[Az-Geocaching] Caches Lost in the Fires???

EvilFISH listserv@azgeocaching.com
Thu, 8 Jul 2004 19:40:52 -0700


http://www.nifc.gov/fireinfo/nfn.html

I found this link and man oh man can you say GeoMarshmellows... I suspect
about 30 caches gone....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian - Team A.I." <teamai@cox.net>
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Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Caches Lost in the Fires???


> The Mazatzal Rest Area cache is probably gone.  As I understand it, the
> backburn backfired, jumped the highway and torched the rest area, and is
now
> burning down Hwy188 as well.
>
> Brian
> Team A.I.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "RopingThe Wind" <arizcowboy@hotmail.com>
> To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:00 AM
> Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] Caches Lost in the Fires???
>
>
> >
> > >From: "Regan Smith" <evilfish@cox.net>
> > >Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com
> > >To: <listserv@azgeocaching.com>
> > >Subject: [Az-Geocaching] Caches Lost in the Fires???
> > >Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 19:47:45 -0700
> > >
> > >I was wondering is there a count of caches that have been or are in
real
> > >danger of being burnt?
> >
> > I was kinda wondering the same thing. I would have to say that Frieza's
2
> > caches in from the Barnhardt Trail are probably toast (or close to it!).
I
> > really wanted to get those two as they looked like a nice day hike for
> both
> > of them. There is another cache just north of those (or SW of
Payson)....
> > that appears to be in the areas of the fires as well. Also, there are
> > numerous caches on top of Mnt Graham. I have no idea where those caches
> are
> > though in relation to the fires. But, I do know Frieza's 2 caches are
> right
> > in the area of the fires in the Mazatzal range. I have been thru Payson
> > several times recently since the day the fires up there started and have
> > seen them progress over the past couple of weeks. There are also 2 or 3
> > caches in from the Deer Creek Trailhead that I had already found about a
> > year ago. One of which is pretty far in from the trailhead. I would say
at
> > least 2 of those are possibly toast. The other one is right near the
road
> > going into the trailhead and close to the Hwy 87. It may be spared. But,
I
> > dont know where the fire is burning now as they keep closing the hwy and
I
> > havent gone thru there in several days now.
> >
> > The good thing is that this fire has burned in mostly wilderness/rugged
> > areas and I dont think any structures have been lost to this point. The
> fire
> > on top of Mnt Graham did destroy an area of radio towers. But, the
> > observatory is so far not been effected.
> >
> > I heard there was another fire along State route 260 east of Payson.
But,
> I
> > havent heard anything about that one yet. There is also another fire SW
of
> > Flagstaff. I did a bunch of caches in the Flagstaff area back in May and
I
> > dont think there are really any caches in the very vicinity of that
fire.
> > There are some caches east of Lake Mary Rd. But, I think those fires are
> > burning well east of that area.
> >
> > Scott
> > Team Ropingthewind
> >
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