[CTRL] Fwd: Dry lightning bedevils firefighters

Aleisha Saba Tue, 01 Aug 2000 11:25:17 -0700

America is burning out of control - some of the trees as this one man
pointed out are 200 years old being destroyed - dry lighting, clouds
with no rain.....fire now in Utah and I hope those Mormons get off their
dead can and take a good look at this "dry lightning" - for I just saw
one hit my back yard - and talk of great balls of fire - clouds, no rain
- for water had been drenched from them prior to reaching our area.

Later we had rain....but I believe after reading this Wilderness Act
there is ground for numerous law suits - the Theft of a Nation and the
Burning of America - not all this is accidental.

There are trees in this one area up to 2,000 years old.....so these
fires are not of bliblical proportion - unless you want to consider
WACO, not that, was of biblical proportion inasmuch as the earth
swallowed up the Davidians as it now swallows up to nearly a half
million acres to date, of beautiful land this belongs to you, and to me
- and who is responsible?

Used to blame God - Act of God - with artificial lightning, point finger
other way for even the insurance companies have a problem here with
their Acts of God.....these are acts of violence, negligance, and
planned disasters......so why?

Well, cui bono - not US or us.......look to the land now and wonder if
Ted Turner's land was touched by these evil people.

Los Alamos or Waco - we have pyromaniacs at large in Department of
Interior.

Saba

Dry lightning bedevils firefighters
First military troops head
to Idaho blaze TuesdayNBC's George Lewis reports Tuesday from near the
Sequoia National Forest fire.MSNBC STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
Aug. 1 � �Firefighters made some headway early Tuesday against 35
wildfires across the West, but more dry lightning was forecast for the
region. Beleaguered crews were getting some help Tuesday � the first
military troops to be called in were heading to a fire in Idaho. And a
battalion of Marines will get their first training on Friday.
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� � � 'The West is just in a terrible time.'
� MICHELLE BARRET
Spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center � � � �DRY
LIGHTNING � strikes from thunderstorms that produce little or no rain
� briefly added two states overnight to the 10 where fires were being
fought.
� � � �For Tuesday, the forecast calls for more dry lightning in
Wyoming, Nevada, Montana, Idaho and Utah. Gusty winds are expected in
Idaho, Utah and western Wyoming.
� � � �By Tuesday morning, 35 large wildfires were still burning
in nine states, having blackened 639,000 acres in the past two weeks.
With at least 10,714 firefighters deployed, resources stretched thin and
fatigue setting in, military back-up has been called in.
� � � �Some 500 Army troops from Fort Hood, Texas, were headed
for on-the-job training Tuesday at a fire 20 miles north of McCall,
Idaho, that has torched more than 15,000 acres.
� � � �A second battalion has been requested from the Marines at
Camp Pendleton, Calif. Their training is to begin Friday.
� � � �"Hallelujah!" said Michelle Barret, spokeswoman for the
National Interagency Fire Center, of the reinforcements.
� � � � ���KNBC Los Angeles reports
It's the worst fire season since 1988, when 5 million acres burned in
the West. "There were 2.2 million acres burned year-to-date in 1988.
We're already at 3.5 million and we're just coming into fire season in
most of the West," Barret said.
� � � �"The West is just in a terrible time," Barret said. "Dry
lightning doesn't bode well for us. You couldn't write a more dangerous
situation than the one we have right now. In this game, weather is
everything."
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KENNEDY MEADOWS THREATENED
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� � � �The largest wildfire in California, a 63,275-acre inferno
in Sequoia National Forest, was burning on the eastern side of the
Southern Sierra, 120 miles north of Los Angeles.
� � � �The fire, which started July 22, was 15 percent contained
on Tuesday, and the U.S. Forest Service does not expect full containment
until Aug. 10.
� � � �Seven homes � including several mobile homes � were
destroyed Saturday in the Kennedy Meadows area, a hamlet at the
6,000-foot level on the south fork of the Kern River. Accessible only by
steep roads, the community is popular for camping and fishing but is so
remote it only got phone service last year.
� � � �Most of Kennedy Meadow's 43 permanent residents fled when
flames moved through during the weekend.
� � � �Steve Messick and his son prepared to evacuate Monday,
leaving behind the ranch that was built by Steve's great-grandfather.
� � � �"This is four generations of work. Beautiful experiences,
beautiful memories and it's just going to be reduced to nothing,"
Messick said.
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�Nearly 1,600 firefighters and support staffers were tackling the
blaze aided by eight air tankers, nine helicopters, 51 engine crews, 74
engines and 13 bulldozers.
� � � �"This is a fire that is going to make history for this
forest. We've never had one like it," said Forest Service spokesman Geri
Adams.
� � � �Eleven minor injuries to firefighters such as twisted
ankles have been reported, almost all linked to the steep, rugged
terrain.
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� � � �The cause of the fire was undetermined.
� � � �The fire was burning pinion pine, juniper and sage trees,
many 200 to 300 years old. "That gives you some idea how long it is
since we've had a fire like this in that area," said Artie Colson,
another Forest Service spokesman.
� � � �But there appeared to be no immediate threat to the
forest's giant sequoia trees which are up to 2,000 years old and are
located around 30 miles from the blaze.
� � � �The Sequoia National Forest is about 50 miles north of
Bakersfield in central California.
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MORE WESTERN FIRES
� � � �The fire was one of six California fires, including a
2,500-acre blaze burning five miles east of Temecula on the Pechanga
Indian Reservation and the Agua Tibia Wilderness of Cleveland National
Forest. Thirty cabins were briefly threatened.
� � � �Some 700 firefighters and a dozen water-dropping air
tankers and helicopters had it 10 percent surrounded. Full containment
was not expected until Aug. 8.
� � � �There were 13 wildfires in Idaho, including the
77,000-acre Salmon-Challis National Forest blaze in the east-central
area of the state. In southeast Idaho, the 850-acre West Fork blaze,
threatened 10 homes and 10 commercial structures in Lava Hot Springs.
� � � �Montana firefighters battled nine fires, including a
giant six-blaze complex of fires that blackened 48,700 acres five miles
east of Ashland in the southeast corner of the state.
� � � �In northeast Nevada, homes were threatened by the
lightning-caused 65,778-acre South Cricket grazing land fire 15 miles
northeast of Wells. In the southeastern area, another fire burning in
15,500 acres of pinion pine and juniper northeast of Pioche, Nev., also
threatened structures.
� � � �Fire officials say there aren't enough choppers and
planes to go around.
� � � �"There are so many fires burning in the West. There's
keen competition for the choppers and air tankers. And every day there's
new priorities set," said Joe Wood of the Forest Service.
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Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Firewise, MSNBC research
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� � � �NBC's George Lewis, The Associated Press and Reuters
contributed to this report.
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A. Saba
Dare To Call It Conspiracy

A. Saba
Dare To Call It Conspiracy

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