>peace dream wrote:
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>> Jun 25, 2006 7:10 pm US/Mountain
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>> Rainbow Family' Warned Of Fire Danger
>> (CBS) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. Authorities are warning thousands of campers
>> flocking to a gathering of the Rainbow Family about fire danger in the Routt
>> National Forest.
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>> The counterculture group is holding its annual weeklong gathering in Big Red
>> Park in the forest starting July 1, but members have begun arriving over the
>> past week. About 20,000 people are expected.
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>> U.S. Forest Service fire management officer Kent Foster said between 60 and
>> 70 percent of the conifer trees surrounding the meadow where they're
>> gathering are dead, making the trees more prone to fire.
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>> Bryan Roemeling, the Forest Service's operations chief, said officers have
>> been patrolling the camps and warning members about the danger of
>> uncontrolled fires, fireworks and dry lightning.
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>> "I can't emphasize enough how much energy we're spending trying to spread
>> the word. We're trying to do everything we can to let people know how
>> dangerous it is," Roemeling said Friday at a meeting with residents
>> concerned about the gathering.
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>> The Forest Service said Saturday that there was a human-caused fire at the
>> camp on Thursday and Rainbow members weren't able to put it out. A Forest
>> Service engine suppressed the fire, which was less than one-tenth of an >> acre.
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>> The meadow where the campers are gathering has only one access road. >>
>> Fires burned 38,000 acres in the Routt National Forest in 2002, and spruce
>> and pine beetles later killed tens of thousands of trees there. >>
>> The group began arriving at the forest without the necessary permit. They
>> applied for one this week but the Forest Service denied them one, citing
>> fire danger, limited road access and other planned events nearby. >>
>> Arriving campers are being warned that there is no permit for the event and
>> that they can be given in a citation if they enter. Some residents thought
>> the camp should be shut down, but Roemeling said it wouldn't be feasible to
>> escort everyone from the forest.
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>WTF is the "rainbow family"? is it like the Manson family?
Is it that club BB was talkin' about the other day?