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I just ran across this photo in the Guardian today -

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/4/25/1335357207153/Guadalajara-Mexico-A-fore-005.jpg

Guadalajara, Mexico: a forest fire which has affected almost 1,400 hectares of forest and is threatening Guadalajara's urban area.
Photograph: Ulises Ruiz Basurto/EPA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/gallery/2012/apr/25/24-hours-in-pictures-gallery#/?picture=389202815&index=12

Yikes. Seems like it's controlled by now, though.
http://www.firehouse.com/news/10705232/mexican-firefighters-battle-massive-forest-fire

Scary thing for a city to see.
Reminds me of Los Angeles.

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@ossobuco,

Our oldest enemy.

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@roger,

I thought they were cockroaches..

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@ossobuco,

Another photo, almost like a painting..

"Unchecked for four days, a massive wildfire rages in La Primavera forest in Guadalajara, Mexico. More than 700 firefighters have been sent to battle the blaze".

Photo: Hector Guerrero / AFP/Getty Images /sfgate

http://imgs.sfgate.com/c/pictures/2012/04/25/ba-510493395_WRE0110444756.jpg

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@ossobuco,

They're supposed to be loaded with proteins. Not for your typical Western Breakfast, to be sure.

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