"Life is like a roller coaster," said Barthman.
"A lot of veterans we forget that we were once somebody, so these medals are a reminder that we used to be somebody, and we did something right," said Kreiberg.įor now, Barthman is just focusing on the motto ‘this too shall pass.’ Kreiberg's nonprofit plans to replace the materials Barthman lost, and Kreiberg is meeting up with Barthman in Flagstaff on April 28. "I can talk to him, figure out exactly who he is, where he came from, put it together, and then represent those awards to him," said Kreiberg. Rick Kreiberg, who founded a Phoenix-based nonprofit called ‘Veterans Affinity,’ heard Barthman’s story, and immediately wanted to help. "The memories are still there," said Barthman. You just gotta work around it."īesides Barthman's home, his Vietnam War medals and his uniform were all lost in the fire.
"It’s unfortunate this happened, but there are worse things in life. "Things are slowly starting to get back to normal," said Barthman. The veteran we profiled below, Dave Barthman, now has a new home, with the help of many who reached out. Vietnam veteran loses everything in Tunnel Fireĭave Barthman lost everything in the Tunnel Fire, but thanks to the kindness of the Timberline community, he's slowly getting back on his feet. Officials with the National Weather Service released their monsoon prediction on May 4, and the prediction calls for a normal or above-normal monsoon season. "The danger associated with monsoon storms really depends on the storm and the year." "Monsoon season is always unpredictable," said Lacroix.
Tonto National Forest Hydrologist Kelly Mott Lacroix said she has similar concerns about monsoon threats every year. Meanwhile, the additional damage will present possible threats to downstream communities as monsoon season creeps in. Officials say some areas are considered re-burned, as parts of the land burned by this wildfire contain burn scars from the Schultz Fire in 2010. "I don't want to say it resets the flood risk, because the initial burn scar, it burned all the way to the top of the mountain and really steep topography with really steep canyons, and the soil burn severity on that was a lot higher," said Waterman. Meanwhile, almost 1,500 acres of land sustained moderate burn, and approximately 11 acres are classified as high burn areas. it's the areas with moderate and high."Īlmost 5,000 acres are considered unburned, while 13,000 acres are identified as low-burn. The big triggers for accelerated erosion and increased run off. "I think fire-wide, we're looking at 92% of the fire was either unburned or low soil burned severity. "Our observed soil burn severity, it's on the lower end of things," said Brendan Waterman, the BAER team lead for the Tunnel Fire. Officials with the BAER team assembled for this wildfire say since April 30, they have been assessing damage to the soil, utilizing satellite imagery to look at the soil and vegetation damage. The Burned Area Emergency Response Team (BAER) has been surveying the damage caused by the fire, and what it means as monsoon season nears. Officials with the BAER team assigned to the fire say portions of the fire burned land that was already burned in 2010 by the Schultz Fire. Burn Area Emergency Response team surveying damage caused by Tunnel Fire
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