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thewayneWe survived the weekend! It was listed as a red-flag warning weekend in terms of high winds and increased fire danger, but it wasn't much of an event. They gained total containment on the 27th, though what I'm reading from the updates implies that it was all but completely extinguished at that point. There were hot spots and points where the fire was looking for fuel to burn and not finding it.
So we're happy! More or less....
There's a fire burning north of us - a good distance away - at a place called Alto. It's called the Blue 2 Fire, just north of the Sierra Blanca peak, which might be the highest peak in Southern New Mexico at almost 12,000 feet. I think the area up there is more high prairie/grassland than forest like it is by my house.
Now THIS sucker is a fire! It's now at 7,400 acres and ZERO percent containment! It's been burning for twelve days at this point. Hot shot crews are setting controlled fires to burn fuel before the main fire can get to them and trying to clear fuel for bulldozer crews to build breaks in an attempt to control it. Several communities are under evac orders, with many more under Set or Ready orders.
My understanding is that fires are named after the hill name they started closest to. In this case, the number 2 indicating the second fire started here. No idea when the first Blue fire happened.
It's really dry and hot here, yesterday in Alamogordo we hit close to 90. Today is cooler, so the library's HVAC decided to drop the temperature inside from 72 to 64. Not going to be quite so cold for those firefighters.
So we're happy! More or less....
There's a fire burning north of us - a good distance away - at a place called Alto. It's called the Blue 2 Fire, just north of the Sierra Blanca peak, which might be the highest peak in Southern New Mexico at almost 12,000 feet. I think the area up there is more high prairie/grassland than forest like it is by my house.
Now THIS sucker is a fire! It's now at 7,400 acres and ZERO percent containment! It's been burning for twelve days at this point. Hot shot crews are setting controlled fires to burn fuel before the main fire can get to them and trying to clear fuel for bulldozer crews to build breaks in an attempt to control it. Several communities are under evac orders, with many more under Set or Ready orders.
My understanding is that fires are named after the hill name they started closest to. In this case, the number 2 indicating the second fire started here. No idea when the first Blue fire happened.
It's really dry and hot here, yesterday in Alamogordo we hit close to 90. Today is cooler, so the library's HVAC decided to drop the temperature inside from 72 to 64. Not going to be quite so cold for those firefighters.
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Date: 2024-05-30 12:06 am (UTC)I hope the new one doesn't head for you. :o
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2024-05-30 12:17 am (UTC)There is - quite literally - a mountain between us and it. :-) If that fire made it to us, something like a quarter of New Mexico would be in flames or have been scorched.
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Date: 2024-05-31 04:16 pm (UTC)Strange weather all around these days.