The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #93852   Message #1813063
Posted By: Rapparee
18-Aug-06 - 12:48 PM
Thread Name: BS: Threat of fire - good thoughts please
Subject: RE: BS: Threat of fire - good thoughts please
So does the lodgepole pine.

There is a fire north of here which has now burnt over 135,000 acres and threatens both Atomic City (pop. 25) and the Idaho National Laboratory. A change in the wind and it could burn Craters of the Moon National Park and Arco, Idaho (pop. 1,026) as well as getting into various wilderness areas. Houses, fields, and cattle have already burned; the exact assessment isn't in yet. I've heard that the fire is only about 5% contained.