Wokebloke for DemocracyJun 23, 2024
There is also flooding as rain hits the fire damaged area from 2022.
"As the dueling dangers of two weather extremes converged, charred debris flowed into neighborhoods, crews were temporarily evacuated from the firefight as emergency officials pivoted from fire support to flood rescues, and strong winds swept up dried soils to create one of the largest dust storms the state has ever seen."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/22/new-mexico-wildfires-floods-disaster
#Wildfires #NewMexico #HermitPeak #CalfCanyon
‘Multiple disasters all in one day’: New Mexico’s brutal week of fire and flood

Burning slopes are now battered by golf ball-sized hail and 8in of rain, creating a grim mix of extreme weather events

The Guardian
theredelmDec 18, 2022
#NewMexico’s #wildfire victims are still struggling | TPR https://www.tpr.org/2022-12-18/new-mexicos-wildfire-victims-are-still-struggling
#HermitsPeak #CalfCanyon #nmfire #wildfirerecovery
New Mexico's wildfire victims are still struggling

After prescribed burns went awry in New Mexico, wildfires destroyed hundreds of homes and endangered water supplies. Billions of dollars in federal aid haven't reached victims yet.

TPR
djmJun 21, 2022
Sandbags are available at six distribution sites for communities with the potential risk of debris-flows and flooding in San Miguel & Mora County. https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/photos/NMSNF/2022-04-19-2208-Calf-Canyon/related_files/pict20220509-150516-0.pdf
#HermitsPeak #CalfCanyon #nmfire
djmJun 21, 2022

U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday.

#CalfCanyon #HermitsPeak #NMFire

https://www.wildfirelessons.net/HigherLogic/System/DownloadDocumentFile.ashx?DocumentFileKey=b6bc7e71-ecca-a7b3-16fb-22b5d69855ae&forceDialog=0

https://www.yahoo.com/news/miscalculations-errors-blamed-massive-mexico-171856642.html

djmJun 21, 2022
New USFS report details errors with prescribed burn that led to #CalfCanyon #HermitsPeak #NMFire https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/new-usfs-report-details-errors-with-prescribed-burn-that-led-to-calf-canyon-hermits-peak-fire/
New USFS report details errors with prescribed burn that led to Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Fire

A U.S. Forest Service review says the agency used outdated modeling and didn’t account for myriad troubling factors in April before starting a prescribed burn that blew up into the largest wildfire in New Mexico history.

KOB.com
Kevin MurrayMay 9, 2022

RT @GovMLG: #CalfCanyon/#HermitsPeak fires immediate mandatory evacuation update – Mora County:

The communities of Ojo Feliz, Apache Lake, Los Hueros, Los Lefebres, Ocate, and Naranjos have
been placed into GO STATUS – GO NOW.

Your life and safety must be the top priority.
#NMfire https://twitter.com/claystorm/status/1523484237164208132

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on Twitter

“#CalfCanyon/#HermitsPeak fires immediate mandatory evacuation update – Mora County: The communities of Ojo Feliz, Apache Lake, Los Hueros, Los Lefebres, Ocate, and Naranjos have been placed into GO STATUS – GO NOW. Your life and safety must be the top priority. #NMfire”

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