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Neither fire threatens the house, but there was a huge fire earlier this year, and then one far north, then the California fires were dropping ash here, and now we've got another fire in a different mountain range. The mountain house is all stone work, with a metal roof, but one bad lightning strike and we could lose it. I'll have to head up and check the water system, and possibly have to dig out the Pulaski's and start carving a new fire break. 

I'm worried about the cottonwoods if this keeps up. The little shrubby mesquites are basically glorified weeds, but I've got a few big, old cottonwoods that shade the house and yards. I have a bad feeling that my son's kids won't get to see them.