Saturday, June 11, 2011

Evacuation Day ?

Time is blurred, I can't remember how many days we've been evacuated now, it seems like it's been weeks and weeks! Woke up feeling depressed, I want to go home! Still no return in sight, they had said maybe this afternoon, but it's not looking like it will happen with the high winds predicted. Here's the latest from the info site:

The Apache County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that a total of 9,114 people were evacuated from Springerville, Eagar, Nutrioso, Alpine, Greer and surrounding areas during the past 10 days because of the Wallow Fire.
That number of evacuees also includes part-time residents and campers who were in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in areas most affected by the gigantic blaze.
The fire threatened about 5,200 homes and the evacuees, including about 2,000 people from Springerville, 5,000 people from Eagar, about 150 from Alpine, 25 from Nutrioso and 40 from Greer.
A total of 538 people refused to be evacuated including 324 in the Eagar area, 128 in Springerville, 45 in the Alpine area, 37 in the Nutrioso area and four in Greer.
“We’d like to thank southern Apache County residents for their patience and cooperation and taking the seriousness of the problems presented by the Wallow Fire to heart,” said Apache County Sheriff Joseph Dedman Jr. “I would also like to thank the various agencies who have assisted us, particularly Navajo County Sheriff K.C. Clark and his staff, who coordinated a large response from his deputies and the Navajo County Division of Emergency Management. Their assistance has been invaluable.

And this was posted on our air quality:

Air quality in the Springerville–Eagar area of Arizona is currently considered extremely hazardous. Air quality is defined using Particulate Matter (PM), a measurement of solid and liquid droplets in the air. Concentrations of PM were more than 7 times the national health standard on June 9, 2011, and are expected to be the same or worse today. Excessive, persistent air pollution is a health threat, especially to children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems.

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