I've only been in the small community of Hot Springs, S.D., for one week and already I feel connected.
I'm covering the Alabaugh Fire today and found out that a gentleman from here died in the blaze. This man -- if the reports I've heard are correct -- is the same man that I talked to earlier this week while taking photos of the Fourth of July activities.
I was shocked when I found out he died. I didn't know him well, but I did know him. That probably wouldn't have happened in Missoula, Mont., and it sure as hell wouldn't happen in Denver, my new home.
