Category: Wallow

Wes,

This is a company that I do a lot of work for.

Can you post this on wallow.us for me and Facebook if you can?   They are going to bring up supplies today and dropping them off at the Blue Ridge High School. I also informd them that St John’s could take some supplies too.  Is this correct?

Thanks,

Mary Maxey-Albrecth

Nutrioso

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Great stuff, please give it a read and make sure to call Tide at the bottom or use their webpage.  Let’s get everyone to call them and see if we can Get “Loads of Hope” to come and help out community!!  They are on Facebook and Twitter, so let’s let them know.

Hi Wes,  Thank you so much for all that you do.  I have an idea that may be helpful.  What if we put together a checklist of things to take to help with cleaning up/recovering their properties after they return from the evacuation?

For instance, my family is starting this list:

Bedding (all bedding in the homes may have smoke damage)

Food that is non-perishable (ice may not be available)

Camping gear

Masks

Cleaning supplies

Bandanas

Gloves

Rubber soled shoes

Old clothes

Newspapers (for cleaning)

I also called Tide (laundry detergent company) to request the “Loads of Hope’ truck be sent out to Springerville/Eager.  They said the more people that call, the more likely they are to respond to the request.  There is also an e-mail option to request assistance.  If they get bombarded with requests then maybe we can get help with soap donations or laundry services (free) for people who need to wash smoke damaged items (bedding, clothing).  You can get the information here:

http://www.tide.com/en-US/loads-of-hope/index.jspx

Also:

Talk to Tide

Hi all –

As of last night’s IR flyover, the Wallow fire has now covered 408,887 acres and is 5% contained.

Per last night’s community meeting at the Blue Ridge HS in Lakeside, Eagar & Springerville residents may be allowed to return to their homes Saturday. Alpine & Nutrioso residents may be allowed back in 4-5 days.

Since all residents who lost homes in Alpine & Nutri have already been notified, and I wasn’t, I think I can assume the Grey House is OK.

But this beast is far from done. The red “footprints” represent active burns, whether the fire itself or controlled back-burns, in the past 0-6 & 6-12 hours. Of particular concern are the W and SE flanks, though Greer on the NE is still not completely out of danger.

Thank you again to all who offered prayers and/or good thoughts. And a HUGE Thank You to the >3000 firefighters who have battled this thing so well for so long.

EDC3

Size: 408,887 acres (based on infrared flight)

Personnel: 2,475

Cost: $13.9 million to date

Containment: 5%

Weather for Today

Winds light, terrain driven

4-8 mph, 10 to 15 mph on ridge tops in afternoon.  Wind is predicted to increase to critical levels Saturday 6/11 and Sunday 6/12.

Fire Behavior

Don’t expect dramatic runs like past few days some group tree torching anticipated.  Spotting should be less than ¼ mile today.

Specific Area Activity

Alpine – Structure protection in good shape

Nutrioso- Lines in good shape, will be doing burn out operation on east side to reinforce line

• Alpine and Nutrioso still without power.

Springerville – west of town along hwy will be doing additional burnout using aerial ignition.

East side – West of Escudilla Mountain on fire perimeter – are extending fire line south parallel to state line.

Burro Mountain – Burnout operation to protect Burro Mountain

Water Canyon – Will be extending burnout areas to improve protection of Eagar and Springerville.

Greer – Continuing with structure protection and extending fire line east and south in preparation of a burnout operation.  Increasing Fire fighting resources.

Greer Structure assessment – 22 homes destroyed, 5 homes damaged, 24 outbuildings             destroyed, 1 truck destroyed. Sheriff’s department is tracking and notifying homeowners.

Air Attack

13 helicopters

Air Tankers available from Winslow and Silver City bases

VLAT (Very Large Air Tanker) DC10 available from Phoenix Base

DC10 was used yesterday (6/9) for 3 retardant drops to assist preparation for burnout operations west of Greer.  Was very effective.

Download the m4a Audio File – Recorded from my iPhone | I can re encode if you’d like it in MP3

– The fire was active again on the northern front, but burning into a backfire along the roads. There were two distinct lines of heat on the imagery. One was the burnout, and the other was the actual fire front. Both had quite a bit of intense heat.

– On the west side around Greer, there was quite a bit of heat, but not further into the community. The rest of the west side had intense heat and advancement to the west.

– The south side of the fire is still creeping to the south with the southwestern side being the most active.

– One portion of the fire on the east has pushed to within about 1500 feet from the New Mexico state line burning down toward  the Blue River.

– There is a portion of the east side that is burning downhill back into Alpine with intense heat. The perimeter moved about .4 miles closer to Alpine since the previous IR.

– The northeast side of the fire has cooled off quite a bit.

– Download the PDF Here

Saw Mill Road (Matt): Lots of smoke from backburns. Spoke to a firefighter, he said they have backburned all the foothills from one end to the other from back of flat top to 260 and they have dozer lines that are very wide. No houses lost that he knew of, and, he said, basically no fuel left to burn but the trees. With no wind, which there is none right now BTW, it wouldn’t get into the trees. Just heard they may lift evacuations by tomorrow. That’d be great! No one around here (firefighters) seem to have any concern over South Eagar anymore, they say the outlook is great. Thanks to them for all they’ve done!

Dome (Tom): Night crews had said good progress was made last night on back burns and structure protection, they just hope the weather holds for a few more days.

26-Bar (Jordan): They have back burned along the south side of town and southwest. last night they back burned everything behind 26 bar ranch which is west of my house. Since the nights kinda kill the wind they back burn along the edges of town. Im pretty sure we ll be ok unless some crazy wind picks up. There are fire fighters patroling every where checking for spot fires.

Quote from Larry Sherwood | 10 June 2011

I wouldn’t usually post this on here, but this is a very respected man in the community, knows a whole lot more about the land then I do, and probably could outwork me for sure!

From Katie Davis Hunt on Facebook – I’ll take that 91 year old green thumbed man’s advice whose family brought the first saw mill to the white mountains!

“All things that grow have to be harvested, and will be one way or another! I’ve been telling those sons of bi%@$ that my whole life. . . How in the world did the forest ever live without the forest service?”

– Larry E. Sherwood

Please remember this is only the IR data from 6/9, not a compilation of all the days IR data. The scan was taken late June 8th.