Eminently quotable: 'I could smell the breath of the dragon'
"It's shocking how black the park looks from the road." -- Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent Wendy Ross, on the effects of a large wildfire in the park's North Unit. q   q   q âI could smell the breath of the dragon. Thatâs how close I was.â -- Wally Owen, whose Medora property was threatened by a wildfire that prompted the evacuation of the town. q   q   q "Life is very fragile. Fires remind us of that truth. This will be one April Fool's Day and Holy Thursday that will stick deeply in all of our souls." -- Roger Dieterle, a retire...