Hi Robert;

My parents are retired in Prescott and living up off Copper Basin Rd
also. We had plans to go cache hunting in Prescott this weekend, but
guess we'll go somewhere else.

I sure hope they don't close the forest off completely. It's one of our
favorite retreats for hot summer weekends.

Larry Farquhar
Team "Wyle E"
www.happy-wanderers.com


-----Original Message-----
From: az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com
[mailto:az-geocaching-admin@listserv.azgeocaching.com] On Behalf Of
Bell, Robert
Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:26 PM
To: 'listserv@azgeocaching.com'
Subject: RE: [Az-Geocaching] fire


Trisha, my thanks to you and everyone else who responded
so quickly and with such force to this fire.  My folks
are retired in Prescott, and live on Copper Basin Road,
which is the South evacuation line.  They could see the 
flames from their driveway last night.  Luckily, the fire
seems to be pushed back and things are much better tonight.
I think a great, overwhelming response minimized the fire loss to only a
few homes and no loss of life.  It could easily have been so much worse.
THANK YOU!

BTW, to everyone else, this fire was apparently 
started by campers, despite signs and fines regarding 
campfires.  The Prescott community is asking for a closure
to the Prescott Natl forest until the fire danger decreases.
No decisions yet, but I suspect this is a real possibility. This is only
May, and the drought conditions show no relief in site.  Hopefully this
may/will only apply to overnight 
camping, but something to be aware of.

Rob
Team CHUMP