Wallow Fire

[crazyme4878]

Originally Posted by Boompa

I have to say that it was eerie looking out my living room window watching the Coronado Fire at night. Millers Peak seems a lot closer but it should burn out soon.

Stay safe. I'm thinking of everyone in Hereford today.

[vjsoto]

Wallow and Horseshoe 2 fire satellite pics:

Arizona Wildfires, Wallow Fire | Satellites Help in Battle to Contain Arizona Wildfires | Natural Disasters | Space.com

[Valley Native]

Now they're saying that this fire season is likely going to be the WORST in Arizona history, which is really not surprising considering how dry it has been so far this year. Many places received only half (or less) of their normal winter/spring precipitation ... but of course, very few people gave it any kind of thought because they think Arizona is always dry.

In reality, many parts of Arizona receive quite a bit of precipitation on average ... especially during the winter and summer monsoon. But when there is little moisture, the landscape becomes tinder dry, and all it takes for all that natural beauty to be destroyed is some careless jackass to leave a campfire unattended!

Speaking of which, I heard they have a couple people as potential suspects for starting the Wallow Fire. I hope if they do find out who it was that they don't just let them off scot free like they did the woman who was partly responsible for starting Rodeo/Chedeski.

[vjsoto]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

Now they're saying that this fire season is likely going to be the WORST in Arizona history, which is really not surprising considering how dry it has been so far this year. Many places received only half (or less) of their normal winter/spring precipitation ... but of course, very few people gave it any kind of thought because they think Arizona is always dry.

In reality, many parts of Arizona receive quite a bit of precipitation on average ... especially during the winter and summer monsoon. But when there is little moisture, the landscape becomes tinder dry, and all it takes for all that natural beauty to be destroyed is some careless jackass to leave a campfire unattended!

Speaking of which, I heard they have a couple people as potential suspects for starting the Wallow Fire. I hope if they do find out who it was that they don't just let them off scot free like they did the woman who was partly responsible for starting Rodeo/Chedeski.

Yea, it's been VERY dry this year, even for Arizona. Here in Green Valley we have had only 1 decent day of rain so far this year where usually we get 4 or 5. The mountains around Tucson are like tinder bundles just waiting for the tiniest spark. I'm looking forward to the start of the monsoon. We sorely need it. I'm gonna start doing some rain dances.

[ErikCortez]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

Now they're saying that this fire season is likely going to be the WORST in Arizona history, which is really not surprising considering how dry it has been so far this year. Many places received only half (or less) of their normal winter/spring precipitation ... but of course, very few people gave it any kind of thought because they think Arizona is always dry.

In reality, many parts of Arizona receive quite a bit of precipitation on average ... especially during the winter and summer monsoon. But when there is little moisture, the landscape becomes tinder dry, and all it takes for all that natural beauty to be destroyed is some careless jackass to leave a campfire unattended!

Speaking of which, I heard they have a couple people as potential suspects for starting the Wallow Fire. I hope if they do find out who it was that they don't just let them off scot free like they did the woman who was partly responsible for starting Rodeo/Chedeski.

Going to be worst? WEere there, Valley Native. Wallow is burnt 500,000 acres and aint done yet. Momument is looking real bad and theres the Horseshoe Fires.

[Valley Native]

Well, sorry to say this, but rain dances won't do much good now. Even though the NWS officially changed the monsoon start date to June 15th, the fact is that monsoonal moisture usually doesn't start being noticeable until after the first or second week in July. June is normally a very dry month, and this has been a pretty normal June thus far ... and June can be a very disastrous month when it follows a very dry winter/spring. People should have started rain dancing as far back as January when hardly any precipitation fell during much of the winter. When are Arizonans going to wake up and realize that constant sunny, dry weather is NOT a blessing?!

But there is some good news: residents of Greer were allowed back into their homes yesterday. Looks like much of the town was spared, but the business owners will need to clear the smoke and get things back in order before they open to the public.

[_Charles_]

Originally Posted by CinSonic

Yes, i guess i was under estimating. I will say I use to have a pine tree in my yard and it only took 20 years to get to over 50 feet. But then again I think if there was some sorta mass effort to re-plant trees, trees would be growing faster.

I was about right for the aspens actually

Aspen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ok I was dead on for individual trees but whole forests are much different.

There wil be an organized replanting effort . This organization will be at the heart of that project - Global ReLeaf. (http://www.americanforests.org/global_releaf/ - broken link)

[FadedGlory]

Not all Pine Trees are created equal. The pines that grow rapidly here in the Phoenix area are not the same as the PondeBullBoxer31, Spruce and Fir that grow in the Wallow Fire area.