Arizona followup

Map/% updated June 20, 6pm.

Updates to the maps and containment percentages have been made to my earlier post.  Here is a map of the 4th fire burning in SE Arizona, the Monument fire.  This one is only 10% 17% 15% 27% contained and is burning in the southern end of the Huachuca Mountains into Mexico.  I also just received the sad news that the home of  Noel McFarland has been claimed by the fire.  Noel is a well known and respected entomologist who has made a massive impact in the moth field.  While I don’t have the full details (and I don’t believe anyone has been injured by this blaze);  it is likely that his landmark collection of hundreds of thousands of Lepidoptera has been lost.  I wish Noel the best of luck, and can only hope the loss was not total.

 

 

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