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This is from the news story that is inserted at the end of this email. It is
referring to the forest fires in New Mexico
"Firefighters were trying to secure the southern edge of the blaze to prevent
it from entering the Pecos River watershed and a smaller watershed nearby
that supplies water to the 18,000 people of Las Vegas, N.M."
How many Regular Rumor Mill Readers remember where they heard about Las
Vegas, New Mexico before?
Today I received a fax along with a print out of an article from the Rumor
Mill News Forum -- The fax said,
"Do you know if fire destroys Hanta Virus? Las Vegas, NM is right in the
middle of the new fire in New Mexico."
The sender of the fax was referring to this article from the Forum --
<A HREF="http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=2060">ETHNICALLY
TARGETED BIOS--OPERATION RAINDANCE</A>
http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/config.pl?read=2060
The covert operation that created ethnically targeted biologicals was based
in Las Vegas, New Mexico. The Hanta Virus (or the virus that they are now
calling Hanta -- I have been told this NEW Hanta Virus is not the same as the
one from the 40's) -- was one of the biologicals that attacked ethnic groups.
Over the weekend, a Hanta Virus alert was released -- and now the woods
surrounding the former laboratory where the Ethinic Hanta Virus was created
are now burning. Are you beginning to follow the line of reasoning of the
fax sender?
I don't know the answer to his question. Does anyone know if fire destroys
Hanta virus? Or does it make it travel faster? Does heat kill THE viruses,
or in the case of the Hanta virus -- will the heat and smoke put it into the
air and send it all over the South West, allowing it to enter the lungs of
the victim that much easier.
Will one of our biological experts please answer this for us?
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http://news.excite.com/news/r/000531/14/environment-newmexico
Latest New Mexico fire spreading rapidly
Updated 2:19 PM ET May 31, 2000
By Zelie Pollon
PECOS, N.M. (Reuters) - The latest in a series of New Mexico wildfires
exploded in size Wednesday to become a 22,000-acre blaze that threatened
towns and water supplies in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, officials said.
Huge clouds of smoke billowed into the normally pristine air of northern New
Mexico and flames leaped several hundred feet into the sky as the fire
consumed mountain pine forests.
Some 600 firefighters were already on the scene and another 600 were expected
to arrive shortly to fight the fast-moving blaze, which is fueled by hot
winds and dry weather, officials said.
Six helicopters and eight air tankers were dropping water and fire retardant
on the blaze but it showed no sign of slowing.
"Yesterday it was 6,500 acres and by last night it was up to 22,000," said
fire information officer Charlie Jankiewicz. "In the space of one day, it
tripled in size so who knows what it's going to do today."
The fire comes on the heels of New Mexico's largest wildfire, which burned
nearly 50,000 acres, destroyed 400 homes and threatened the Los Alamos
National Laboratory, 40 miles northwest of Pecos. Scientists at Los Alamos
created the world's first atomic bomb during World War II.
The latest fire forced the evacuation of the villages of Gallinas and El
Porvenir in the mountains east of Santa Fe, N.M. The blaze was heading
northeast through the densely forested Sangre de Cristo mountains.
Firefighters were trying to secure the southern edge of the blaze to prevent
it from entering the Pecos River watershed and a smaller watershed nearby
that supplies water to the 18,000 people of Las Vegas, N.M.
If the fire destroys the forest in the watershed, "it could cause a problem
of quantity and quality because of silt and erosion," Jankiewicz said.
He said officials were planning an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss
ways to protect the water supply.
The Los Alamos fire was a "controlled burn" by the National Park Service
three weeks ago that raged out of control because of dry, windy weather. It
led to a temporary moratorium on such burns, which are intended to clear
forest underbrush and prevent large fires.
The cause of the Pecos fire is still under investigation, but officials
believe it was man-made.
Fire information officer Mark Savage said the Los Alamos fire was now 98
percent contained, but that firefighters were still putting out spot fires
from the blaze. He said they hoped to have the fire completely under control
by June 6
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