Recently, The Independent's outdoors editor Ray Ford visited the wilderness above Goleta that was charred by the Gap Fire. Here are three galleries of his photographs.
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thanks for the photos Ray, if you have time please take a shot or 2 of widows tear and surroundings and post...
tonedtiger (anonymous profile)
August 1, 2008 at 3:51 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Thank you Mr. Ford.
I viewed the pictures and remembered the Painted Cave Fire and the destruction it left in it's wake. Everyday I drove to work and every weekend when I went riding, I viewed the destruction and it always left me teary-eyed. This was my home and some *&^% had torched it. I again feel the same as I did 18 years ago and I hope the Law finds these SOB's and locks their butt's up.
Charles (Alexandria, Va.)
dou4now (anonymous profile)
August 2, 2008 at 1:32 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Great photos - not much left. The earth attracts celestial influences according to its condition, and our conditions here in Goleta have definitely changed due to this Gap fire. A desert attracts different influences than a brush forest; we will see what this means in the years to come.
GoletaResident (anonymous profile)
August 2, 2008 at 11:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)
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