Links to Information on the Florida Fire
Forest Service Florida Fire Page
Fire Center Morning Intelligence Briefing
Arizona Daily Star Wildfires Page
Live all sky camera view from MMT (possibly fried by lightning 07/16)


Updates (most recent at top)

Sunday 2005/08/28 Aerial view of Eastern burned faces of Wrightson (R) & Josephine (L) from the East, by Steve Criswell

Friday 2005/08/26 Mosaic view of Wrightson from Hopkins (very wide)

Thursday 2005/07/21 Coda from Emilio Falco

Tuesday 2005/07/19 Update from Dan Fabricant
Monday 2005/07/18 Update from Steve Criswell
Monday 2005/07/18 Update from Emilio Falco
Monday 2005/07/18 Update from Dan Fabricant
Monday 2005/07/18 Arizona Daily Star Article

Sunday 2005/07/17 Update from Steve Criswell
Sunday 2005/07/17 Update from Steve Criswell

Saturday 2005/07/16 Update from Wayne Peters
Saturday 2005/07/16 Update from Steve Criswell
Saturday 2005/07/16 Update from Dan Fabricant

Friday 2005/07/15 Update from Emilio Falco
Friday 2005/07/15 Photos from Emilio Falco

  • Retardant above the generator
  • The Ridge through smoke
  • Retardant drop near the summit 1
  • Retardant drop near the summit 2
  • Ridge telescopes with billowing smoke
  • Trees pruned near the 10m
  • View just N of Wrightson from the 60"
  • Mohave firefighters at the 60"
  • View N of Wrightson from the 60"
  • Helicopter dropping retardant on Jack Mountain
  • View of Wrightson from the 60" as smoke abates
  • View from Ridge dorm as spotter and tanker approach...
  • ...and the drop
  • View from Ridge dorm of new smoke
  • Another drop just above the generator
  • Helicopter about to load retardant/water(off Mt. Hopkins Road)
  • Helicopter after loading water (dripping from proboscis)
  • Helicopter after loading retardant (dripping from proboscis)

    • Friday 2005/07/15 Update from Steve Criswell

    Thursday 2005/07/14 Update from Emilio Falco
    Thursday 2005/07/14 Photos from Emilio Falco

  • View toward Wrightson from the 60"
  • Later view toward Wrightson from the 60"
  • View toward Wrightson from the microwave antenna: note the new helipad cut out of the brush at center
  • View to the NE from IOTA: note the road to Madera Canyon
  • View to the NE from the microwave antenna
  • Retardant above the generator
  • Retardant cordoning the Ridge
  • Retardant on the road to the summit
  • The intrepids
    Thursday 2005/07/14 17:01 Update from Barb Russ and Gary Schmidt
    Thursday 2005/07/14 Tucson Citizen Photos
    Thursday 2005/07/14 Update from Dan Fabricant
    Thursday 2005/07/14 Forest Service map showing fire boundaries Wednesday evening (scan of a fax of a photocopy)
    Thursday 2005/07/14  Arizona Daily Star Article
    Thursday 2005/07/14 AZ Daily Star map showing fire boundaries as of noon Wednesday

    Wednesday 2005/07/13 Update from Emilio Falco
    Wednesday 2005/07/13 Photos from Steve Criswell

  • Looking southeast from the 60
  • Slurry crossing
  • Looking east from the support building

    Tuesday 2005/07/12 Photos by Marc Lacasse