#NotreDame
will rise again but restoration will be 'painstaking,' experts say. Even replacing the timber
#roof
structure that burned could be challenge.
“Where do you get timber long enough?” he said. “The oak forests are gone.”
The Governor said that about 30-40,000 people as of today are fire refugees. If another 12-14,000 are evacuated this week, it would mean that about 2% of the New Mexico population is homeless due to wildfire at least temporarily...
#NMFire
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John Pendergrast, air resource advisor:
“I’ve been a National Weather Service employee for 29 years and 16 years on fire and I have never seen a forecast like this, anything close to it,” Pendergrast said. “It’s going to be a historic event because of the duration of the winds."
Everyone in New Mexico needs to be VERY CAREFUL about where we park. If there is any brush or grass under your car, the catalytic converter can ignite the fuel quickly and start a
#wildfire
#NMFire
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The rationale against
#mask
use in the community partially relies on the premise that people without symptoms don't spread the virus. But this view is changing as new data are accumulated.
#WearAMask
New Mexican
#Spanish
For more than 400 years, these mountains have cradled a form of Spanish that today exists nowhere else on earth. Even after the absorption of their lands into the US in the 19th century, generations of speakers kept the
#dialect
alive,
California is taking action to protect communities endangered by several dangerous wildfires in New Mexico by deploying firefighting resources, engines and personnel to the state through
@Cal_OES
.
When disaster strikes, we stand together and protect each other.
Carl Schwope Commander said *everyone* everywhere in NM should be in Ready status.
Fires that now look far from us could be at our door before we know it in such dire conditions as we now have in NM.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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Firefighters rotate every 14 days and they get tired at the end of those days.
They are doing a great job and the community support of them is important. IC is proud of them and they are proud of their work, too.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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Rio Rancho has someone setting fires in an arroyo right now. Resources are on scene and can handle, and law enforcement is arriving.
#Arson
#NMFire
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3 of New Mexico’s 4 National Forests closing to the public 8 am May 19 due to extreme fire danger. Santa Fe National Forest, Cibola National Forest and Carson National Forest will close.
#NMFire
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One sad animal note to the fire is that I have nesting Ravens on my property and they have been frantic all afternoon, calling out for hours and hours now, with distress at the smoke. I wish I could help them somehow bear it as we all must.
#Ravens
#NMFire
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OK, here is a moment of levity amidst the horror of today in NM. Santa Fe County Fire was just called to assist with a trampoline that is flying away...
The Santa Fe National Forest wants to do 3 controlled burns starting next week.
Does this seem prudent in current drought conditions (and after seeing the
#ElValleFire
take off today)?
#NMFire
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PIO recommends using Inciweb for up to date information...
He does not like social media. He says no to Twitter, no to non-official Facebook info. They want to control all flow of information about the fire.
At same time he says to stay informed.
#CerroPeladoFire
#NMFire
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Los Alamos Fire Chief wants people to get ready to evacuate now just in case. Conditions are so severe that any fire can erupt and run quickly.
#CerroPeladoFire
#NMFire
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At
#CalfCanyonFire
briefing tonight on Facebook team says they have insufficient resources to fight the fire. They have asked for more resources and are asking for public patience.
#NMFire
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39 days of fire have passed.
2000 firefighters and huge geographic spread mean need to break the fire into zones for efficiency and new team coming in is good opportunity.
Very challenging event for all of us.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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All USFS controlled burns stopped for 3 months “because of the current extreme wildfire risk conditions in the field…while we conduct a 90-day review of protocols, decision support tools, and practices..."
#NMFire
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From
@SantafeNF
Facebook
1,832 people assigned from all over the country to staff the Incident Management Team, work as firefighters, heavy equipment operators, medics, support crews, pilots, aircraft support crews, contractors, and more.
#NMFire
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5 Hotshot crews are doing very hard work today to catch multiple spot fires on north and northwest side and secure the edge to prevent fire from threatening to NE.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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To keep stores stocked, retailers are rethinking when and how to procure products they sell. Some are carrying fewer flavors or sizes.
#SupplyChain
#Shortages
Scary situation: BLM NM asked for mutual aid (both law enforcement + fire preposition). It was denied. No resources are available in US right now they were told.
Wait for a fire to get help…
#NMFire
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Anyone in Ruidoso area who was unable to evacuate, if you have animal food needs (dog food, cat food) please pm HSLC on Facebook so we can work on getting you animal food! Working with Animal Control to get necessary Animal items out. 
