As I said, probably my current strong opinion about closing the forests to try and reduce the risk of fire is being "fueled" (sorry...!) by my recent scary experience, plus knowing several people who came very close to losing their homes. I'll settle down in a couple days! Trisha On Sun, 19 May 2002, Scott Wood wrote > > At 03:36 PM 5/19/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >Fred, > >Thanks for the information. As I mentioned in another post, I am > >probably still in a bit of shock from the "bug-out" (I am not a > >fire-fighter!) with being so close to the "freight-train" sound effect > >of the advancing fire, and from seeing the very-burnt landscape while > > I don't know if Fred has ever been there, but having a fire "crown" right > above you is something that you will never forget. I have had it happen > twice. Fortunately both times I was near a decent sized creek that we > could take cover in. Safety blankets are good for what they do, but during > a crown I will take water every time. > > > Scott > Team My Blue Heaven > www.myblueheaven.com/geocache > > > _______________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list > listserv@azgeocaching.com > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Although no one can go back and make a brand new start, Anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~