May, 2000: the Los Alamos fire (click on image for a larger view) . description left to right . ignore the dates on pictures (my camera got reset somehow) . updated 23 May

7 May: Sun nite looking toward other end of town
8 May: Mon afternoon from highway to Albuquerque
9 May: Tues afternoon looking southwest from Barranca Mesa

10 May: Evacuation! . . Wed afternoon
12 May: Fri morning from Poajaque
Fri morning at Red Cross shelter

Fri morning . list of burned houses
Fri morning . help board at shelter
Fri morning . Mark in mail line

13 May: Sat morning . Mark & Barb at Holiday Inn
14 May: Sun morning . the Bretzke family at Mother's Day dinner
Sun morning . our family at Mother's Day dinner

Sun morning . Mary and cousin John at Mother's Day dinner
Sun afternoon . Kathleen and Jay Dee at church gathering
Sun afternoon . Suzanne plus helpers at church gathering
15 May: Mon morning . post office w/ the Hill in the background

Mon morning . John collecting his mail
16 May: Tues morning . going back to Los Alamos
Tues morning . throw rug outside vs inside . . color is definitely different

Tues morning . view off our back deck . . burned area across the canyon
Tues morning . Barb on our back deck
Tues morning . turning on gas
Tues afternoon . picture of ski hill from Barranca school

Tues afternoon . ski hill from Bretzke's house
Tues afternoon . emergency insurance vans
Tues afternoon . national guard escorting folks into restricted areas

Tues afternoon . example house in Ponderosa subdivision . fire burned right up to deck
Tues afternoon . returning from Albuquerque after dropping Barb at airport

18 May: Thurs afternoon . insurance adjuster on roof . . everything o.k.
19 May: Fri morning . view toward SW along Diamond (from Conoco station)
Fri morning . Ridgeway . . we lived in the "house" on the right one summer

Fri morning . another house on Ridgeway
Fri morning . northern community
Fri morning . western area

Fri morning . western area
Fri afternoon . chopper w/ bucket going down our canyon