FIRE UPDATE

WE’VE SPENT 10 DAYS UNDER A PRE-EVACUATION NOTICE DUE TO THE CEDAR FIRE HERE IN ARIZONA. THAT’S 10 DAYS OF WALKING AROUND A PILE IN THE LIVING ROOM INCLUDING THINGS WE’D NEED TO GET OUT.

THE FIRE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTH OF TOWN, BURNED 46,000 ACRES, AND HAD 974 FIREFIGHTERS WORKING THE FIRE. US HIGHWAY 60 TO PHOENIX IS STILL CLOSED TO TRAFFIC. DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY THE WIND WAS BLOWING WE HAD ASH FALLING LIKE SNOWFLAKES, AND AT TIMES THICK SMOKE. AT TIMES WE STAYED CLOSE TO THE INTERNET AND THE HAM RADIO FOR INFORMATION AND UPDATES.

THE FIRE IS 51% CONTAINED AND WILDFIRE WARNINGS WILL NEXT TURN TO FLOOD WARNINGS DOWNHILL FROM THE MOUNTAIN, AS THE MONSOON SEASON GETS UNDERWAY.

MARY AND I WILL BE REWORKING THE PILE IN THE LIVINGROOM AS WE WILL BE GOING ON VACATION DURING JULY. MARY WILL BE IN THE LA CROSSE, WI AREA AND REX IS HEADED TO DAYTON, OH TO SPEND SOMETIME WITH AIM AND THE GRANDSONS.

  “SUNNY & 80”