Some say the world will end with fire.

Others say with ice.

From what I've tasted of desire

I hold with those that favor fire.

But if I had to perish twice,

I think I know enough of hate,

To say that for destruction ice,

Is also great and would suffice.

Robert Frost



"YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID" - Ron White



"Good things come to those who wait, but, only the things LEFT by those who hustle." - Unknown (at least by me)



"Life is wonderful, without it you are dead." - Hy "Pete" Peterson - Park City and Kenecott Miner



"Don't worry about those people in your past---there is a reason they are not in your present." - Unknown



"Life's tough - it's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne



"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!" - Vince Lombardi



"If you aren’t living on the edge, you’re probably taking up too much space.” ~ Attributed to Jim Whittaker by Doug ‘Swani’ Swantner, Alaska Smokejumper and Air Attack Base Manager (Ret.)

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I am married and have seven children and twenty grandchildren. I retired January 1, 2010 after working 39+ years for the Forest Service...NEW CHAPTER IN MY LIFE HAS BEGUN!

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

RECOLLECTIONS

It is always fun to go back and look at the fire photos I have in storage. This one was taken by a very good friend in Idaho a few years ago. This was the ground fire early in the day---by afternoon it was a conflagration.

3 comments:

Looney said...

So that is a little baby fire?

Native Minnow said...

Did I ever tell you that I drove through a forest fire along the Clearwater River in Idaho? We're lucky we made it through. The car in front of us ran over some hot embers and popped two tires. I think they closed the highway shortly after they let us through. They probably should've closed it before, considering traffic was held up for over an hour while firefighters removed a burning tree that had fallen across the road.

Dee Ice Hole said...

@Looney--It is the baby part of a huge fire. Mornings are generally slow because the relative humidity rises overnight and the sun doesn't pre heat the fuels---afternoons---whole new ballgame.

@NM--It is always a tough call when to close highways---but popping two tires on embers and logs on the road for over an hour are indicators that they were way too slow getting it done.