We had several major forest fires in Albuquerque the last few days. Today they announced the arrest of a three teenagers for the first fire. Something about committing arson with fireworks. Now, we are in a drought here, but these fires were in the bosque, a kind of wooded wetland along the Rio Grande, so it seems it wasn't as simple as games with fireworks that got out of hand. They are saying arson, that the fires were deliberately set.
So. Let's put this in perspective. Hundred foot flames. Million dollars a day in firefighting costs. Firefighters from as far away as Nebraska. Hundreds of people evacuated. All this is smack in the middle of a major municipality. Nobody injured, more through dumb luck than anything else. Albuquerque's water comes from an aquifer but the Rio Grande is a primary water source for a lot of downriver communities, and it's already contaminated by the Los Alamos fire a couple of years ago. Oh and ya, we could mention the endangered species along the river, but we won't. The really important thing is the smoke and haze that's been hanging over the city for the last couple of days, when I had to be out walking around. Major sinus headache. These kids made me sick. Off with their heads :) Seriously, what's an appropriate penalty for something this dumb? I am slightly biased, as you may have noticed :) However, one of the kids is 14, so they are pretty *young* teenagers.... Dana -- Mr Jones and me We're stumbling through the barrio.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
