Another disaster you might add to this list is the Las Conchas fire in New Mexico this past Summer, 2011. It burned close to 150,700 acres, and was the biggest fire in recorded history in New Mexico. No human lives were lost, but unaccountable lives of wild animals were lost, plus some horses. Somewhere around 70 homes were burned but so much of our beloved forests were destroyed. At least one watershed was badly damaged, and the Jemez River is still running black with ashes. It may be like this fir a few years. Every time it rains, more ashes get washed into the river.