[petuniasevan]

It's growing, and yesterday's 100-plus temps didn't help. Today it's not as hot. Hopefully that will help with the firefighting efforts.

Read the article carefully, reading "between the lines". You'll see that a lot more is being said here than just "fire news".

[Fzob]

I hope Galt's Gulch isn't next.

[petuniasevan]

FIRE PING!!!

[petuniasevan]

concern the fire could reach the Beaver Park Roadless Area and its thousands of trees killed by pine beetles

If this burns, watch the media do backflips to avoid mentioning the obvious:
No roads plus no clearing diseased trees equals disaster!

[petuniasevan]

On a lighter note, look at this captioning error I found in the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader online:

Saturday, June 29, 2002

Kevin Woster - Argus Leader An airplane fighting the fire in the Black Elk WIlderness on Friday scouts the fire area south of Mount Rushmore National Memorial in preparation for a drop of fire retardants by a larger cargo plane.

Black Hills blaze small but dangerous
CUSTER - As worried residents watched from road bridges and rock outcroppings a few miles away, firefighters Friday battled rough terrain, 90-degree heat and a highly combustible pine forest to fight a fire in the Black Hills Wilderness Area.

[petuniasevan]

[4TheFlag]

Thanks for the ping ps, I saw the smoke over the Hills as I headed for home last night. I afraid this is only the beginning, unless we get some rain...

Thank God they have been able to spare Deadwood so far, what a historic loss that would be.