Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Fire Report

As I stood with some members of the community on the back lawn yesterday, we watched as a helicopter flew in and landed on the monastery grounds. Three men wearing hardhats jumped out and began laying out ropes. Then the helicopter rose up dangling a basket from a long line. It flew over to Monastery Lake, circled and then dipped down. In a minute or two we saw it rise again, it's basket streaming with water, and take off for the smokey ridge in the distance.

According to the daily report, there are 10,106 acres of mixed conifer and Ponderosa pine on fire about two miles north of Santa Fe Ski Basin. There are 622 people allocated to fighting it and the fire is now 20% contained. Besides the smell of smoke in the air and the clouds visible over the ridge, we are relatively unaffected here. The congregation prays for strength for the firefighters, containment of the fire that strong winds are spreading, and rain for the area. Won't you join us?


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4 comments:

  1. andreaJune 29, 2011 at 4:42 PM

    u got it, kiddo ♥

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  2. lynne troyJune 29, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    I was wondering just how close the fire was to Pecos. Can you pick up news of it on your i pad?

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  3. Ronda Troy WattsJune 29, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Mom, the abbey posts a printed update and a graphic of the fire's location on their bulletin board every day. We are told that there will be an increase in helicopter traffic if it comes close. We are not feeling concerned about it's proximity to us at this point. Thanks for caring.

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  4. Ronda Troy WattsJuly 1, 2011 at 10:42 PM

    We had two days of hard rain this week. People were rushing out into it as if it were snow in North Carolina! The fire is now 27% contained and counting.

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