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We have been fortunate so far this year, with no fires close by. Only a couple of days so far when the air was enough to cure a ham.
Good luck on getting a breeze in the right direction to do some skygazing. Or at least enjoy the river with hubby.
Quoting: waterlily It's pretty bad for fire season in Southern Oregon this year. Happens every 10 years or so. So much forest and the dry years just take a tiny spark to start them up. We had lightening in the wee hours this morning so the news says 3 more fires started. We are at over 50,000 acres on fire now. I wonder when they'll realize the forestry doesn't want to clean the trash for nothing. It's so frustrating when politicians, with no idea of what they're doing, makes decisions on cutting trees or not cutting trees. That's part of the reason forestry and forest management is a science. So many acres. Shouldn't be happening, should it? If it makes you feel just a little bit better, I don't think we'll see the meteor shower this year, either. It's been trying to rain a little. We used to call it my daughter's meteor shower. It peaks on her birthday. It was kind of a dud last year at our house, though. We have a relative who was a firefighter for years, and she said that some of the forests are enough to make you cry, with the standing deadwood. Just waiting for a spark... For several reasons, we almost never get a good meteor shower here, the smoke, the smog, the dust all seal us in, particularly on the nights of neat celestial events. I miss the skies when I was a child and could lay on the lawn and look up and actually see the Milky Way. They really are a mess. All of the dead wood should be taken out routinely. There's so much to managing healthy, sustainable forests and letting it go isn't the answer. Not when people are around. Not when the fires get to 50,000 acres. I'm sorry you can't see the stars. I hate it when I can't see them, too. At least, when we move farther south, there will be less light pollution. Yeay! More stars!
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