Fire

In one of the most beautiful and scenic areas in Arizona. The Oak Creek
Canyon area of Sedona.
All need to hold good thoughts that they can contain the fire soon. It is
so beautiful and lovely there, would hate to see it blackened by fire. It
would truly be sad.
Beth

Lou...

Caused, in part, by a 10 year drought:-((

dae...

Beth,

I looked into moving there. I changed my mind when I saw the prices on land
and homes. It is indeed beautiful there. I hope they can get it out before
it does a lot of damage.

**Dalin**...

Beth, it was on the news this morning. They said the fire was only 5%

Paco...

I have been there. It's a beautiful place...

Lou...

Me too, agreed.

contained. :-( They showed a chart of acreage burned over the last
several years in forest fires and it jumped up double last year from
previous years and they expect this year to be even worse. It's
because of the drought and they are also blaming global warming.

I am holding good thoughts and especially that people in its path are
safe.

Dalin

david...

beth,
i don't know if you know a person we call 'wolfie'... truly a wonderful guy...
he lives in oregon... a couple of years ago a major fire was threatening his
home... and while i've forgotten his words, the substance will always be with
me... that fire is part of nature and forests periodically burn and have since
the beginning of time. it's part of a natural forest renewal/reforest process.
the fire frightens us, but it's a means for nature to rebuild the land.

the real problem is us... we build homes in forests because they're pretty,
but nature sooner or later strikes.

I don't mean to trivialize the fire, beth. but i think wolfie's thought was
that we might do better in this world if we anticipated fire and saw it as
part of the larger world we call nature. in nature's time, the land will
regrow... new plants, new trees.

everything in nature is an issue of windows closing/windows opening. for every
tree that falls and a squirrel or others lose their homes, new growth and new
homes (for others in nature) emerge from the rotting tree.