This is a link to yesterday's thread on this fire. People not aware of the scope, and the in harm's way of 17,000 innocents might want to visit this link for some history of this outrage: (Thousands in the Line of Fire in SW Oregon 07/31/2002)
We would request that all replies or comments be placed on this thread to make it easier for us to respond to the replies. This is the thread where it will be happening today.
Thanks for your mega ping John!