unforgiven Posted May 17, 2012 Report Posted May 17, 2012 Watching the news widfires out west Az. getting hit hard hope you guys are ok.Prayers are with you and your's.Rene
Robocop1051 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Posted May 17, 2012 What's to burn? Sand? Rocks? One or two cactus?Seriously though, I know how dangerous those fires can be. California burns down every summer. Y'all be safe.
jeffreyC Posted May 17, 2012 Report Posted May 17, 2012 I have heard that California does have two seasons; when the trees are on fire and when the trees are not on fire.
Robocop1051 Posted May 17, 2012 Report Posted May 17, 2012 It's true. Most people attribute earthquakes to Cali, but in reality we only have good earthquakes every 5 or 6 years. On the other hand, we burn 1,000's of acres every year in forest fires. Southern Cali evacuates almost every year.
unforgiven Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Posted May 17, 2012 That is a brutal loss of life and property,at least with some other disasters you might stand a chance to rebuild.
shepp Posted May 18, 2012 Report Posted May 18, 2012 Just another part of nature, imagin what that poop did thousands of years ago. Natures way of cleaning up the garbage, maybe she's still trying lol.
planeflyer21 Posted May 22, 2012 Report Posted May 22, 2012 That big cross-border fire is down there by Tom.You been shooting tracers Tom? <lmao>Jon
mac83 Posted May 31, 2012 Report Posted May 31, 2012 11 yrs and counting as Marine CH-53E crew chief, "door gunner" for those who don't know. Still trying to figure out the next step. Special Operations sounds like a blast, plus you get to play with more things that go boom!
unforgiven Posted May 31, 2012 Author Report Posted May 31, 2012 Thanks for you service and dedication brother mac,good luck in your endevors. <thumbsup>
mac83 Posted June 1, 2012 Report Posted June 1, 2012 Oops, sorry about that Unforgiven! That was supposed to be a reply to BLKSHEEP's topic "what do you do for a living?" I totally did not intend to change the focus of your topic. Not sure what happened there.
unforgiven Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Posted June 1, 2012 No worries brother mac, think you zigged when you shoulda zagged <lmao> <laughs>.
NoFail Posted June 1, 2012 Report Posted June 1, 2012 Went camping in Sierra Nevada's over memorial day, the Sequoia National Forest on hwy 108, to be even more precise the Herring road camp sites, we were at around 8200' I think. Awesome country. It was actually snowing when we got there. After few days snow melted and then we could see dead fuel littered all over the floor. That place is going to explode some day soon if it isn't cleaned up. At least firewood detail was easy <thumbsup>
unforgiven Posted June 2, 2012 Author Report Posted June 2, 2012 And you were careful with your fire <thumbsup>Not everyone is as careful. >:(
NoFail Posted June 2, 2012 Report Posted June 2, 2012 Yes brother unforgiven, you wouldn't even know we were there after we left. We raked the camp fire remnants away like it never happened, all traces of our presence cleaned like we were mafia, except for the bullet holes in tree trunks everywhere ;)
392heminut Posted June 4, 2012 Report Posted June 4, 2012 The Whitewater/Baldy fire is BAD here! I'm about 100 miles south of it and the smoke is so bad here that my wife's asthma has been really bad, and she's indoors all the time at work (the local hospital). Here's a link to a news article some friends of mine are in (the Corbells).http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/47667362#47667362 They have a straw bale house up in Glenwood,NM which is only a mile or two from the fire. So far they have been lucky and the fire has not shifted towards them but they are on pins & needles every day.
unforgiven Posted June 4, 2012 Author Report Posted June 4, 2012 Good luck brother Hemi,will keep the both of you in mind.Be safe. :)
unforgiven Posted June 19, 2012 Author Report Posted June 19, 2012 Reading the paper and watching the tube these fires are getting worst,is everyone Ok? Prayers are with everyone.
98Z5V Posted June 20, 2012 Report Posted June 20, 2012 The Whitewater/Baldy fire is BAD here! I'm about 100 miles south of it and the smoke is so bad here that my wife's asthma has been really bad, and she's indoors all the time at work (the local hospital). Here's a link to a news article some friends of mine are in (the Corbells).http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/47667362#47667362 They have a straw bale house up in Glenwood,NM which is only a mile or two from the fire. So far they have been lucky and the fire has not shifted towards them but they are on pins & needles every day.Those NM fires have been so bad, that they affect us in SE AZ here. Smokey overcast from it all. We've had a few down here so far, but lickily nothing like last summer. This city almost disappeared last summer, and that poop was started south of the border... >:(
edgecrusher Posted June 20, 2012 Report Posted June 20, 2012 Is that the back side of the fort? Way to close for comfort, what would we have done for steaks! Seriously though, I'd been crapping my pants.
98Z5V Posted June 21, 2012 Report Posted June 21, 2012 Is that the back side of the fort? Way to close for comfort, what would we have done for steaks! Seriously though, I'd been crapping my pants.Yep, the whole southside of the Huachuca Mtns were ablaze... There was one fire that started up separately on the post - bulldozer was cutting firebreaks and sparked off a rock in the dirt. poop went up fast, from about the Garden Canyon area, and burned all the way down to Hwy 90, in the span of less than an hour. It all sucked. Tore the local economy up, in a big way.
blue109 Posted June 21, 2012 Report Posted June 21, 2012 the messed up thing about that fire was i watched it start. we were driving the armored truck in from bisbee and it was just a tiny little burn right near the border fence on the back side of the mountain. could see it easy from the highway. my partner is a retired battalion chief for tucson fire and he was saying they needed to backfire that or it was gonna get bad. unfortunately the white mountain fires up north were the big news story and everyone was slow to react on the huachuca fires. 2 days later we drove through again and half the mountain was gone. i just went out sunday at 5am to try out my new rifle and all she shooting spots are shut down on the e side of tucson. seems some jack wad set the top of the mountain on fire. im almost sure it was tracer related since theres a local pawn shop selling them by the case.
edgecrusher Posted June 21, 2012 Report Posted June 21, 2012 From big Mike's house we can see 90 into Sierra Vista, and those fires must have been something. Hope the aren't any going on when we come this year. By the way, big mike is thinking of either competing or watching a big cowboy shoot while we're out there, could be fun, especially if he's in it.
98Z5V Posted June 21, 2012 Report Posted June 21, 2012 ESPECIALLY if he's in it!!! Holy shat, can he shoot those two 45LCs!!! :o
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