oh my! even here - in pennsylvania, it is already very dry. The yards are turning brown - and it's only june! sure hope these fires get put out really soon, without damaging homes. Cris ----- Original Message ----- From: milady To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:43 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: OT - Brush fire Got a fire blowing it's way around the canyons north of here--north of Palm springs ca..the road thru is closed and manditory evac occurred. They are still working on getting out the horses..specially trained private individuals go in with their own equipment and get the horses out. THEN there is a fire south and west over the hill...gonna be a busy season me thinks. ACK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keyboard Cowboy" <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx> To: "PCTechTalk - Freelists" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 5:54 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- OT - Brush fire Y'all won't believe this. I arrived in Scottsdale this afternoon and was confronted with a huge brush fire on the mountain ridge right behind our new home (under construction). It apparently started last evening - lightning strike. At 3:00 today, the police evacuated all construction workers, and residents are next if the fire keeps on it's path. I volunteered to help..........no word yet. All afternoon we watched helicopters and water planes dump water on the fire. The smoke changed many times during the afternoon - from dark grey/black to brownish, to white, and then back to dark gray black again. The winds were strong, and shifted direction several times as well. Just before I left around 4:00, the winds shifted to the east, blowing it towards a little subdivision called Tonto. I think the fire itself is in the Tonto wildlife area. I'm not sure as I don't get PHX television stations here. I can't (nor did I try) get to the fire area. It's hard to tell, but it looks as if it could be anywhere from 1/4 mile to three miles from the house itself. I have a few pictures if anyone wants to see - specially the AZ people. Anyone heard anything about this? Keep your fingers crossed! Regards from Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/