The Black Forest Fire is north and east of us. We’re currently in voluntary evacuation mode, which is the second level of evacuation out of three. Next mode is mandatory. However, we’re on the far south side of the box that marks the voluntary evacuation. And we’ve got a lot of grassland (not trees) between us and the fire, plus a major road on which its likely they could make a stand to prevent the fire jumping (like they did on Vindicator last year with the Waldo Canyon Fire). There is little smoke here – winds are blowing north-northwest, which is away from us. At least for now.<\/p>\n
So we’ve got both cars packed with valuables and we’re ready to bolt if we need to. The dogs are clueless, thankfully. We just don’t think its likely to head our way tonight. Tomorrow could be different if the winds change. They won’t have a handle on this thing for a couple of days.<\/p>\n
Weird thing is we just bought – yesterday – a Forest River R-Pod travel trailer. So we have a “2nd home”, albeit reeeeally tiny. Worse: my car can’t tow it yet. I have an appointment to have the trailer hitch upgraded for next Wednesday. If we’re still in voluntary evacuation tomorrow I may call to see if I can get that moved up.<\/p>\n
Life is weird. Last year my sister was sitting on the edge of the Waldo Canyon Fire. The fire fighters did a great job to help save her home. This year, I’m hoping the same for our home. But mother nature is fickle … and sometimes just plain mean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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