http://www.kpho.com/story/22624322/600-acre-wildfire-near-prescott-sparks-evacuations
Latest on the Doce Fire....sometimes I'd like to ring the media's neck. The best way to get the news is go into town! Yesterday afternoon, my son and his GF went into Chino Valley, just NE of the blaze. They could see the flames, huge clouds of smoke, and ash was falling in Chino. The horizon in the South last night was orange. Pics off the roof yesterday
View attachment 35035
To the south, Chino Valley is between the fire and us
View attachment 35036
To the south
View attachment 35037
Smoke over Mingus Mountains to the East
We are 20 miles from the blaze, have had 40 mph winds today and no containment yet. My BF, Don, went into Chino this morning for feed and some misc. items........flames, smoke and ash.
BOOKS! Went AWOL from WS...read ALL of the "The Pillars of the Earth", Awesome read! Son's GF has the 2nd book, am putting off diving into that for just a little bit..........Downloaded "Gone Girl" OMG! Finished just a while ago, am going to download "Sharp Objects". Gone Girl is fantastic, started it last night, drug myself to bed, jumped right back on it after I got my stuff done this morning. Both great authors, I didn't find myself in a "snoozefest" with either book.
You folks are going to have to put some more interesting selections up!
"Gone Girl" I give 2 thumbs up. I didn't have a pre-conceived notion of how I wanted it to end, and it did have some great twists, especially after watching this CMJA trial, you just KNOW this crazy b**ch Amy is psycho!!!! Great read for anyone between trial watching, sleuthing!
Trying to catch up on posts and occasionally going outside to see how the blaze is doing. We're pretty safe, people in this area have always been good about maintaining fire breaks and dragging their property for vegetation that dries up this time of the year, the animals get a little freaked when the wind changes directions, and they catch the smell of smoke. The tractor has a full tank if we need to cut some more breaks with our neighbors if the situation gets a little crazy. Haven't had a range fire here in Paulden since I moved to the area, so 24 years of just careful vigilance.
Catch up with you peeps later!