A look at Arizona news, views and images—via Arizona tweets.
19 REMEMBERED
Fox Sports AZ tweeted: “#19 Yarnell jersey hanging in the @Dbacks dugout tonight #YarnellHill”
GRANITE MOUNTAIN HOT SHOT HEROES
Prescott Daily Courier photog Matt Hinshaw: “Together these two signs say it all. #YarnellFire #GraniteMountainHotShots”
FLAGS FOR THE FALLEN
12 News producer Cassie Rathbun: “19 flags for 19 fallen heroes.”
A GRIEVING TOWN
Republic photog David Wallace: “#Prescott, a town in mourning. #YarnellFire”
WORST HE CAN RECALL
Speaker, writer Ted Pawlikowski of Chandler: “Now 19 dead in Yarnell Hill fire. Worst tragedy I can remember in AZ and I’ve live here since 1964.”
SURREAL VIEW
KPHO reporter Rebecca Thomas: “Peeple’s Valley residents watching Yarnell Hill Fire in awe.”
#TRUEHEROES
Christina Pope of Arizona: “RIP Hot Shot Crew” #yarnellhill #trueheros
‘LAST ALARM 6/30/2013’
3TV anchor Yetta Gibson: “Heartbroken, devastated…”
BEAR’S FEELINGS
Smokey Bear tweeted: “How I feel right now.” #azfire #hotshots #wildfires
Before tragedy befell the Granite Mountain Hotshots, Twitter in Arizona centered around the weather and the usual random quirkiness. Such as what follows.
COLD, CREAMY ENTREE
Tucson’s KOLD News 13 meteorologist Erin Jordan: “Too hot to grill. And don’t want to turn on oven b/c the AC is blasting inside the house. So it has come to this – ice cream for dinner. ;-)”
BELT-BURN DAYS
Cronkite student Haley Buntrock: My seat belt is a branding iron #AZsummers”
WE DID IT!
B. Farley of Arizona: “Phoenix breaks record for hottest day and temps still climbing! #shocked. Now if our asphalt would stop flowing down road like lava…”
ESCAPE TO CALI
Writer, speaker and lead pastor of The Grove Palmer Chinchen of Chandler: “121 degrees in PHX today! Got outta Dodge just in time.”
MOUNTAINS OF DEDICATION
Republic photog Michael Schennum: “115 degrees and still plenty of cars in the #piestewa peak parking lot.”
MR. MELTEE?
ABC 15 anchor Connie Colla: “NOOO! Not the ice cream truck too?! We’re all melting in this heat, how about you?”
119. THAT IS ALL
12 News producer Kate Songin, an East Coast girl living in the desert, tweeted: “I am not complaining. But I am saying. It’s going to be 119 degrees in Phoenix today.”
DIS FROM DENVER
CBS Denver tweeted: “Ready for another hot day? It could be worse, Phoenix today will top at 118 this afternoon! 🙂 Cooler this weekend”
THE LEN ERA BEGINS?
Newest member of the Phoenix Suns Alex Len: “Proud to be a Ukranian! Appreciate @borntotailor for putting together my #NBADraft suit! #GoSuns”
‘WEALTHY’
Suns digital guy Greg Esposito: “What ONE word would you use to describe the newest member of the @Suns Alex Len? #SunsDraft”
SNUG ON THE RUG
Rodd McLeod of Phoenix: “It is possible to stretch while you sleep.
TOO MANY ‘MEETINGS’
Charlotte Shaff of Phoenix: “How many times do I have to ‘meet’ a person I’ve met before, before reminding them we’ve met before? Or do I just remind them each time?”
THAT SPELLS RELIEF
Radio show funnyman Johnjay Van Es of Phoenix: “I just peed for like 2 minutes straight.”
NOW ON SALE
KTVK sports director Tim Ring: “The NFL’s version of ‘murderer’s row.’”
LOVE IS IN THE AIR
Felecia Rotellini of Arizona: “Nothing better than watching history be made today. People really can make a difference. #LoveisLove #MarriageEquality #DOMA”
WORDS ABOUT WENDY
Abraham Hamadeh of Scottsdale: “I don’t see it honorable for @WendyDavisTexas to be filibustering against precious life.”
WORDS ABOUT WENDY, II
Republic digital editor Ginger Rough of Phoenix: “I haven’t had this much anxiety watching a clock tick down since the final episodes of 24. #standwithwendy”
