[pct-l] Fires

[Lon Cooper]

FYI...People are allowed to return to Independence now and I  am back
at the Courthouse Motel. It appears everything in the town is ok,
except for some problem with the water treatment system, as we are
being advised not to drink the water.

Still lots of hot spots from the fire in the mountains between
Independence and Big Pine, I would expect it to be days or weeks
before the trails  connecting the PCT in this area are open.

-Lon


On 7/7/07, Junaid Dawud <jdawud at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Damn, there seem to be fires everywhere and its only
> the second week of July.  Independence being
> EVACUATED?!?!?!  That tears me up.  I hope the town is
> spared, and that the hikers who are stranded manage to
> land on their feet when all is said and done (I'm sure
> they have all their gear in Independence).  The fellow
> who runs the Courthouse Motel there was such a nice
> fellow, it breaks my heart to think he might lose his
> business.  That Tahoe fire was bad enough, now all
> these others.  I guess I was lucky last year that the
> fire near Etna didn't do more than make the air smokey
> and the fire in Oregon got doused out right before I
> went thru. (actually the trail was still officially
> closed, but I spoke with a USFS guy who said that it
> was out and that I'd be fine going thru, I still saw
> logs that were smoking).  Vasquez Rocks on fire!
> L-Rod, I ate pepper from that tree you are talking
> about.  Man I'm getting pretty upset here.
>
> Praying for rain without lightning,
>
> ----------Speshul41
>
>
>
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