Oregon Fires pt2

[olivermoss]

Smoke wasn't as bad in Portland today. But we'll be minus several towns and maybe a city by the end of this. Fire is going directly through Medford Image. Also, a lot of forest land and wilderness areas.

Comments

[sperrywink]

Wow. Such a tragedy in a year of tragedies.

[olivermoss]

I have trouble even keeping track of all that is going right now.

[oldtoadwoman]

Fire is one of my biggest fears because it's just so massive (and you can't help but feel like it's alive sometimes).

That looks terrifying.

[olivermoss]

It's bad and we we are still in this historic windstorm.

sending rainy thoughts

[oldtoadwoman]

When I moved away from California, one of the things on my decision-making list was "Fire Season = Scary". Even when none of the fires were near me, there's that constant sense of, "Yeah, but one spark and ::foomph::" (and a few got uncomfortably close though luckily I never had to evacuate)

I guess it's basically a matter of picking which natural disaster you are willing to risk. Everywhere has something. Do you want to risk hurricanes or blizzards or floods or...? I've picked blizzards and tornadoes for now.

Good luck!

Re: sending rainy thoughts

[nonniemous]

I have often said that I prefer to live with the random danger of volcanoes rather than tornadoes and windstorms and hurricanes. But the fires...yeah. These are not fun.

[nonniemous]

I'm terrified to find out how many people did not get out in time. The forests in some ways will benefit from this; doug fir need a fire to open their cones and there's a lot of underbrush. But the toll on animals and people....