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Posted by Billy on June 24, 2008, 12:20 pm
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> > > I limbed up my hemlock. I (with some help from DS, age 15) took down a
> > > pine
> > > that really needed to go and DD ( 9) helped take down two oak branches
> > > that
> > > were shading the bed. Lots more light getting in and a spot for bright
> > > shade
> > > lovers.
> > >
> > > Weeding is complete for the moment, all the chipmunk holes filled in, a
> > > bunch of things divided and already in new homes and. I need to move or
> > > divide some of the daylilies, but that will wait for bloom season to be
> > > over.
> > >
> > > I started edging it, but the rains came.
> > >
> > > Cheryl
> >
> > Cheryl
> > Great accomplishment. You have some wonderful kids!
> >
> > There has not been much gardening here in Nor Cal for over a week.
> > We were camping and came home on Fri the 13th to a valley filled with
> > smoke. Huge fire in Paradise, which quickly made Paradise into Hell.
> > ( we knew not about the fire as we are incommunicado when we camp)
> > 75 homes burned, at one time 9000 people evacuated. 23,000 acres
> > burned. Fire contained by Wednesday, and the smoke cleared.
> > So I got out quickly and got some deadheading and weeding done in
> > the next couple of days. Hot: in the low 100s.
> >
> > Late Friday the 20 and Saturday we had a terrific lightning storm
> > which
> > had no rain and hundreds of fires were ignited. On Sunday I went
> > hiking
> > with a group and on the way home we counted 7 fire plumes to the north
> > 27 fires in Butte County alone.
> > Many fires are just being allowed to burn as there are no buildings
> > nearby.
> > Now the towns of Magalia and Concow are being evacuated, and the
> > smoke is intense here, advised to stay indoors as much as possible. We
> > could not see the sun at all today, Temps in the 90s
> > And it s still only June, the fire lookouts are not usually even
> > manned until
> > the last week of June: this is going to be some summer!
> >
> > Emilie
> > NorCal
>
> Thunder storms ignited over 100 fires in Northern California his last
> week-end. I'm at least 100 miles from the nearest fire and the sky was
> full of smoke today. We've 85% of normal rain fall but have had little
> rain since March and as a result there are a lot of dry weeds, waiting
> for a spark. Normally, we don't have rain from May to October.
Make that 842 fires from Monterey to the Oregon border. Nearest fire to
me is to the east on the Napa-Solano county line.
Good morning America, you got choices, floods or fires.
--
Billy
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