Many thanks to all for the thoughts, wishes, and prayers. We had the official all clear around 9:00 AM Thursday. The fire's not out, just sufficiently contained where it's not running unbounded, posing a threat to property.
The closest it got was about a mile from us as it was cresting a ridge. It was pretty much stopped there by fire lines and retardant. At that point it was, I'm guessing within 25 - 50 yards of homes. That's the first time we've had a credible threat in 12 years. Many people have asked us how we could live out of town and doesn't that scare us. My answer has always been that I'm not really scared of nature or even of wild animals. What I fear more is potentially the most dangerous animal on the planet, man. The fact that this fire was started by the deliberate act of an 18 year old nincompoop, bears that out. Thanks again to all. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
