Wildfire imperils former Reagan ranch

[Cooley Hurd]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/West/06/06/reagan.ranch.wildfire/index.html

Sunday, June 6, 2004 Posted: 10:10 PM EDT (0210 GMT)

(CNN) -- Fueled by gusts of wind over drought-parched land Sunday, a wildfire approached the ranch that served as President Ronald Reagan's western White House in the 1980s, said fire officials in Santa Barbara County, California.

A ranch spokesman said the fire was about two miles west of the 688-acre (about one square mile) property some 125 miles northwest of Los Angeles along the Pacific coast. Fire officials said the distance was closer to four miles.

"There's definitely concern that it will cross the ranch property, but it's primarily dependent on the direction of the wind," said Andrew Coffin, a spokesman for Young America's Foundation, which bought the ranch in 1998 to preserve it as a historic site.
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Just in case you haven't been getting enough Reagan news...;)

[ParanoidPat]

1. Oh HELL! LOL!

:evilgrin: They just couldn't wait for him to get there!

[PurityOfEssence]

2. Isn't a burning Bush a sign from god?

They just christened the U.S.S. Jimmy Carter, too.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Terrorist attack... Red Alert!!!

Should be interesting how much security there will be for the "lying" in state.

But then again it wouldn't have to happen there... anywhere just outside the perimeter would be enough of a threat.

[crossroads]

4. An omen???

hehee
:evilgrin:

[PartyPooper]

5. Will one of Junior's "faith-based" fire departments put the fire out?

:evilgrin:

[DBoon]

6. No, the privatized and outsourced FD will

But first they have to get here from Bangalore

[struggle4progress]

9. Don't they just pray for rain?

[Hand]

7. I'm going to be a bad boy now...

BURN, BABY, BURN!!!

:evilgrin: :nuke: :spank:

[4_Legs_Good]

8. I live in the area...

well not in *the* area, but on the south/central coast. The fire seems to be under far better control today. The Freeway (101) was open this morning, so I could come into work.

There are several dozen state fire trucks all over, doing their job. Good work boys and girls!

david