My hometown is BURNING DOWN!!!
 

Well my folks house didn't burn down in the Little Bear Fire in Ruidoso NM. It burned all the way up to it and all around it but the house is still standing. So far it has taken an estimated 100 homes since its flare up on Friday 6/8/2012. It stated out as a 4 acre lightning snag. That has grown up to 50,000 acres in 2 days.

Several of our neighbors have lost everything. Thankfully we only lost a goose neck trailer. Keep your prayers going to the folks who have lost homes and those who will lose homes during this fire season. :scared:

-Below are a few pics of my folks home and some others of the fire in action.

sorry for the loss. prayers sent

These are pictures from my folks house. As you can see it got very close but didn't burn it down. The reason it didn't burn down was due to our thinning efforts and removing of ladder fuels to keep the fire out of the tree crowns.

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that would be scary

It is very scary actually. :scared:

However, you do get used to it. I have fought forest fires for several years. Actually going to school for fire science right now.

Take care Jerrod, Prayer sent your way:tu:

Thanks Martin, So far we are good as long as the wind doesn't change direction.

Thats scary we have rancher start them selves on fire out here where I live while burning ditches. My grandparents house surived a fire also just went along the backyard of the cabin..

Yeah man we have a few jack asses due that around here as well. Fire is great if you can control it......:w2:

Here is a video of some fire rolling...

http://www.krqe.com//dpp/weather/wil...ttle-bear-fire

your fires burns so hot. we have mostly hard wood trees around here. when we have fires around here its on the ground mostly.

im sorry bud that sucks.

we had a few fires start here last summer when texas was super dry. alls i can say is pray and if you can get a hold of the FD you may let them know that you (or friends) have tractors and are willing to help do containment (from a safe distance) that is what we did out here when there where 6 fires burning the the local forest service and FD was overwhelmed. they put us a long way away from the fire but had us using box blades to make 200' wide tracks to prevent the spread incase the fire got close

Yeah the real problem is we have gotten to good at our jobs. Mother nature uses fire to remove ground and ladder fuels. However, we have put a stop to that natural process with our aggressive fire suppression. My theory, if no structures are in harms way let it burn. If not you get crown fires which turn into fire storms. People think a dense forest is a healthy one, that is not correct. You should have around 50 trees per acre. We need to do a better job of forest management.

First off brother, STAY SAFE! I wish the enviromentalist's would be honest with themselves for once. The tree huggers need to witness a wildfire first hand to see how not thinning the brush,and supressing the natural fire cycle effects the people there. I hope the monsoon season starts quick for ya'll, so mother nature can help you out with some rain. take care.

Fire is still rolling. The wind is not near as bad as Saturday and Sunday.:scare2:

Fire is an amazing tool. My mom was a fuels specialist for the forest service and BLM. grew up around prescribed burning and summer fire season. Even had family members get killed fighting fire. I had the chance to finally go out on a fire last year and it was amazing.

I'm always sorry to hear about the loss of property and live which comes with fire.

This is Ski Apache the USA's most southern ski area. This is where the fire originated.

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holy forest fires!!!! hope every one is still ok there......:humm:

Thankfully Jenn no reported deaths just about 234 homes destroyed. Which sucks but they can be replaced.

Those pictures are incredible.

Pictures are incredible. I feel for all of those who lost their homes. Just glad to hear that people aren't getting trapped and killed in all that. Take Care all and be safe if your in those areas.