[Az-Geocaching] This is sad ~ I agree

[Brian Casteel]

Did you notice the irony of your last sentence?  Actually, there are 2 ironies here.  Everyone prayed for rain because of the drought.  The rain came.  Now, the very rain that was prayed for to alleviate drought conditions have spawned conditions for such a level of fire that the rain is once again being prayed for to help stop or slow down the imminent threat being faced all over the state.  The second irony is that the lightning sparked that very fire from a storm that likely brought with it some rain which did little good in this instance.  The circle of life at it again.

Brian
Team A.I.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Trisha Brasher 
  To: listserv at azgeocaching.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 11:34 AM
  Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] This is sad ~ I agree


  I agree!! I have seen a couple news articles on TV news about this particular very aged cactus....it is very sad to lose such a natural wonder.

  One wildlife expert they were interviewing said that this fire damaged area of the desert may never (NEVER) recover. Unlike the forest, which after a fire can and eventually over time re-grow (sometimes alot of time), he said this area of the Sonoran desert probably will not recover, in his opinion. He said it was because there was an African grass (non-native) that caused the fire to burn hotter and worse than it normally would have in a more barren desert, in which the succulents/cactus can survive a fire, but because of this growth of the non-native grass (more fuel ) the fire did too much damage. (I would guess that this varies some depending on the area and how much the fire burned vs. blowing thru)

  The concern for the fire reaching Strawberry/Pine (NE up the mountain terrain if it jumps the Verde) and Camp Verde (north along the Verde) may seem far-fetched, but it may not be if the hot weather and winds continue with no rain in sight. The fire has already travelled  ~13 miles northward in several days, Camp Verde is another 20 miles, but if unchecked it could run wild that far. If it reaches Squaw Butte south of Childs and is still running fast, that is the trigger point for the evac of Strawberry/Pine. I saw on the news that the communities are already meeting for preliminary plans to evacuate (in which the Jeep Posse and other volunteers would be assisting the YSCO in Camp Verde....we've already been on standby for and responded to Black Canyon City when the fire first started, and the Sunset fire as well). Ranchers in the area of Bloody Basin/ east of Cordes Junction have had to be concerned about evac and moving their live stock. All of this was pretty accurately predicted by the experts (desert lowland fires) after the wet winter.

  Well, to make this "on topic" .... I don't know if there are many caches in this area that are now gone, but of course that is the least of worries for all the people affected by a fire of this size. Pray for rain ~ with NO lightning!

  Trisha ~ Lightning

  Prescott Vly



   

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Brian Casteel" 
    To: "AZ Geocaching" 
    Subject: [Az-Geocaching] This is sad
    Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 08:10:23 -0600


    I've found a few caches that had to do with large or unusual Saguaros, and this article saddened me.

    http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0629bigsaguaro29.html

    Brian
    Team A.I.


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