George Bush Park Fire

[+BaylorGrad]

Many of us Geocachers in the state of Texas and particularly in the Houston area are familiar with the Geocaching-rich George Bush Park in West Houston, Texas. Unfortunately, yesterday there was a fire that burned 1,500 acres of the park. According to Wikipedia, the park itself is only 7,800 acres. This means that--at the least--a good hundred caches are probably lost (although we should check out those ammo cans--you never know!).

 

I also just wanted to alert the caching community to this wildfire (which is has since been extinguished) because I know the popularity of GBP as a caching destination. Although only 1/5th of the park burned, I imagine that a much greater area was impacted. As you can see, the "E" in the TEXAS Series has been temporarily disabled, and I imagine many other caches will follow. Unfortunately, I fear that many areas will be un-cacheable for many years. Also, it might be in your best interest to avoid the park as a caching destination until everything has been cleaned up a bit... For what it's worth.

 

Here are a few articles on the fire:

 

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/110913-fire-near-george-bush-park-in-west-houston

 

http://www.click2houston.com/news/29173094/detail.html

 

http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2011/09/fire-breaks-out-near-george-bush-park/