They closed the forest

[thewayne]

Lincoln National Forest is closed. No hiking, no camping, no hunting, no nothing.

Formerly living in Arizona, forest and brush fires are kind of common place. It's a different story when your house is literally in the forest and surrounded by trees. I guess the closure order is to reduce the risk of a man-made fire wiping out Cloudcroft, we'll see what happens.

Comments

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

Wow....that's pretty severe. I'll keep my fingers crossed for nothing bad to happen. Having your house burned down would just completely suck!

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

We'll have the truly critical stuff in a storage locker in town that should be safe against burning, nothing fuel-like around them. But we can't put everything in there, so it would suck regardless.

In some ways, though, the thought of starting clean does appeal. Get rid of all the crap that you've accumulated over your life and see where your life takes you from there. A good way to study Buddhism and no attachment to posessions, neh? :-)

[apostate-96.livejournal.com]

True enough, though I don't think the traditional Buddhist approach includes a rain of ash that'll recolor your car...and lawn....and pets...and lungs. ;}