's got to be uncomfortable.

[retdetsgt]

I think a lot of people believe Arizona is nothing but desert. They've never been where there's logging.

[Cat_Doc]

I think a lot of people believe Arizona is nothing but desert. They've never been where there's logging.

A few years ago, when I was younger and before the grandkids came along to take all my money, I use to go downhill skiing quite a few times a year. Snowbowl in Flagstaff, Sunrise (the area of the fire and my favorite) and Mount Lemmon outside of Tucson.

I live right in the middle of the desert, but within an hour and a half, I can be in pine country.

I love this state.

[MikeG]

A few years ago, when I was younger and before the grandkids came along to take all my money, I use to go downhill skiing quite a few times a year. Snowbowl in Flagstaff, Sunrise (the area of the fire and my favorite) and Mount Lemmon outside of Tucson.

Whoa. Mt. Lemmon was definitely a "rental ski" mountain (well, 25 years ago it was). How did you negotiate the hidden tree stumps?

[Cat_Doc]

Whoa. Mt. Lemmon was definitely a "rental ski" mountain (well, 25 years ago it was). How did you negotiate the hidden tree stumps?

Have you ever heard the expression, "Exhilaration is nothing more than diluted fear!"

That run is balls to the wall, helmet and shoulder pads recommended, take your life into your own hands, ski sober, pure exhilaration!