[Az-Geocaching] summer fires

Jim Scotti listserv@azgeocaching.com
Mon, 23 Jun 2003 11:42:59 -0700 (MST)


   It is amazing what survives and what doesn't - I saw a picture looking
down (I think) Carter Canyon road and houses in the foreground are toast, a
bigger building a hundred feet away behind them is intact.  I remember the
same kinds of pictures and situations from last years Rodeo-Chedeski fires
too.

Jim.

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Koch, Dan wrote:

> According to the article in the Arizona Repugnant...uh...Republic yesterday
> (please consider the source), the Mount Lemmon Cafe was not destroyed by the
> fire.  The article stated that they lost the roof to the patio and the
> plastic furniture melted but otherwise it made it through.  Hopefully we'll
> be able to have pies there this winter after all!  The Lodge next door was a
> total loss.  Nothing but two feet of rubble remains.  
>  
> It's amazing how random fire is, isn't it?
>  
> LazyK - Dan
> 

Jim Scotti
Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721 USA                 http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/~jscotti/