A really bad fire near Big Timber/Columbus.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/31/news/state/20-derby_g.txt" >Residents scramble to get out of Derby fire path</a><br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2006/08/31/news/state/21-fire.txt" >Towns of Fishtail, Nye under evacuation order</a><br />n<br />nI note the map in the paper appears to be a little out of date. The reading I have been doing is that there is a pre-evacuation order out for Reedpoint and another one for the areas all the way up to Columbus. <br />n<br />nIt just shows how dry it is out there. I can't help but thinking if the fire was running with winds of 50 MPH, how many cattle and other critters were lost? How many ranchers are getting burned out? Everybody always talks about all the homes in danger. I see the ranchers getting hurt. Is that wrong of me?<br />n<br />nThe weather forecast doesn't look real promising for getting this under control. Cool today but then slowly warming up and no real chance of moisture. Bad situation. <br />n<br />n<strong>A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him. George Orwell</strong>