Oregon fires
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Visibility is half a block, my wife is packing, I'm still in denial.
Here's a map from yesterday. They just announced that Medford is being evacuated, as is Lincoln City. I assume that means parts of, and not the entire towns, that would be unimaginable! From our house on nice days, I can see forest where the Douglas Fir is easily 150' tall. I suppose if the forest caught fire that would not be good, seeing as how our house is at the top of the hill. Anyway, I'll post if it gets serious. It really is like standing too close to a campfire, burns the lungs and stings the eyes. Maybe Doritos will help. Certainly ice cream.
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The full fire report for the state is 805,332.364 acres burned. The smaller number probably is a subset based on the area of the visual provided.
Go and be safe, Rainman. Yes, it's surreal, but so much of our world is this year.
Yes, you should have all the Doritos and ice cream you want. Hugs to you and your bride.
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https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/6329d5e4e13748b9b9f7f33f06a3c376/
Zoom in on the area near Portland, and then also Eugene (south of Portland along I-5).
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Well, damn.
We just got text messages that we're been honored to move to level 2.A friend of mine Fred Charlton is the chief for Clackamas County fire district. Clackamas county is huge, goes all the way from Portland suburbs to Mt. Hood. He said he pulled all firefighters from the merging two fires nearest to us, they can't fight it. They'll pull back and regroup. Interesting how all interagency police are working together, there are Milwaukie police cruising through Oregon City, and Molalla, which is being evacuated. Wonder if Antifa will consider all this some sort of auto-pilot and they won't burn things down tonight?
This is all about me, of course. The areas that are burning are my motorcycle routes, beautiful country to ride through, and now they're, what, like burned up? No way, I don't believe it, they couldn't do that to me.
One of my wife's sisters lives in Beavercreek. They were at the Dr. when they got a text message level 3, they can't even go home to collect stuff, the cops and firefighters have the roads closed. My wife's other sister lives in Estacada, also evacuated. She lives in a beautiful large house in the woods. That doesn't look good.
I just told my wife WE ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF ICE CREAM!!
Dammit!!
How does everything go bad at the same time. Nonsense. All of it.And the smoke is starting to get me angry. Everything stinks like a campfire, and it looks like December fog outside. 6:30 pm and it looks like it's getting dark outside.
Other than that, everything's fine. How are all of you doing? I wonder about Kincaid, he lives somewhere around Portland as I recall.
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Good, but what about the ice cream?
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Rainman, I'm so glad you're getting out and have a hotel room ready. They're going to be booked up pretty soon.
So sorry to hear of your family members' situations. It's awful, just plain awful. Well, more like spectacularly awful.
I hope your home is spared, and your motorcycle. I know what you mean about the great places to ride in your area. It's just beautiful, which makes it all the worse to have it burn.
Go to the corner market called World Foods. I think it's on Everett and 10th? You'll find fabulous ice cream there. If the owner, John, is there, tell him Brenda from Minnesooooooota says hello. Yes, spoil yourself and your bride with some ice cream from there. They have yummy stuff.
Also go to their prepared food section for excellent takeout Middle Eastern dishes. You'll make me jealous of all the good things you will find there. Everything is excellent from John's store. He even has terrific wines.
Have a feast and tell us all about what you got to enjoy. If Portland is burning around the edges, you can still be cool at the hotel.
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Thanks for the kind words and support. George's picture of PDX is spot-on. Very smokey, smells like camping, fresh air and sunlight are a memory.
SIL in Estacata moved in with another of my wife's sisters, SIL and her husband from Beavercreek moved in with relatives in Vancouver. Several neighbors around us have taken in family members, extra cars and RV's throughout the neighborhood. We are fine, added towels at the base of exterior doors, we have two portable air purifiers I dug out of the garage, not sure they help much but one has charcoal filters and is new, so who knows. We are right inside level 2 boundary and given how calm it is, there is no chance the fire will overrun us. At least that's my opinion and I'm always right. The smoke is really thick, there is no wind to blow it away.
I'm sure my most depressing report will be when this is over, and we get to go see the destruction from the fire. -
Thanks for the kind words and support. George's picture of PDX is spot-on. Very smokey, smells like camping, fresh air and sunlight are a memory.
SIL in Estacata moved in with another of my wife's sisters, SIL and her husband from Beavercreek moved in with relatives in Vancouver. Several neighbors around us have taken in family members, extra cars and RV's throughout the neighborhood. We are fine, added towels at the base of exterior doors, we have two portable air purifiers I dug out of the garage, not sure they help much but one has charcoal filters and is new, so who knows. We are right inside level 2 boundary and given how calm it is, there is no chance the fire will overrun us. At least that's my opinion and I'm always right. The smoke is really thick, there is no wind to blow it away.
I'm sure my most depressing report will be when this is over, and we get to go see the destruction from the fire.
