[blparent] for Jo Elizabeth

[Jo Elizabeth Pinto]

Thanks for asking, Sharon.  We're all okay.  There are ten fires burning now 
over tens of thousands of acres; sometimes it feels as if the whole state is 
going up in flames.  None of the fires are near enough to us that we've had 
to worry about our homes or our safety, thank God, although the ssmoke has 
triggered my migraines and kept me trapped inside for the last two or three 
weeks because of my asthma.  Some days there's so much smoke in the air that 
people can't see the mountains, which they can always see in the daytime 
except during a blizzard.  It's been extremely dry for the last several 
years, and there's a lot of dead wood in the mountains because of a long 
bout of beetle infestation in the area.  The dead wood is highly prone to 
combustion when lightning strikes.  I have a friend who works the night 
shift as a desk clerk at a local motel.  Because there are so many evacuees, 
she has been having to turn people away, telling them there are no hotel 
rooms anywhere from the Wyoming border, which is maybe an hour north of us, 
to Castle Rock, which is about an hour's drive south of where we live. 
They're opening up school buildings in some of the hardest hit areas to 
house evacuees.  Last I heard, there were more than fifteen hundred 
firefighters battling the blazes.  What brave men and women they are!  Send 
good thoughts their way, or pray for their safety, or light candles for 
them, whatever your beliefs may be.




Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song." Maya Angelou
-----Original Message----- 
From: sharon howerton
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 4:52 AM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: [blparent] for Jo Elizabeth

Jo Elizabeth, I realize this is off topic, but hope you are OK as realize 
you may be in a high risk area of Colorado. It concerns me that I have not 
noticed a post from you so hope you,Sarah and Gerald are OK.
Sharon
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