Sources: http://wallow.us www.inciweb.org
The wildfires I had predicted in March after damage from the Deep Freeze was evident are now coming to fruition. Unfortunately, the fires are WORSE than predicted. The biggest fire is the Wallow Fire (named after the once-lush Bear Wallow Canyon in the White Mountains). That fire was started by two campers who left their campsite unattended to go for a dayhike, only to come back to see the area ablaze and their two dogs, which they had tied to trees in their absence, burned to death. A friend of mine who's a hydrologist for Fort Huachuca, and who once worked for the forest service, told me that gruesome news this past weekend.
The fire is now over 389,ooo acres big. The daily news and weather forecasts spend most of their attention on these fires. Eagar and Greer are being evacuated.
Sunrises and sunsets continue to be dominated by streaks of brown. Every morning I get on my rooftop to get a better view of the sunrise. The colors I see are pretty accurate at predicting how hazy a day it will be. Yesterday the winds blew most of the smoke northerly; today it looks more like a easterly wind.
As of tomorrow the Coronado National Forest will be closed for all activities. This will be enforced until the monsoon seasons arrive, and they can't arrive fast enough.
The most current fire news now is the following:
The Murphy Complex fire, a combo of two former fires (Murphy-Pajarita) is now at 67,051 acres. That one began 30 May by alleged drug runners.
The Horseshoe2 Fire is at 106,661 acres.
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