[AG-TECH] Montana Fires on AG

[Cindy Sievers]

Hi Don,

I monitor the National Incident Command web site for fires (just to keep 
track of that son of mine), and you are certainly surrounded by 
fire.....not a good situation up there at all.
Have they made evacuation plans for your area yet?  Sounds like there are 
several communities that are either in the process of evacuating or have 
already......structure protection is in place for lots of homes...

My son is on the Kings River Hot Shots - last I heard, they were assigned 
to the Beaver Lake complex, about 17 miles southwest of Missoula.  If you 
see their rig parked at some bar, go in and tell 'em to get back to 
work.  Mom says.

Pray for rain!!!!!

Take care,
Cindy


At 02:56 PM 8/11/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Well, there just ain't much visibility remaining to zoom through!
>We're surrounded, so any way the wind blows will bring it all
>in.  Kind of a situation out of control, so folks like your son
>are well appreciated for doing what they can.
>
>Cindy Sievers wrote:
>
>>Hey Don, could you zoom in just a little and see if I can see my son up 
>>there???  He's on a Hot Shot crew.....:):):)
>>
>>
>>At 01:43 PM 8/10/2003 -0600, Don Morton wrote:
>>
>>>Anyone who wants to see a bit of the Montana fire
>>>situation  - got my office camera in the AG Lobby.
>>>55 new fires in the Missoula area alone due to Friday
>>>evening T-storm.  They're popping up left and right.
>>>Went flying this morning over the area and was amazed
>>>at all the small, growing fires.
>>>
>>>Chances are the visual will head south in the next day
>>>or two as the area continues to fill with smoke, but
>>>for now, I've just got the camera pointed to two of
>>>the fires up in the Rattlesnake Mountains, about 8
>>>miles north.
>>>--
>>>
>>>**************************************************************
>>>    Don Morton                   http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
>>>    Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
>>>    Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139
>>>
>>>My all-time favourite bumper sticker:
>>>     REUNITE GONDWANALAND!!!
>>
>>
>>
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>>Cindy Sievers           Los Alamos National Laboratory
>>sievers at lanl.gov        Group CCS-1 MS B287
>>tel:505.665.6602        Advanced Computing
>>fax:505.665.4939        Los Alamos, NM 87544
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>
>--
>   Don Morton                   http://MRoCCS.cs.umt.edu/~morton/
>   Department of Computer Science       The University of Montana
>   Missoula, MT 59812 | Voice (406) 243-4975 | Fax (406) 243-5139
>
>
>


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Cindy Sievers           Los Alamos National Laboratory
sievers at lanl.gov        Group CCS-1 MS B287
tel:505.665.6602        Advanced Computing
fax:505.665.4939        Los Alamos, NM 87544
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