Opinion

Guest Column: Fire! Evacuate!

by Special to the Herald Times on August 22, 2020

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Meeker volunteer and BLM firefighters knocked out last week’s brush fire quickly, but it reminded columnist Kaye Sullivan of the need to be ready to evacuate. —BOB TOBIN COURTESY PHOTO

MEEKER | This is an unexpected “smells of Meeker” story addition to the “Sounds of Meeker” series. On Friday afternoon, I started smelling “campfire” smoke, meaning, smoke nearby, not the less intense odors from the ongoing western Colorado wildfires. It seemed like it was coming…