Over the last few days we have had quite a few forest fires around us. I waited to post this information because from talking with the guys around here, they were nothing to worry about and I didn't want everyone to be nervous. Last night, however, they started making their way down the mountain directly across the river from us. My guess is that at their closest point they were about 1/2 mile away. The good news is that they are so common here that they only burn the brush on the ground. The trees don't have branches below 10 feet because they have all been burned off in previous forest fires. All the students were getting nervous, and all the guys were laughing at them for being nervous. In the end, it was no threat. It didn't even make it down the mountain to the river, and even if it would have, it would have stopped there. Today there are a few lingering fires, but nothing serious.
We'll try to post some pictures of the fires soon, but a point-and-shoot camera doesn't do them justice. It was pretty amazing to see!
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