It to get to me. Reporter clearly a resilient group, those living in mariposa county, but still not completely unafraid. As the raging Detwiler Fire consumes acre after acre of dry brush, trees and hillsides. Threatening the small sierra foothills, towns and neighborhoods in its path. The lower temperatures are appreciated. The winds are still there that drive fires like that, the dry fuel is still there and then you have the dead fuels. Reporter with flames closing in on two sides, the residents of coulterville were given an emergency evacuation order. These folks were coming down from a Hilltop Community about ten miles outside of town. Prayers for the firefighters, and everything up there can be replaced. We cant. Reporter what did you grab . My golf clubs. Animals, clothes. Coffee maker. Thats about it. Reporter in coulterville, most of the Historic Downtown is empty. A town thats built several times before. A fact not lost on the locals. My house has been here since 1849. I think
The most destructive wildfires this season. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Calfier says 1500 homes are threatened by whats being called the Detwiler Fire burning outside Yosemite National park. More than 45,000 acres have burned, double the figure from yesterday. The monster fire has been going for four days now and its 7 contained. Good news, though, calfi fir says there are no injuries. The fire hasnt reached yosemite but is threatening power lines. People from Mariposa County have been evacuated from their homes. We have the story of some of the evacuees. Reporter the fire has grown tremendously in the last 24 hours. Some of it right here behind me in that canyon above where we are standing. Thats just above highway 49. This is the main thoroughfare from coulterville to mariposa. Its this kind of activity today that prompted a new round of evacuations. I am alive. m not going to stay there for it to get to me. Reporter clearly a resilient group, those living in Mariposa Cou
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Before her panel. We will take your calls as well. Maureen dowd, how do you view your job . Guest well, peter, thats a big question. I dont like to talk about this because it sounds a little corny. I view my job as a watchdog and times readers often dont understand that im not an ideological columnists, not coming from the left or right. I was a political reporter for 20 years and so i come more from a political reporting point of view. On just going to try to tell them its like toto pulling the curtain in the wizard of oz. Im going to try to give our readers anything i can find out that they need to know about, you know, what is true and what is false and whats these people will have lifeanddeath power over us are really like and where they are lying and where they are, you know rising to the occasion of. Host maureen dowd most recent book is called the year of voting dangerously. , us president s have you covered you know . Guest well, i covered the very tail end of reagan when he wa