By Joseph Alan Sanchez
GCN Live.com

If you’re trying to recall where you’ve heard the name Los Alamos, a quick reminder; it is the home of much of the science of the nuclear age, and yes, the atom bomb.

As of Thursday morning, June 30, the Los Alamos facility and its protectors were holding their own and recent quotes are assuring the world that we are okay today.

After all, the 2001 fire on the outskirts of Los Alamos gave those who could make a difference, a bit of time to prepare for what is now the inevitable visit from the high hills. A powerful mountain fire fueled by the driest summer on New Mexico record is raging in the Jemez Mountains.

In Los Alamos, New Mexico, the town has been abandoned and Bandelier National Monument is not the destination it might be in previous summers. National reports say that 12,000 people have been evacuated, but in the town of scientism stalwarts and their families, the population listing is only 11,000. The truth is that everyone from the mountain town who is not essential has left.

When it hits close to come, a threat in Nebraska recently begged the question: would flooding damage the nuclear facility?

The thought of nuclear waste being incinerated anywhere nearby should cause concern.

Two of the world’s top ten computers residing at the Los Alamos facility were shut down earlier this week, not because of the on-coming fire but because of the present fire and resulting smoke which could cause problems. The scientific explanation, which is believable, is that the ever-present thick smoke could cause problems for the array of fantastic super computers of exponential powers.

A source high at the facility has given a confidential interview and is saying that as of late Wednesday night, everything was under control The town is populated now mainly by New Mexico national guardsmen and officials trying to fight the fire. Officials quoted on CNN say that millions have been spent in anticipation of the fire threat now upon the facility.

What is done when disaster isn’t imminent? Previous precautions and a valiant present effort are the measures that will tell the difference between horrible effects and another catastrophe averted. There is no debate that the uncontrolled burning of 55-gallon drums of nuclear waste, some from the Cold War era, stored at the Los Alamos facility would be detrimental to the health of all those that breathe in the nearby regions.

Let’s hope that the millions pay off. Only time will tell what the results will be in the clash between the fury of nature and the fanaticism of science in the 21st century.

Joseph Alan Sanchez is a journalist and activist who resides in Southeastern Colorado. He recently founded “Defeating Cognitive Dissonance”, an effort to help truth seekers see through the disinformation and lies that permeate mainstream news.