Posts tagged with fire:
The Whitewater-Baldy Complex fire in New Mexico hasn’t just broken the record for the largest blaze in state history, it’s shattered it. An infrared reading about midnight Tuesday measured the fire at 170,272 acres, leaving last year’s 156,593-acre Las Conchas fire in the dust. That acreage roughly translates to 269 square miles, more than half the size of city of Los Angeles. “The fire seems to be growing in all directions,” fire information officer Gerry Perry told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s certainly been a complicated fire.”
(via New Mexico fire sets record, consuming more than 170,000 acres - latimes.com)
Fire is scary. Going to be a long dry summer..
I’m so fucking tired of this shit. I love New Mexico, and I love aspects of living in the desert. But all this does to me is make my desire to leave stronger. It’s just too heartbreaking, and too scary, and too stressful.
Welcome to Los Alamos!
The Los Conchas Fire broke out this afternoon while I was at work. I saw people standing outside the store in awe, in groups— and I saw the light outside turn orange. But I wasn’t prepared for how massive the view outside would be. People 12 miles from us have been evacuated.
Please. Someone, anyone— send RAIN to the desert!
June 26, 2011.
