Fire destroys that which feeds it. - Simone Weil

As most everyone knows, Mt Humphreys has been burning for the last week. It started last Sunday when some campers failed to extinguish their camp fire. This photo was taken the first day just one block east of my house.
This photo was also taken the first day by someone hiking up the east side of the mountain only to summit to the site of the west side on the mountain burning. I took this photo from his blog where he has many more amazing photos. Just click on the photo below and it will take you to his blog.


So at this time the fire is pretty well under control, with mop up operations still underway. I guess things could have been worse, but most of the east side of the mountain burned, along with a lot of the trail that I was running on as training for the Imogene race. If all goes well they say that people will be allowed back on the mountain by July 21.