[TheForge] 4th pikers, Have we got fireworks? ! OT

[Jerry Frost]

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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" 
<artgawk at thegrid.net>


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> You are joking, but in Big Sur some long time locals 
> ignored the evac order and were fighting the fire 
> successfully after the forestry had abandoned them. 
> Forestry would drive up and marvel at how well they 
> were doing, but would'nt help!
> The old guy backfired like a reasonable person, was 
> successful and they showed up with automatic weapons 
> to arrest him today.
>

Uh. . . No, I wasn't really joking, made the name up of 
course but not joking. As a Boy Scout we were learning 
how to survive and get found if lost. My suggestion of 
lighting a smokey fire nearly got me banned from camp 
trips. Didn't matter if it was life and death, done 
safely, no mitigating circumstances were to be 
considered. Light a fire go to jail. Period. I went 
along and agreed a fire was a BAD idea. I didn't 
mention a person had to be alive to get arrested, I 
figured I wouldn't get to go camping anymore if I 
displayed a logical streak.

>
>> I found a decent fire map site and will keep an eye 
>> on things. Like I can do anything but send good 
>> wishes your way. Still.

Turned out I was wrong. Google Earth's new super duper 
mass bells and whistles release doesn't seem to name 
useless features like creeks, p[onds, etc. like the old 
no longer functioning version. <sigh> Guestimating 
milage from Ragged Pt. Inn I get close to Fort Hunter 
Ligget. There appears to be structures a little south. 
There are more north, across the creek in the largish 
canyon.

Any of them you guys?


> We are just S of Salmon Cr...3 mi N of Ragged Point 
> Inn.
> As the fire gets closer, my landscaping gets thinner. 
> Dropped a branch on the clothes line this aft...sigh.
> So far, the fire lines facing us are holding nicely.
> Charcoal's in the future ,fellow smiths....pf

I'll congratulate you as soon as you tell us none of 
the charcoal came from your structures. Okay?

Jer