June 16, 2002
COLORADO’S HAYMAN FIRE LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY A FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE. Juan Gato comments: “You know, this kind of stuff wouldn’t happen if we federalized the U.S. Forest Service.”
COLORADO’S HAYMAN FIRE LOOKS TO HAVE BEEN STARTED BY A FOREST SERVICE EMPLOYEE. Juan Gato comments: “You know, this kind of stuff wouldn’t happen if we federalized the U.S. Forest Service.”
Clay Waters says:
“I’m from the government, and I’m here to burn your house down.”
June 16, 2002, 8:43 pmSomebody says:
I suppose this is a lame attempt at a joke.
June 16, 2002, 8:58 pmalkali says:
And accounting firms wouldn’t obstruct justice if they were privatized.
June 16, 2002, 9:34 pmR Roberts says:
ROFL – You hit a nerve Glenn.
June 16, 2002, 10:05 pmThe Comedian says:
Doesn’t she know that federal employees are only supposed to start out-of-control forest fires when under direct orders from Washington, DC, like this one:
1999 Shasta-Trinity Fire started by a BLM employee conducting a controlled burn.
June 16, 2002, 10:12 pmRWM says:
In re: the post by The Comedian:
Around the area where I live, there’s a famous and often repeated joke about the forest service and their “controlled” burns:
“They always have a contingency plan when they have a controlled burn — they bring two matches just in case the first one goes out.”
June 16, 2002, 11:15 pmDiana Hsieh says:
I’ve been following the Hayman fire closely, as we live in one of the “evacuation alert” areas NE of the fire. As I blogged earlier today, I hope that she gets The Max (15 years, $250,000 fine).
I wonder: Will the Forest Service or Terry Barton be liable for the damages to property caused by the fire? (Did they ever have to pay for the damage cause by their uncontrolled “controlled burns” from a few years back?)
BTW, I have been nothing but impressed with work that the Forest Service has done in their attempts to get the fire under control. The incident commander for the North Hayman Fire, Ron Raley, has been nothing but superb, as I blogged yesterday after the informational meeting.
diana.
June 16, 2002, 11:22 pmJames says:
I actually feel sorry for this woman. She still needs to be locked up, but I still feel sorry for her. Her husband is getting the last laugh.
June 16, 2002, 11:27 pmrob says:
This never woulda happened if the Forest Service had been given proper resources and raised to cabinet level status.
June 16, 2002, 11:44 pmraoul ortega says:
If she was an outfitter, she’d get a nice bill for the entire firefighting effort without the bother of a civil or criminal trial. As a USFS employee, she’ll probably be transfered to Wenatchee NF to help in the lynx survey effort.
June 17, 2002, 12:42 amakakyakakyevich says:
a forestry worker? well, i suppose there’s only so many trees you can look at before you get sick of looking at them.
June 17, 2002, 1:09 pmJames says:
Ok, on second thought, throw the book at her. Now news reports are saying that she lied about the letter burning.
June 18, 2002, 12:33 am