[meteorite-list] Fire, My house
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:00:04 2004 Message-ID: <002e01c2216a$d2591a60$36d00140_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C22130.24CC22A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Once again here is some fire information about the Rodeo fire in = Arizona.=20 The link below is a CNN article posted today, the photo is the remains = of my family home in Pinedale. I did an interview with Mattingly = yesterday, but do not know if it aired on CNN yet.=20 http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/01/mattingly.otsc/index.html I grew up from 1985 to 1991 in the town of Pinedale Arizona. Tiny town, = only about 200 people. A little larger now, but not much. I loved it = there, and have many fond memories of that house. It was one of the = first homes to burn in the fire when it overran the town on Thursday = June 20. I was in Europe with Jim Strope and when I got the news about = the fire, I was going crazy for the rest of the trip. Many of my friends = have been burned out. I took my sister Kim out there yesterday and she = was crying most of the time. It used to be beautiful green forest, = Ponderosa Pines, the largest stand of this tree in the world, stretching = from west of Flagstaff into New Mexico. Now in the area that fir burned, = (Almost the same size as the entire state of Rhode Island), there is = mostly burned twigs, moonscape we call it, black and white ash. Little = else remains.=20 I toured a place called Timberland Acres this morning, I was one of the = first people in there. It is a large area of mountains and roads with = homes scattered all about, now looks like a horror movie after a Nuclear = bomb blast, few trees, mostly rubble piles that used to be homes. Large = homes.=20 I knew the area like the back of my hand, now with everything burned, I = could hardly find my way around.=20 My sister is fine, scared for a week, but ok, but so much destroyed, = the road from Show Low to Forest Lakes is 50 miles, ALL of it burned, 5 = towns in between partly or mostly burned.=20 Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C22130.24CC22A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Once again here is some fire = information about the=20 Rodeo fire in Arizona. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The link below is a CNN article posted = today, the=20 photo is the remains of my family home in Pinedale. I did an interview = with=20 Mattingly yesterday, but do not know if it aired on CNN yet. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 href=3D"http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/01/mattingly.otsc/index.html">http:= //www.cnn.com/2002/US/07/01/mattingly.otsc/index.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I grew up from 1985 to 1991 in the town = of Pinedale=20 Arizona. Tiny town, only about 200 people. A little larger now, but not=20 much. I loved it there, and have many fond memories of that house. = It was=20 one of the first homes to burn in the fire when it overran the town on = Thursday=20 June 20. I was in Europe with Jim Strope and when I got the news about = the fire,=20 I was going crazy for the rest of the trip. Many of my friends have been = burned=20 out. I took my sister Kim out there yesterday and she was crying most of = the=20 time. It used to be beautiful green forest, Ponderosa Pines, the largest = stand=20 of this tree in the world, stretching from west of Flagstaff into New = Mexico.=20 Now in the area that fir burned, (Almost the same size as the entire = state of=20 Rhode Island), there is mostly burned twigs, moonscape we call it, black = and=20 white ash. Little else remains. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I toured a place called Timberland = Acres this=20 morning, I was one of the first people in there. It is a large area of = mountains=20 and roads with homes scattered all about, now looks like a horror movie = after a=20 Nuclear bomb blast, few trees, mostly rubble piles that used to be = homes. Large=20 homes. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I knew the area like the back of my = hand, now with=20 everything burned, I could hardly find my way around. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> My sister is fine, = scared for a=20 week, but ok, but so much destroyed, the road from Show Low to Forest = Lakes is=20 50 miles, ALL of it burned, 5 towns in between partly or mostly burned.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_002B_01C22130.24CC22A0-- Received on Mon 01 Jul 2002 09:50:17 PM PDT |
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