Fires in New Mexico

freaknasty · May 9, 2022

Some pics of the Hermits peak/ calf canyon fire from Pecos

Wapitiwilly · May 9, 2022

Damn that sucks!

Bigfoot 1 · May 9, 2022

Humidity levels and wind aren’t helping matters at all. Sad thing is one of these fires was a prescribed burn that got out of hand.

Mudbull · May 9, 2022

Very Sad. Near Magdalena is burning as well.

ortegageno · May 10, 2022

This was near Mora a few days ago. Heading out of control toward Sippapu as we speak.

Bigfoot 1 · May 10, 2022

Damn…

twdjr · May 10, 2022

ortegageno said:
This was near Mora a few days ago. Heading out of control toward Sippapu as we speak.

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WOW, I feel sorry for those people. Sad sight to see.

Toro · May 10, 2022

ortegageno said:
This was near Mora a few days ago. Heading out of control toward Sippapu as we speak.

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My daughter lives in vadito, just down from Sipapu and they were put on "ready" standby on Sunday. They told her to start packing up and most likely be ready to be under mandatory evacuation sometime this week given the wind forecast. A lot of good friends have lost their homes in the Mora area.

Toro · May 10, 2022

Update at 1:12pm, just got call from daughter, vadito is now on "Set" and getting ready to evacuate. Winds shifted hard and fire is headed their way. They're being told to leave if they can. View from Vadito area now

Bigfoot 1 · May 10, 2022

Wishing the best for your daughter and family.

RoughCountry · May 10, 2022

Prayers for all the people in the fires path and everyone fighting it. Get your stuff packed up and be ready to go. I’ve been through it a few times. I had a friend who wouldn’t leave his place during a wildfire, he barley made it out the night the fire came down the canyon and burnt everything he owned to the ground.

Bluehair · May 11, 2022

You all have my sincere sympathies.

I’ve lived here in the 4 corners for over 30 years and never seen the wind like this.

NMPaul · May 11, 2022

cant remember a windier April and may. Normally it lightens up a little by April. Can expect it to be windy in Feb and march.

philthy · May 11, 2022

Hermit Peak fire flying back from Amarillo this afternoon. Seeing it from the air is a whole other thing! I read this afternoon that the bill is $65M and counting for this fire alone.

Bigfoot 1 · May 11, 2022

Truly a sad thing.

BUGLEnmIN · May 11, 2022

Bluehair said:
You all have my sincere sympathies.

I’ve lived here in the 4 corners for over 30 years and never seen the wind like this.

Gotta say love the profile pic!

outdoorsdude · May 12, 2022

Just a thought. When is NM going to wake up and fire the entire Forest Service (at least the Santa Fe and Lincoln in a 10yr. trial run) and hire the Mescalero Nation to actually manage the national forests?

Bigfoot 1 · May 12, 2022

The Mescalero Apache reservation is a sovereign nation, they do not have to bow to whatever political party is currently in power.

BUGLEnmIN · May 12, 2022

Bigfoot 1 said:
The Mescalero Apache reservation is a sovereign nation, they do not have to bow to whatever political party is currently in power.

More like tyrannical party!

Muleman · May 12, 2022

US Forest service controls forest not NM government, can’t throw stones at them. But Mescalero is an excellent example of good management.

I lived through fires and had close relatives lose their houses, It is ruff. I feel for the folks who have had their houses and or barns burned by these fires.

RoughCountry · May 12, 2022

Every time I ride up into the forest and see how much of a train wreck it is, blow downs every where, big burn scars with a million burnt trees laying all over the place you can’t hardly ride a horse through it I wonder if the tree hugging environmentalist are proud of the mess some of the National forest have become.

Bigfoot 1 · May 12, 2022

RoughCountry said:
Every time I ride up into the forest and see how much of a train wreck it is, blow downs every where, big burn scars with a million burnt trees laying all over the place you can’t hardly ride a horse through it I wonder if the tree hugging environmentalist are proud of the mess some of the National forest have become.

Thank a democrat next time you see one.

mnthunter1 · May 13, 2022

ortegageno · May 16, 2022

Lost a few material items, lucky the house survived. Lots of folks lost alot more.

Mudbull · May 16, 2022

Sorry for your loss. Agree it could have been worse.

Bigfoot 1 · May 17, 2022

That would be hard to swallow but like you said it could have been worse. The best thing is none of you got hurt. Hang in there.

Toro · May 17, 2022

ortegageno said:
Lost a few material items, lucky the house survived. Lots of folks lost alot more.

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Dang Buddy sorry about the loss! Good news on the house though! On the lighter side, you and I know that you wouldn't be splitting any wood anyhow and WE for sure know you ain't no cowboy and horses would a turned into a rodeo n bucked you off. So saved you some real pain n suffering!!

Muleman · May 17, 2022

Yeah glad your house made it!!

My hunting area got torched yesterday in the Black fire, Hope for a monsoon cuz these fires probably ain’t going out until it rains. Ok for wilderness to burn but forest service never goes in and reworks the trails so kind of loose that forever. The mess of deadfall’s to come is down right scary when your riding through them

RoughCountry · May 20, 2022

Hermits Peak fire at 304,000 acres today. ?

HuntinAddict · May 20, 2022

Very depressing.... No end in site for the State Wide Drought.
? Rain Please....
????

Dumdum · May 20, 2022

I’m sorry for your losses and those suffered by others.

Looking at the current calf canyon fire activity at: https://www.fireweatheravalanche.org/fire/?ll=35.60371874069731,-98.08593750000001&z=4

I think they are making really great progress at containment!