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Article: Smoke jumping and dodging Banditos across New Mexico.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune
- Article date:
- May 27, 2002
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Byline: Tim Giago (Nanwica Kciji)
Leaving Santa Fe on the highway to Taos was eerie on Saturday.
It must have taken 20 miles to break free of the smoke that turned the highway into a foggy scene right out of London town. Except the smoke seeped into the car and caused one to cough through watery eyes. Fog doesn't do that.
The fires raging in the hills near Santa Fe were out of control. A news report in the Albuquerque Journal said the drought had brought the water level in Elephant Butte Lake to its lowest level since 1954.
New Mexico is growing so rapidly. Every time I drive to Albuquerque or Santa Fe I am amazed at how the countryside ...