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June 26 Update Published at 12:40 PM MST - Public Meetings Notice (Con’t)
west of Hermosa and 19 miles southwest of Winston. Firefighters are completing structure protection in Hermosa.
Businesses along Highways 15 and 35 remain open. Most of the Gila National Forest is open for recreational opportunities with Stage One fire restrictions in effect. For more information go to firerestrictions.us. There is an emergency closure in place for the area of forest affected by the Silver Fire. For more information about the fire closure go to http:// www.fs.usda.gov/gila .
Today’s weather: Today the area will experience westerly winds, as an upper level high pressure system builds over the southwest. Temperatures will be 92 to 95 degrees. Relative humidity will be between 4-8%.
Smoke: The most significant smoke impacts from the Silver Fire will be areas to the east possibly reaching as far as Alamogordo, NM. Information on wildland fire smoke and your health can be found on the New
Mexico Department of Health's website at https://nmtracking.org/ fire.
Road Closure: NM Highway 152 is closed from Kingston to San Lorenzo. For additional information go to www.nmroads.com.
For additional fire information, visit the following websites:
www.facebook.com/SilverFireNM www.flickr.com/gilaforest www.twitter.com/SilverFireNM
UPCOMING PUBLIC MEETINGS
There will be a public meeting Wednesday Night June 26th at 6pm at Winston Community Center.
There will be a public meeting Friday June 28th at the Upper Mimbres Volunteer Fire Department at 6pm.
June 27, 2013 - Flash Floods
Fear is one of the least productive emotions. Having a clear assessment of the situation and a plan to prevent or mitigate the perceived danger is a much better use of time than being consumed by fear.
Above: Photo taken in the Panamint Mountains of California on July 14, 1967 by Bob Barnes of Hillsboro who made this post.
Many people living on the fringes of the Black Range have experience with flash floods. Sometimes it is limited to seeing water rushing across dips in the road or seeing water coursing down the streets of their communities. Some people, however, have more traumatic experiences with flash floods. Sharing your personal experiences with flash floods will help your neighbors: With understanding people can develop more meaningful solutions to the dangers posed by flash floods. If you would like to share your experiences please contact Jan Haley about a posting on “Home on The Free Range”.
My personal experiences with flash flooding have generally been limited to knowing when to get out of a gully or canyon or when not to drive
through a low water crossing, and watching small streams rising dramatically. On a couple of occasions my experience has been a bit more dramatic. On the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee I once watched a beautiful little stream change to a raging torrent twenty feet out of its banks in a matter of
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