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Deacon Camp - Lightning Fire!
August 11-12 2006 - West Desert

Kevin
Tominey and myself took the deacons to the West Desert just west
of Utah Lake for an overnight camp. Kevin set up an orienteering
course for Russell & Scott to finish a merit badge. During
capture the flag that night we witnessed a lightning strike a
couple of miles up the canyon from us. After a few minutes we
realized it had started a medium sized fire. We drove closer to
see how big it was getting. It was about 20 foot in diameter and
we were the first responders to help contain it. We called and
reported the fire and were there when the firemen arrived. They
actually were suspicious that we started the fire. They couldn't
really confirm that because they had to run off to another fire
near Tooele that was also caused by lightning. I actually got a
lightning strike picture. Hard to do! Russell Haight
started a "one match fire" that we caught on video. Lots of fun.
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Video of Dance Taken at camp
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Video of Dance Taken at
camp
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