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Published: 14 April 2014 14 April 2014

by Kathy Hill

Certain New Mexico TV stations and newpapers are spending a lot of time talking about the piles of tumbleweeds in Colorado and Wyoming.

What about the potential for wildfires with loss of property and perhaps lives here in our own neighborhood? Has anyone looked at the piles of tumbleweeds on fences on lower Highway 35 or on Highway 180 from Silver City to Deming?

It would only take one match, one spark, or one lit cigarette, and Grant County, New Mexico, would have a serious problem. With the Red Flag Warnings for Wind and Wildfire Danger over the last few days and weeks, this problem could become critical.