• Coronavirus and fires

    From Kurt Weiske@1:218/700 to All on Sat Aug 22 07:52:00 2020
    I'm on the California coast; last weekend we had a freak dry lightning
    storm that saw 11,000 bolts of lightning, which ended up causing
    300-something fires. We have a 63,000 acre fire 5 miles away from us
    burning now, with another 40,000 acres burning not that much farther
    away. 77,000 people have been evacuated so far, and almost 25,000
    structures are threatened.

    As of this morning, it's 5% contained.

    My heart goes out to the people in relocation shelters dealing with
    the loss of their house and with being in public shelters during
    Coronavirus and people with lung problems; the air is thick with smoke
    and making it hard to breathe. I've got my kids at home and have them
    starting their school year online, staying inside.

    In heartening news, I'm seeing a lot of people offering to help,
    especially with animals. There are a lot of horses around here, and
    other people out of harms way are lining up to offer their trailers
    and land to pick up and relocate horses. Others with trucks and vans
    are offering to help evacuate people. I've got a bunch of gallon water containers and am going to bring some down to an evacuation shelter
    down the road from us. I might take a ride down the coast a bit
    farther today to see if I can get out of the smoke for a little while.

    We have a SUV and a go bag packed and ready, just in case.



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  • From Andre Robitaille@1:154/70 to Kurt Weiske on Sat Aug 22 10:37:29 2020
    On 22 Aug 2020, Kurt Weiske said the following...

    We have a SUV and a go bag packed and ready, just in case.

    Thanks for all the info. It's always interesting to hear more from people who are there.

    Good luck. Hope you're able to stay safe.


    - Andre

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to KURT WEISKE on Sun Aug 23 09:22:00 2020
    I'm on the California coast; last weekend we had a freak dry lightning
    storm that saw 11,000 bolts of lightning, which ended up causing 300-something fires. We have a 63,000 acre fire 5 miles away from us
    burning now, with another 40,000 acres burning not that much farther
    away. 77,000 people have been evacuated so far, and almost 25,000
    structures are threatened.

    I saw a headline yesterday, which could have been click-bait, that claimed
    that California was now experiencing its worst fires "ever." I cannot
    imagine it being much worse than some of the images from a year or two ago,
    so I hope that is not the case. :(

    Sounds like you could have used some of the heavy rains we got yesterday.
    Stay safe.

    Mike


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DARYL STOUT on Tue Aug 25 18:33:00 2020
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    Beats washing dishes. <G>

    In recent years, I have seen some plasticware that is also silver in
    color... not the see-thru gray but actually silver-colored. So that
    tagline is out of date. :)

    Mike


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mike Powell on Fri Aug 28 22:28:00 2020
    Mike,

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    Beats washing dishes. <G>

    In recent years, I have seen some plasticware that is also silver in color... not the see-thru gray but actually silver-colored. So that tagline is out of date. :)

    I still don't care to wash dishes, if I don't have to. I did enough
    of that working for Burger King for 5 years over 40 years ago. :P

    Daryl

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