Rain Rain Go Away
As one of the worst wildfires in the history
of the West
devoured more ground Tuesday, President Bush declared
the charred region a disaster area The president
toured the area
by air and saw a string of devastated mountain communities
that have lost at least 390 homes and dozens of
businesses to flames
feeding on paper-dry underbrush and stands of ponderosa
pine.
Some 30,000 people have fled their homes, and some
will be
helped by funds made available under the disaster
declaration.
The blaze has blackened 375,000 acres or 586 square
miles —
an area larger than Los Angeles — with no containment
in sight.
Smoke has spread across the Southwest and was seen
as far south as Las Cruces, N.M.
That is so aweful! I hate hearing about things like
this
because there is pretty much nothing you can do
now!
There is no way to stop a fire that big at this
time! Just
prey that some how or another it is contained and
put out!
I wish it would come a huge down pour like here!
Maybe rain for a few days straight there to put
all the fires out!