I have been helping my brother and hi neighbors evacuate from the Colton area. Livestock and personal belongings are moved but a lot of people need help.
Most of my pictures seem to be too large to download here. They gotta do something about that size limit?
we have evacuated our property and have only a small bag and our valuable documents....not sure when we can get home...our son helped us out so far. This reminds me of the volcano eruption in Hawaii in the early 90s....only the smoke smells like burned plastic here instead of sulfur....be safe!
Sorry to hear it. Hope you get through this safely with minimal issues. We were evacuated in 2014 in the Coco's fire - it got as close as 1 mile from our home. Not a pleasant experience.
We're luckier than many...our house is still standing...might lose my chickens, garden and orchard but thats just stuff...there will be no power for a few days and it's brutally hot and our house smells like burned plastic....can't run the well or fans to clear the space...supposed to be 100 out there today. We're staying at our son's for now and heading to Bend soon to stay with inlaws....many, many people are homeless today...my son's coworker just bought and moved into a new house last week that is gone today....it's brutal
So the situation with my brother is pretty dire. 10 days ago he found his wife unresponsive laying in the front room and they resuscitated her. She went to the hospital and they were at first thinking Covid but found ventricular problem. She needed a pace maker. Problem was she had gone so long without oxygent to the brain that she lost her eyesight in the fight. Then my Brother who is a lymphoma survivor but lost a bunch of mobility in the fight fell trying to take care of their horses and he has dislocated and injured his hip. Yesterday while getting him out his wife was in surgery getting her pacemaker but he could not deal with it due to fires. This has been a very tough couple of weeks. It would be a huge blow for them to lose their house right now. We are hoping they are spared that issue. We did get their animals to safety and we will be going back in to get more stuff. Just could only move so fast last night. This is just one family. There are more out there struggling right now.
Sorry to hear about your brother and sister in law.....I have heart surgery scheduled for Friday morning ....put my trip to Bend on hold...just got bumped up the list ..4th surgery in 2 years...hopefully this one will be the last. It has been a real tough year on everybody and I'm sure ready for some normality
Hope you come through well my friend. It's tough to do things like this right now. She is only allowed one visitor that goes through the visiting protocol.
We got 17 horses out of the area now and have three houses pretty much ready. I think we are done for now. Seems like everything will calm down if we can just get through to Thursday night.
Damn man. So sorry to hear about your brother and his wife. I hope their home is spared and she recovers. Your a damned good brother. Thoughts are with you guys.
Sorry to hear of your stories, kj and riverman. Stay safe! The Chehalem Mountains fire was just above the winery I manage. We had to evacuate an employee living on-site. We were supposed to start with harvest today, but it's so dark and thick. Air quality is totally garbage. Even 3 miles East it clears up a bit.
It is seriously scary here. So dark I need lights to navigate my house. Birds are silent, probably think it's night. I had to water my garden, ashes all over the plants. Can't tell what color flowers are. Hope they cancel A's game, can't imagine playing baseball in this air. Can't imagine what it's like for firefighters. Best to all, hope you get through it.
