[Az-Geocaching] Drought and forests

[Trisha]

Well, c'mon up here, Scott, the Prescott Nat'l Forest is open,
UNFORTUNATELY. The Jeep Posse will be assisting the Forest Service to
try and keep the idiots from burning down the forest and maybe
Prescott itself.

Moving out of AZ is always an option, Scott, but be sure to carefully
research any area you might consider moving to, AZ is not the only
place prone (in cycles) to drought and therefore big fires, and other
places have:

1) Hurricanes
2) Tornados
3) Earthquakes
4) Mass Flooding
5) Blizzards
6) Big Fires (California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, etc...even Florida!
7) Major Fog (seasonal)
8) Tidal Waves
9) Horrid Insects (I lived in Louisiana, I KNOW)
10) Intolerable Humidity
11) Ice Storms (different than blizzards)
12) Freezing Rain (also different)
13) Avalanches
14) Mudslides
15) Sinkholes
16) Need I go on?

Az isn't so bad when you look elsewhere....carefully.

Trisha "Lightning"
Prescott
Volunteering all weekend to try and keep us from burning....what are
you doing to HELP??

PS....my hubby "VStar" lived in Calif/Nevada/Sierras through the
drought of 1986-1992 and guess what? The drought ended (and then they
had bad flooding in 1997!) So, these things come in cycles, hang in
there!!!


On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 18:28:58 -0700 (PDT), Gale Draper wrote:

I'm sorry you feel that way, but what do you expect them to do? It's
not like they have any control over the drought. Closing the forests
is about the only thing they can do. Even if you could guarantee you
wouldn't start a fire, if one happens then they have to spend manpower
and money to get you out. Given budget crises in this state, that's
tax money they don't have to spare. I've lived here for 33 years, it's
a part of Arizona life. It's just gotten worse because of the drought
situation.
Scott Wood <scott@myblueheaven.com> wrote:

I have been meaning to post this all morning, but have been to busy
until just now. Looks like the Coronado is pretty much all off limits
again.http://www.azstarnet.com/star/Tue/30701HOLIDAYTRAVEL.htmlI don't
want to start a debate over the issue of forest closures, we have
pretty much hashed that one out already, but I think if they were
planning on doing this, they could have announced it before people
made plans for the 4th.This is no joke, I am getting very close to
moving out of Arizona because of all the issues related to the drought
and the lose of recreational
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