You manage a winery and haven't talked to me about wine? Shame on you. I have a collection of about 100 bottles. Just got a bottle of the Blazer 50 year anniversary wine which I don't think is gonna be too good. I like it just because it celebrates 50 years of the Blazers, their golden anniversary. Finest one I ever drank was a bottle Chateaux La Tour Saint Emilion. I've had three of them beginning in 1981 with the last one being purchased in about 1988. Otherwise the best was a Dom Perignon that we liked better than a Crystal from the same year as our last bottle of Dom Perignon. I think we've splurged for about half a dozen bottles of Dom Perignon thru the years with the first being in 1985 when we moved from St. Louis, a hell hole, to Seattle.The last was last November when we celebrated my wife's birthday at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse.
My parents and sister in Canby are seriously surrounded by fires. The fire just jumped Highway 211 and I think they are going to evacuate soon. Air quality is at 700, which is really bad and even inside they are coughing. Fire is about 7 miles away, but it has traveled 15 miles in the last 24 hours. Also three fires have now basically merged into one fire. Finally, not trying to make this political at all, but apparently a very conservative member of the school board is peddling a conspiracy theory online that Antifa intentionally set the fires with flame throwers... So... that's the state of our country right now. Even in this time of clear emergency, leaders in the community are resorting to crazy conspiracy theories.
Also, if you evacuate, I recommend you video tape your valuables as evidence should they be damaged after you evacuate to use as part of any insurance claim. Better to be safe than sorry.
seriously? we woke up with smoke in the house but wife hasnt contacted me about anything and she manages a store right on 99. Looks like ill be watching very closely tomight.
Yeah, just talked to her. She has an in with the fire chief so she has been getting information faster than others.
crazy. Wife just said things are fine where she is st. Canby city limits is big though. Maybe your sister is on the eastern edge?
Well, she lives over by the swimming pool. So, not far from downtown. I don't think she is worried about the fire causing damage to the house at this point, just worried about the air quality, which is really bad. I facetimed her and she was trying to show me how bad it was in her back yard and within seconds of being outside she was hacking up a lung.
gotcha. wife just said they are moving cattle into the fairgrounds right now so if thats the case city center is fine for now. But wait. Canby has a swimming pool? Public one? im about to freak!
okay man, I have print screen shots and posted them in here for years. Now all of a sudden its too big and wont post? Whos running the site now? SSSLLLYYY!!!!!!!! Had to shrink my screen and re screenprint.... Never had to do that before....
Look, no matter what it is, no matter how big or how small, the rule of thumb is blame Sly. You don't know how many jams this has gotten me out of. And the best part of it? He's not even here to defend himself. Perfect.
What is the source of these fires? Lightning? Down power lines? Assholes? My mom is in Newberg and is saying she’s finding very little info on what’s actually starting all these fires. I understand the wind and heat perpetuate them but why are they sparking up all over the goddamn place? It’s hotter, drier and windier here and you don’t see the entire state spontaneously combust like that. What is the outlier I’m missing?
The statistics show that most fires in the country are started by lightening. I also hear about a lot of fires started by stupid people who don't put out their campfires or build a campfire when it isn't safe. A very few fires are begun by demented people and those are the ones that piss me off the most.
So was Monday night like a big campfire lightning fest or what? I lived around Portland in the willamette valley from ages 0-18 and heard thunder maybe two times.
