Jo is in Oregon with her sons while the Carr Wild Fire rages on around her house. But the latest news is that the fire is headed away from her street. It looks like she is going to be one of the lucky ones--knock on wood.
I am spending the next three days at the bottom of Palo Duro Canyon near Amarillo and out of range of wifi and phone. If I don't re-emerge within the next 72 hours, send a search party.
Sister Mary and her husband, Jim will be joining me tomorrow for one night before I turn toward Santa Fe and they head on to Colorado. They are escaping the fallout from the volcano for a little while. It is scary to me how so many of the recent natural disasters have touched friends or members of my family. But, luckily all have survived.
Monday, July 30, 2018
Saturday, July 28, 2018
A Revival
I cannot seem to keep everyone up-to-date as to my whereabouts or the condition of my family so a blog revival is in order.
Like today. Sister, Jo, who lives in Redding, Ca, was evacuated from her home yesterday because of the Carr fire that is roaring down out of the hills and consuming everything in its path. Looking at the maps that I find on-line Jo's tiny, vulnerable house is in the path of this giant. But winds keep switching around and we have our fingers crossed that the fire will get under control before long.
It looks like the local authorities are allowing her 30 minutes this morning to go in and retrieve some more of her belongings. Her son, Mike, is driving down from Oregon to pick her up and take her back home with him. Last year his house near Ashland was under the shadow of another forest fire that raged on for months.
I worry that our entire country is going up in flames and I see no end in sight to these conflagrations. There are so many theories as to what is causing them---inadequate logging, out-of-control beetles, diseases, incompetent management, drought, too many people encroaching on the forests, greed, climate change, politicians, etc, etc. Do I see any efforts to tackle these problems? Well, there is Smokey the Bear.
Sister, Mary and her husband, Jim are currently in Colorado while avoiding the fumes from the volcano in Hawaii. Their house is not in the path of the lava but the lava is close enough to be worrisome and the fumes are dangerous.
I am presently in the Cracker Barrel parking lot in Abilene, Tx and headed to New Mexico. I will start posting to the blog as I go in an effort to update everyone. If you have any problems viewing this blog please let me know.
Like today. Sister, Jo, who lives in Redding, Ca, was evacuated from her home yesterday because of the Carr fire that is roaring down out of the hills and consuming everything in its path. Looking at the maps that I find on-line Jo's tiny, vulnerable house is in the path of this giant. But winds keep switching around and we have our fingers crossed that the fire will get under control before long.
It looks like the local authorities are allowing her 30 minutes this morning to go in and retrieve some more of her belongings. Her son, Mike, is driving down from Oregon to pick her up and take her back home with him. Last year his house near Ashland was under the shadow of another forest fire that raged on for months.
I worry that our entire country is going up in flames and I see no end in sight to these conflagrations. There are so many theories as to what is causing them---inadequate logging, out-of-control beetles, diseases, incompetent management, drought, too many people encroaching on the forests, greed, climate change, politicians, etc, etc. Do I see any efforts to tackle these problems? Well, there is Smokey the Bear.
Sister, Mary and her husband, Jim are currently in Colorado while avoiding the fumes from the volcano in Hawaii. Their house is not in the path of the lava but the lava is close enough to be worrisome and the fumes are dangerous.
I am presently in the Cracker Barrel parking lot in Abilene, Tx and headed to New Mexico. I will start posting to the blog as I go in an effort to update everyone. If you have any problems viewing this blog please let me know.
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