Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Avoid the forests

Do yourself and the forest a favor this Memorial Day weekend:Stay home. Arizona's prolonged drought, combined with blusteryspring winds and warm temperatures, have turned the state into atinder box.

Big fires have already charred huge chunks of southern Arizonanear Sierra Vista, Sonoita and the vicinity of Baboquivari Peak.Larger fires have erupted around Prescott and one still burns in theRedington Pass area northeast of Tucson, With no rain in sight,those fires are likely only the beginning.

As of Wednesday, the road up Mount Lemmon had been closed becauseof the danger posed by the fire in Redington Pass. The entirePrescott National Forest, some 100 …

Avoid the forests

Do yourself and the forest a favor this Memorial Day weekend:Stay home. Arizona's prolonged drought, combined with blusteryspring winds and warm temperatures, have turned the state into atinder box.

Big fires have already charred huge chunks of southern Arizonanear Sierra Vista, Sonoita and the vicinity of Baboquivari Peak.Larger fires have erupted around Prescott and one still burns in theRedington Pass area northeast of Tucson, With no rain in sight,those fires are likely only the beginning.

As of Wednesday, the road up Mount Lemmon had been closed becauseof the danger posed by the fire in Redington Pass. The entirePrescott National Forest, some 100 …

Avoid the forests

Do yourself and the forest a favor this Memorial Day weekend:Stay home. Arizona's prolonged drought, combined with blusteryspring winds and warm temperatures, have turned the state into atinder box.

Big fires have already charred huge chunks of southern Arizonanear Sierra Vista, Sonoita and the vicinity of Baboquivari Peak.Larger fires have erupted around Prescott and one still burns in theRedington Pass area northeast of Tucson, With no rain in sight,those fires are likely only the beginning.

As of Wednesday, the road up Mount Lemmon had been closed becauseof the danger posed by the fire in Redington Pass. The entirePrescott National Forest, some 100 …

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