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THE BLACK RANGE RAG - WWW.BLACKRANGE.ORG
The Silver Fire - As It Happened - Part 2 (Con’t)
All Kingstonites have places to stay for themselves and their animals. Volunteers set to work preparing food for the other volunteers and “refugees.” (photo top of this column)
Our most recent map shows the fire as it was last night at about 10:30. Kingston is on the far right of the map —you can see the “Kin-” at the edge. Now another day has passed. Today the fire burned up toward Hillsboro Peak and continued to burn south and on the Western slope of the Black Range. Our volunteer firefighters and a fire crew are up in Kingston tonight in case fire comes from the north.
We gather on and off throughout these days of wait-ing....waiting to know that Kingston is still safe, waiting to see if there is any word that we may move back.
The best thing is that people from Kingston and Hillsboro are experiencing this together.
6-14-13 update—Larry says we are still “very concerned” about fire coming into Kingston from the north. They’re there if it does.
Flooding will be an issue after the fire.
“It won’t look the same again in our lifetimes.”
I’ll keep this updated day-by-day now.
Susan R.
June 16, 2013
The Silver Fire - As It Happened - Part 3
A post and photographs by Susan D. Roebuck of Kingston, evacuated to Hillsboro.
This post covers the period from the start of the first community meeting to the 14th.
More later.
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IN MEMORY OF THE GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOTSHOTS