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Lightning strikes Cali.

Over 1000 fires were started in California due to lightning. Decades of fire suppression have left the forests unhealthy and dense with underbrush. A forest fire returns the nutrients to the soil, making it readily available to the trees. The local Bishop Pines in Mendo are a fire dependent species, requiring fire for germination. Fire is good, fire is natural. Fire is organic. People don't like fires because they lose their "stuff." Bummer... An additional 3 days of thunderstorms are predicted this weekend.

As of 6/26
Total Fires: 1,090
Acres: 165,091
Contained Fires: 241
Personnel Committed: 12,512

Fire Engines: 933
Hand Crews: 288
Dozers: 262
Water Tenders: 303
Helicopters: 68
Air Tankers: 14

Below are photographs of the Flynn Creek/Navarro Fire in Mendocino, burnt 1500+ acres thus far.

Humboldt Fire Photos

Humboldt FIRE!!

Photographs from the back deck of Burnsville during the peak of the now suppressed Humboldt fire. The fire burnt and renewed 25,000 acres..








Photos by Karin Burns

here today gone tomorrow.

I arrived back to the Nye Tuesday, after spending Father's day weekend in the smoky foothills of Butte. Everything appeared normal, pure bliss surrounding me. I went to feed the llamas as usual and I sensed something was outta balance. I counted the llamas. Four. interesting, considering baby number 5 was just born a couple weeks back. Scanned the llama pasture, uh oh. I saw something in the distance but could not tell if it was alive or dead. I grabbed my camera and then noticed a vulture on the fence near the unidentified object. No bueno. I approached to find the feathered remains of the newborn llama. Vultures had likely been at it 3-4 days. I buried it and planted a pine tree on of top of it. A shore pine. Pinus Contorta.

The llama never had a true name, but it does now. I'm gonna call it Ghost now because of its obvious ghostly appearance. Thats also the first name I called it jokingly, and the last. Cause of death: UNKNOWN.

Engaged.

Kelly made the bid to become the first Burns boy to wed. Get her Kel..

Go big or go HOME..

B.O.'s Wedding was a blast. Perfect weather, open bar, all the boys, titman got drunk, kelly caught the garter, crab cakes, whiskey rocks, stuffed mushrooms, mad shakas!, vodka cran, blueblockers, raybans, marine baths, shirts tucked, tyes tied, grizzly greslie, burns family foto, journey, dance parties, etc etc..

I took a lot of photos and decided to post quite a few to fully grasp the whole shabop shabang...

























































































Brian Overmyer is married!!!! CONGRATZZZ!