Into The Eye Of Wildfire Storm

The television and photos he posts online show a wall of flames, smoke plumes billowing in the air like ominous storm clouds. It’s hot as hell outside, with record high heat, and the wind is blowing. And my young son is out there on a fire line somewhere, because much of the state of Colorado is on fire. My only offspring has talked about being a firefighter since he was in high school. He once told me his goal in life was to save another life. His high school senior project was all about firefighting. Now, after finishing his training last month, he is a 21-year-old firefighter on his first real job in the field, and where does he end up? Right in the eye of the storm — the firestorm. Taylor was on the Weber Fire near Mancos, in southern Colorado, not far from the resort and college town of Durango. He works for the Idaho Department of Lands, but since there is no firefighting action in Idaho right now, all hands are needed on deck in Colorado/ Linda Ball , High Country News. More here.

• DFO: Linda, now of the Seattle area, formerly worked in the Coeur d’Alene office of the SR.

Question: Do you have any firefighters in your family?