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Wednesday, 1 August 07 ::
excitement around logan.
we had some exciting times around logan today. there were fires along the mountains just west of the city and the other small towns in the valley (riverside, nibley). i had driven to my friends' house which is behind the university, and about 45 min after i got there we happened to look out their kitchen window and we saw the flames up on the mountain. i had to head down to karate so i got the full view --> of 4 different fires in the mountains. luckily, though, 150 firefighters got on scene REALLY quickly, and the fires seem to be under control, and aren't threatening any houses as of this writing.
but, this valley is very quiet, and so it was interesting for me to see the whole town, practically, come out to watch the goings on along the mountains. after karate i drove back up, parked at the forest service station at the entrance to logan canyon, and spent time, with many many other residents of logan, watching the helicopter fill up the water bag at first dam, fly back around and drop the water on the flames on the fire in the canyon. very very exciting.
after about an hour i came home, had an unpleasant conversation with someone - emailed them an explanation - and then worked on stats.
whoo hoo! the exciting life of a phd student, not in love.
posted by brooke at August 1, 2007 11:23 PM
