[blparent] for Jo Elizabeth

Fri Jun 29 01:46:05 UTC 2012

Yes, just north of Denver.  The Boulder fire is pretty close to us, maybe a 
twenty minute drive in the car.  I found out yesterday that a cousin of mine 
who lives near one of the fires was relocated to the dorms of a college 
campus, which has opened up the rooms left empty by students on summer 
vacation to fire evacuees.  Many towns and cities are asking everyone who 
has spare bedrooms to consider opening their homes, but we're bursting at 
the seams in my house already.  I worry what the summer will bring.  There 
are still at least three hot, dry months to come.  We had some mean-looking 
clouds yesterday, with lightning and thunder, but then we got big fat 
raindrops for just a few minutes before the storm moved on.  Most places 
have made any kind of fireworks illegal this year, although before the ones 
that stay on the ground were tolerated.  People used to drive across the 
Wyoming border and buy any kind of fireworks they wanted.  I hope most 
people will use common sense this year and find another way to celebrate the 
Fourth, since a new blaze could start anywhere.

You've got fires down there in New Mexico, too, right?  A friend of mine has 
a sister living in Durango, which is sort of near Four Corners, and the 
smoke from the New Mexico fires was kicking up her asthma in a big way.

Jo Elizabeth

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a 
song." Maya Angelou
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From: Veronica Smith
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 7:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] for Jo Elizabeth

You're near Denver, right?

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Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [blparent] for Jo Elizabeth

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
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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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