![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kyburgThe inside of my nose is bloody, those who got to work today are all sneezing like whack a moles in our cubicles (I took my Alavert) and my nice red car is a nice dusty shade of brown. Everything is COVERED in ashes, and the winds just keep blowing the smoke away - so at the beach? We know there are fires, we can smell them - but unless we get out to where we can see horizons...we can't see them.
Over a dozen out-of-control wildfires...between a two hour drive north of me, to the Mexican border. I've seen all these areas burn before...and they will again, don't think they won't...but I can't recall a time when so MANY areas were on fire all at the same time.
Surely, some of these are arson. The press conferences last night were blaming electrical line falls due to the wind. That's a lot of downed lines. Part of me wonders how much of the lack of maintenance might be blamed for this as well.
I'm contacting who I can to funnel shoes - I still have 14 pairs I can do between now and the end of the year, and four pair I can get Johnny on the spot if I have to in addition. I also have a back yard with a brand new fence for animal evacuees - will be calling those guys as well.
One of the guys I work with couldn't get here to day. The schools are closed and he and his family have been evacuated - he emailed pictures in with the news. It looked like when Mount St. Helens blew.
..
Which makes irony on top of irony - as I Googled to get the right spelling, this popped up:
Stubblefield, who retired eight years ago as the supervisor of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and now lives in the Ridgefield area, served as master of ceremonies for the grand opening on May 15, 1993. He's disappointed that the Forest Service, now strapped for cash, has chosen to permanently close the center after the last visitor leaves on Nov. 5.
"It's such an incredible spot," he said, gazing out toward the cloud-shrouded volcano. "I feel privileged and honored to have spent some time here."
Stubblefield laments the closure as another symptom of a throwaway society, arguing that the state's congressional delegation hasn't done enough to protect the public's investment. He contends that if it was important enough for Congress to establish the 110,000-acre national volcanic monument, as it did in 1982, it deserves a stable source of funding every year. He also suggested another use be found for the building, perhaps as a base for outdoor excursions or even a hotel.
Good grief.
I'm also thinking calling out the taiko drummers wouldn't be a bad idea.
Over a dozen out-of-control wildfires...between a two hour drive north of me, to the Mexican border. I've seen all these areas burn before...and they will again, don't think they won't...but I can't recall a time when so MANY areas were on fire all at the same time.
Surely, some of these are arson. The press conferences last night were blaming electrical line falls due to the wind. That's a lot of downed lines. Part of me wonders how much of the lack of maintenance might be blamed for this as well.
I'm contacting who I can to funnel shoes - I still have 14 pairs I can do between now and the end of the year, and four pair I can get Johnny on the spot if I have to in addition. I also have a back yard with a brand new fence for animal evacuees - will be calling those guys as well.
One of the guys I work with couldn't get here to day. The schools are closed and he and his family have been evacuated - he emailed pictures in with the news. It looked like when Mount St. Helens blew.
..
Which makes irony on top of irony - as I Googled to get the right spelling, this popped up:
Stubblefield, who retired eight years ago as the supervisor of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and now lives in the Ridgefield area, served as master of ceremonies for the grand opening on May 15, 1993. He's disappointed that the Forest Service, now strapped for cash, has chosen to permanently close the center after the last visitor leaves on Nov. 5.
"It's such an incredible spot," he said, gazing out toward the cloud-shrouded volcano. "I feel privileged and honored to have spent some time here."
Stubblefield laments the closure as another symptom of a throwaway society, arguing that the state's congressional delegation hasn't done enough to protect the public's investment. He contends that if it was important enough for Congress to establish the 110,000-acre national volcanic monument, as it did in 1982, it deserves a stable source of funding every year. He also suggested another use be found for the building, perhaps as a base for outdoor excursions or even a hotel.
Good grief.
I'm also thinking calling out the taiko drummers wouldn't be a bad idea.
