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Monday, July 21, 2008

Fires

The fires still rage on here in California.  We are not (at the moment) in any dire risk of having our house burned down, but the air quality is just… horrid.  I’ve seen folks in the Bay Area complain in their blogs about the smoke, but being even closer to the fires, it’s even worse here.  I hadn’t realized just how bad until the AC unit in our bedroom started to act up.  I almost always clean out the filter once a week, but this was middle of the week and it seemed unlikely that the filter would be dirty after only a few days.  Still, I pulled it out to check and the whole thing was pure black.  It was so gross, and what was worse, everyone in the house has been complaining of “black boogers” - that is to say, that after blowing one’s nose, sooty residue comes out along with everything else.  YUCK.

Typically, this is an extremely dry time of year, but it feels even dryer than normal.  We built a gazebo just before TDO had surgery (oh… by the way he had surgery a week and a half ago on his bum shoulder), and installed a misting system.  I can’t tell you how incredibly nice that is.  Still, being outside is unappealing when breathing in “campfire air” the whole time.  I really, really hope they get these fires under control.  I can only imagine the extensive damage to the actual plants, animals, trees, etc.  I haven’t kept up with the home losses, since at least close to us, the fires rage in remote forest areas, so it’s not as much of a concern, but I’m sure that’s something to consider, too.

Ugh.  So that’s what’s up with us.  We haven’t burned into little charcoal bits, TDO seems to be healing very well (better than expected) though he’ll be out of work at least a month and not back on the road for at least four months.  He’s been contemplating taking a desk job for awhile, anyway, so we’ll see what happens. *shrug*

Hope everyone out there stays safe.  And if you’re having excess rains, please feel free to send them this way.

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