Wildfires

Thank you everyone for your emails, phone calls, loving concern - and especially your prayers! And a big thanks to my sister who has kept everyone updated!!! We are home now, came back last night. Our area hasn't been under mandatory evacuation orders, but we did spend Monday night with a good friend of ours. Thanks, Bess, for your hospitality! We were close to the mandatory evacuation zones (4 miles north and 3 miles east) and decided to leave late Monday night, just in case.

If you are reading the news, take heart. The evacuation numbers are frighteningly large, but really, it means the officials are being extremely careful. There has been no panicky mass exodus; everything has happened in a very orderly and calm fashion. People were given plenty of notice to evacuate. The evacuation centers remain open, but a lot of people have been allowed back into their homes. All in all, it has been a very well managed crisis situation.

The air quality isn't too bad in our area. We can smell the smoke, but can't see it, and there's only a fine layer of ash on our cars, etc. We have the car still packed, and we are prepared to leave if need be, but as of right now, our area is safe. In the map above, we are south and west of the burn and evacuation areas.