October 8, 2012 With winds in Roswell, New Mexico blowing in from the north at 8.5 MPH the Red Bull Stratos jump by Felix Baumgartner, slated for today, will have to be postponed.
K2 Radio meteorologist Don Day recently said that any winds over 2 MPH could cause delays again.
October 5, 2012
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A giant wildfire in the Gila National Forest that is already New Mexico's largest ever has grown to nearly 300 square miles.
Fire officials said Thursday that the erratic blaze grew overnight to more than 190,000 acres and is spreading in all directions, as officials in the western U
May 29, 2012 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A massive wildfire burning in a mountainous southwestern New Mexico forest is close to becoming the largest fire in state history.
The U.S. Forest Service said the erratic blaze in Gila National Forest had grown to about 152,000 acres by Tuesday — just 5,000 acres from breaking the state record
A wildfire that burned more than 10,000 acres during the overnight hours Monday was moving dangerously close to the Los Alamos National Laboratory nuclear weapons complex in New Mexico.
The fire, which was 4 miles away from Los Alamos on Tuesday has burned about 93 square miles in less than two days, MSNBC reported.
