RIGHT ON !!! Well said.
I hope you sent something like this everyone you can find in your inactive
State government. I am forwarding this to people I know who either live in
Arizona year-round, like my Snowbird parents, own property in Arizona that
they occupy about 1/2 of the year.
Tom Hendricksen
Guy Pepoy wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> It would be grossly improper to be critical of those risking their lives
> to protect our property and way of life. I will not do so. I am nothing
> but completely thankful for all their efforts, sweat and blood. However,
> I do not feel so restrained to take a shot at our State's leadership.
> Limp at best. My old military training screams that this crisis needed
> aggressive, take no prisoners ACTION. No hand wringing bureacratic
> bull. We had many local resources that could have been used to
> immediately carve a swath across Arizona. Our mines have some of the
> largest and most intimidating earth moving equipment in the world. Some
> of these mines are no less than 1 to 1.5 hours from the fire site. Our
> local DOT road equiment could have been used to support a massive
> aggressive effort. Ditto forestry equipment and our national guard. I
> drove up to this area at 7:00 am on Thursday. I expected to see convoys
> of equipment going north. I drove up to this area unimpeded. Nothing was
> on the road. Nada, zippo. Our fearless governor was proper and worked
> according to procedure....and Arizona burned. They let it get ahead of
> them. They had inadequate resources. They were not prepared to act
> immediately and decisively and with 100% AGGRESSIVE commitment. This fire
> was not a surprise. We all expected it to happen. The conditions were
> perfect. A four year drought. No rain. No snow Massive amounts of tinder
> dry fuel. They missed the target. The local people and economy will pay
> for their actions for many, many years to come. Hows that for Monday
> morning quarterbacking?
> Guy
> Tempe, AZ
>
> Dan Neff wrote:
>
> > Guy Pepoy wrote:
> > > ... Colorado was on fire at the time. Arizona was not. I replied
> > > that the situation was "spooky". The entire state was so tinder dry
> > > and explosive. Well, as most know, the monster has emerged from the
> > > nest and is eating the world as I know it. ... Last night, we were
> > > ordered to evacuate. ... Over 300,000 acres have already been
> > > burned black. Last night we went up to a point where we could view
> > > the holocast. The fire line is over 50 miles long. When looking at
> > > it you must move your head to see the whole thing (covers about 200
> > > degrees or so). The smoke plume was over 30,000 feet high and
> > > looked like a red cloud from hell. ...
> >
> > Yike! I guess they almost have our front range fire under control;
> > altho durango and south fork aren't.. We had some evac's about 5 miles
> > from where I live. They're still fighting it though, and the weather -
> > hot, dry and windy is still nasty. I don't know how they do it.
> > Hope they get the AZ fire under control soon!! We're getting the AZ
> > smoke clear up here!! Gripes my !@(** too - the news sez there's a 1/2
> > doz slurry bomber equipped planes SITTING at Ft.Carson -- but the Army
> > can't be called in until the Forest Service runs OUT of resources. Way
> > to go guys.. Your bureaucracy in-inaction..
> >
> > dan neff '69 2000
> > Colorado Springs, CO
> > www.wycroc.org
> >
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