The Untold Truth Of Longmire
The Untold Truth Of Longmire
By Ryan Ariano/April 19, 2021 1:40 pm EDT
In the world of police procedurals,
Longmire stands alone. Most police shows are set in big cities, following large teams of well-trained, quirky lawmen and women with high-tech crime labs. Meanwhile, there are only three or four people in the Absaroka County Sheriff s department. Most police shows aren t based on acclaimed book series, if there is any literary source material at all. They feature detectives in suit and tie while Sheriff Walt Longmire all but lives in denim, cowboy boots and a leather jacket.
that erupted in the foothills west of denver, forcing thousands to evacuate and now being allowed to return home. although small in acreage, the blue bell fire burned dangerously close to homes. the blaze, the latest outbreak of flames raging out west, from colorado to the tres lagunas fire, to the powerhouse fire in california. this consuming much in their path. this hill, that pill, and this hill right close to the house. devastating and i feel bad for my neighbors. feel really lucky for the firefighters to have saved our house. reporter: the wildfire in new mexico, spread over 8,000 acres, forcing residents in 100 homes to evacuate. nerve-wracking not knowing if your land is okay or not. reporter: true to its name, the powerhouse fire packed a punch, scorching more than 30,000 acres of lan, threatening
more than 1,000 firefighters are battling the ferocious powerhouse fire, about an hour northeast of los angeles. the unpredictable fire doubled in size over the weekend, forcing the mandatory evacuation of nearly 3,000 people and leaving about 1,000 homes in danger. we have 15 homes that were damaged, 6 were destroyed. reporter: but the los angeles county fire department says those numbers could have been worse if not for their around-the-clock air assault. we have put everything that we have into this, including night air attack from the forest service, three l.a. county fire helicopters dropping water at night and one l.a. city fire helicopter dropping at night. we are the only region in the world that does that. reporter: and in new mexico, firefighters are working to contain two raging wildfires fueled by historic drought conditions. the tres lagunas fire has charred more than 7,400 acres