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| Fire and smoke touch down on the edge of Show Low, Ariz., Sunday, June 23, 2002 in Show Low, Ariz. What started out as a small fire on Tuesday has grown into a 200,00 acre inferno forcing the evacuation of over 7,000 people from numerous |
Posted on 06/23/2002 2:46:41 PM PDT by uglybiker
Edited on 05/07/2004 5:20:57 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
SHOW LOW - Two huge wildfires raging through northeastern Arizona have exploded to a total of nearly 300,000 acres, fire officials said Sunday morning, with the larger blaze expected to hit Show Low by Sunday afternoon or Monday morning.
Noting the shifting winds and the intensity of the inferno, operations section chief Buck Wickham cautioned, "That's a projection, and this fire has done nothing that we've projected yet."
(Excerpt) Read more at azcentral.com ...
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| Fire and smoke touch down on the edge of Show Low, Ariz., Sunday, June 23, 2002 in Show Low, Ariz. What started out as a small fire on Tuesday has grown into a 200,00 acre inferno forcing the evacuation of over 7,000 people from numerous |
from numerous communities including Show Low. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Thanks for the links.
I notice that, according to this site, the American Red Cross is "Providing assistance." It would be interesting if some AZ Freeper could head down to one of their shelters and see just what sort of assistance is being offered, and whether or not the ARC is playing any 9/11-style (or WWII-style) games with the fire victims, such as charging for food or demanding names, addresses and SSNs so they can "bill" these poor people later.
"Where's their damn spotted owl now?"
Fire up those PING lists!
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