RE: [Philmont]: philmont news

I just drove down to Albuquerque, NM from Denver. It started raining off an
on just south of Raton and has been lightly raining most of the night. I've
been in Albuquerque since I and it is still raining off and on. Very light,
but soaking the street.

Jim Moss

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Henry Buruel
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 8:52 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: philmont news

Just spoke to a friend at Philmont presently. Here is some news about the
fire.

Fire crews have set up Incident Command at Philmont's headquarters. It is
up to 16,000 acres, and the winds are atrocious. That area is at 10% of
normal for precipitation for this time of year. It is burning on the East
side of Highway 21, but has jumped the road at some points. Philmont
Camping Headquarters isn't threatened as of yet, but it appears to be
getting close.
Luckily, all firefighters available in that part of the state are
responding. Let's just hope for the winds to abate so that the fire lines
work.
If anyone hears anymore, let us know.
-Nancy Coleman Stickelman

>From: Andre Houser <ahouser@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [Philmont]: philmont news
>Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:06:39 -0800 (PST)
>
>This was sent to me by a friend.
>
> Andre Houser
> SM, Troop 109
> DeSoto, TX
>
> By Tribune staff and wire reports
> March 1, 2006
>
>
> Fire threatens N.M. ranch town
>
>
> A grass fire in northeastern New Mexico
>scorched 10,000 acres and forced
> the evacuation this morning of the ranching
>village of Miami, state
> officials said today.
>
>
> Dan Ware, a spokesman for the state Forestry
>Division, said the fire
> started about 1:30 a.m. from a downed power
>line four miles west of Miami.
> The village is 12 miles west of Springer and
>about
>12 miles southeast of
> the Philmont Scout Ranch headquarters.
>
>
> State Police went door to door in Miami and
>asked residents to head for an
> emergency shelter in Raton, Ware said.
>
>
> At least 50 firefighters from northeastern
>New Mexico were responding to
> the blaze, Ware said. Roads around Miami were
>to be used as fire lines,
> while engines and tankers had water to keep
>Miami from burning, he said.
>
>
> "I think we have enough resources out there
>that we should be able to
> defend against the fire," Ware said.
>
>
> Today's forecast calls for warm temperatures
>and wind, he added, which
> could make firefighters' job more difficult.
>
>
> A 2002 fire in the area burned more than
>92,000 acres.
>
>
>
>

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Received on Thu Mar 2 02:15:16 2006