A really bad fire near Big Timber/Columbus.
Residents scramble to get out of Derby fire path
Towns of Fishtail, Nye under evacuation order
I note the map in the paper appears to be a little out of date. The reading I have been doing is that there is a pre-evacuation order out for Reedpoint and another one for the areas all the way up to Columbus.
It just shows how dry it is out there. I can't help but thinking if the fire was running with winds of 50 MPH, how many cattle and other critters were lost? How many ranchers are getting burned out? Everybody always talks about all the homes in danger. I see the ranchers getting hurt. Is that wrong of me?
The weather forecast doesn't look real promising for getting this under control. Cool today but then slowly warming up and no real chance of moisture. Bad situation.
A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. George Orwell
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My Darling Wife finally managed to get some pictures of some of the babies. It's going slow with them but we are making progress, if only the weather would cooperate. Taken 02/20/2009.
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It will really be a different gathering this fall, not only because of lost livestock but also all of the burned fencing. What a waste...and such a huge growth of the burn in such a short period of time!
The smoke here in Bozeman just grows stronger by the day. It leaves a bitter taste in the back of our throats and tears in our eyes, not to mention an eerie, hollow feeling in the pit of our stomachs knowing how much has been lost and what still lies ahead for our friends and neighbors in Nye, Absaroka and Fishtail. We feel a little helpless, having helped friends to move out of the way of past fires, now that the roads are closed. You are all in our continuous thoughts and prayers, and we hope that we will be oef more help once the full extent of need is known.
Lisa