Click Here to Download the Audio File
Jack Smith, Yavapai County Supervisor for District 5, called a Walker Community meeting to discuss the Goodwin Fire and some other issues on Aug 5th at 3:00pm.
I recorded the whole meeting, which lasted about an hour and twenty minutes. You can download the audio file above and […]
We get email:
County Board Supervisor Jack Smith has announced the following:
There will be a Public Meeting held this Saturday Aug 5th at 3pm. The meeting will be held at the Walker Fire Station on Walker Road.
I will be joined by several county departments including public works and emergency management as well […]
I sent out a mailer to everyone who owns property in Walker and Potato Patch according to the county tax records.
Download the mailer: 170729_mailer.pdf
Here are just the links in that mailer.
Sign up for CodeRed alerts:
http://www.ycsoaz.gov/community/Emergency-Preparedness/Emergency-Notification-System
Walker Wifi:
Walker WiFi
Today, we had a little hail.
Then, we had a little rain.
Here’s what the radar looked like.
We got a link from Scott Hanson at HMA Public Relations.
Thanks!
Residents of Potato Patch, Walker and Breezy Pines were among those who were evacuated from their homes and cabins. We have friends and family in each of those mountain communities who have either cabins or their primary residences there.
National Forest Service announced that the fire restrictions will be lifted at Noon on Monday.
Release Date: Jul 16, 2017
Contact(s): Debbie Maneely: 928-443-8130FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (July 16, 2017) – A coordinated decision has been made to lift fire restrictions across lands with similar conditions. As of Monday, July 17th at 12:00 p.m., fire […]
I ran some errands in town this afternoon.
Coming back down Highway 69 towards Walker Road, I drove into a dark wall of rain.
I turned down Walker Road and it got heavier and heavier.
Then it got louder, when the quarter inch hail just dumped on us
Vehicles were pulling over and stopping, and I […]
After a blistering couple of weeks in the 90s, followed by a threatening wildfire, the monsoons have finally begun in Walker.
I first saw them on Friday afternoon, July 7th.
They are sure a welcome sight.
Firehouse Rain
I drove up Big Bug Road yesterday, about 4:30 to see what the fire looked like.
There was one, small, lonely plume of smoke in the middle of the mesa, but all else looked good.
There’s a red stripe of retardant on the far left end of the mesa, dropped by the aircraft.
I was […]
https://www.facebook.com/PrescottNF/posts/2066080420286225:0
At 6:00 am this morning, the local Type 3 Incident Management Team assumed command of the 28,516 acre fire.
The fire is currently 91% contained with 180 personnel assigned.
Yavapai County Emergency Management will host a community meeting at the Mayer High School today at 6:00 PM.
Topics discussed will be how to prepare […]
