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| Silver Fire From the High Desert Humane Society Parking Lot |
100: That was the temperature yesterday.
100: That’s the number of years since fire last burned in the
Black Range in the Gila National Forest east of Silver City. And a lot of dead
timber built up over the century.
400: The number of acres burning last weekend.
1,500; 6,700; 8,400; 11,500; 17,000; 18,800: The daily count of the number of acres reported as burned since
the fire started. And there is no containment in sight.
Many say that fire is a necessary thing. It is nature’s way
of housecleaning. But it is still disconcerting to see the fire plumes and
smell the smoke and see the perfect blue New Mexico sky obscured with haze.
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