#SouthForkFire
#NMFire
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To reflect on what we have — and haven’t — learned since Katrina, Southerly spoke to retired Lieutenant General Russel Honoré
@ltgrusselhonore
commander of Joint Task Force Katrina who led the Department of Defense’s response to the storm.
Santa Fe National Forest
#lifts
both Stage 2 and Stage 3 fire
#restrictions
for most of the 1.6-million-acre forest at 8 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2022, thanks to the early onset of monsoonal weather patterns which have brought widespread moisture.
Humane Society evacuated from
#Ruidoso
+
#animals
are safe and have been taken to Roswell NM. They are now under the care of Bernalillo county 505-269-3036 at the Roswell Fairgrounds. Please contact them to claim your animals.
#SouthForkFire
#NMFire
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Firefighters stopped forward movement of fire to S of Route 66. Some active flames are still present in interior where there are thick bosque fuels. Fire activity has died down on both sides of I-40.
#SixtySixFire
#NMFire
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Fire in SW corner crossed containment lines in the afternoon, both primary and secondary. It established itself in multiple drainages and is moving down them to south and west now.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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A Type 6 engine from Elephant Butte Fire Department working the night shift on Division F, the northeast side of the Cerro Pelado Fire, May 8, 2022.
#CerroPeladoFire
#NMFire
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A significant concern for
#firefighters
is that new fire starts during this period could redirect resources from their current tasks.
Please take *extreme* care to prevent new fires from starting.
#NMFire
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Sandia National Labs employees raised $100,000 for people impacted by wildfire
On May 9 they raised $75,000 in a few hours. National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, a subsidiary of Honeywell gave another $25,000.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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Federal officials scrambling to hire roughly 16,900 fire personnel. A letter from 28 members of Congress on Tuesday called on Forest Service + Interior to create a special pay rate for federal firefighters.
University of New Mexico
#Hospital
performed worse than average on most of 22 measures included in hospital safety. They were assigned overall score which corresponds to an ‘F’ grade out of 2800 hospitals surveyed. Only 11 failed.
Mayor of Ruidoso at press conference on Sunday says please do not
#donate
more stuff. Only donate money, he says. They are overwhelmed with stuff right now and can't handle any more.
#SouthForkFire
#NMFire
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Fishery biologists working to retrieve Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout to take to a temporary location until soils in the burn area near streams have stabilized. Trout will eventually be returned once conditions have been evaluated.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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Red Flag Warning issued for today, kicking off historic multi-day wind event that could result in extreme fire behavior. Conditions could change quickly, remain vigilant + updated on evacuations and emergency notifications.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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Fire is still smoking in the interior but is now contained.
All mutual aid units have been released.
Good job
#SantaFe
Fire!
That was an epic battle.
#CajadelRioFire
#NMFire
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Fueled by abnormally dry, warm conditions, spread by strong winds,
#wildfires
have burned more than 600,000 acres across New Mexico this spring making it one of the worst fire years in the state’s recorded history.
#NMFire
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@LisaAbeyta
@AnimalHumaneNM
I have one in now in the same situation as your Roscoe and tomorrow is likely his goodbye. It is very hard, but at least we can spare them prolonged suffering, unlike people.
Your new cutie is really making me smile tonight! Thanks so much for posting!
Ridge from Jicarita to Truchas Peak is bald.
80% likelihood of holding fire there and constructing line. Need to get line in quickly + in right place.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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No aircraft today because of wind. Martinez Pond area active today. Can’t put firefighters there - too dangerous. Angostura Ridge had lots of spots, but got them all despite difficulty. Amazing without air support.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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In Valles Caldera preserve federal agencies more than year ago outlined plans to address problem of trespass livestock. Agencies failed to coordinate on fence building + have not taken action to hold ranchers accountable for damage caused by nearly 1,000 trespass livestock.
10 Tanker has been serving the
#BlackFire
in
#NewMexico
.
Photo taken from the lead plane's perspective helping us with the Black Fire- thank you!
#NMFire
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For the last week California Conservation Crews have been busy untangling, draining and rolling more than 80 miles of 1.5 inch fire
#hose
used on the
#FourCornersFire
Forest Service did not consult New Mexico State Forestry officials or San Miguel County, where the burn took place, ahead of the prescribed burn, the agencies previously told Source New Mexico.
#CalfCanyonFire
#HermitsPeakFire
#NMFire
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16,335 acres burned, 0% contained. “They’re working along the edges…trying to get some kind of containment and then also resources are engaged in structure protection” said George Ducker, NM Forestry Division.
#SouthForkFire
#NMFire
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