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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Wow - that fire is close! I hope it doesn't head any closer to you. Have there been any evacuations around you?
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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    We've been under evacuation orders since yesterday.

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Gentler winds. Fire just creeping along the ground with the occasional tree bursting into flames. I can't really see due to the smoke but it appears more than half the trees will survive.

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Quote Originally Posted by hoarder View Post
    We've been under evacuation orders since yesterday.
    what do they do to people that don't follow orders?

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Quote Originally Posted by cheka. View Post
    what do they do to people that don't follow orders?
    Nothing. The order is actually just a suggestion. The only catch is that there are some road closures down narrow single lane dirt roads with heavy firefighting equipment so if you leave during a stage 3 evacuation they might not let you return and it could be several days.

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Quote Originally Posted by hoarder View Post
    Gentler winds. Fire just creeping along the ground with the occasional tree bursting into flames. I can't really see due to the smoke but it appears more than half the trees will survive.
    I hope you'll get a good rain soon. Is rain common at this time of the year? Do you have any problems from the smoke? Lungs, breathing, etc.?

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Quote Originally Posted by Neuro View Post
    I hope you'll get a good rain soon. Is rain common at this time of the year? Do you have any problems from the smoke? Lungs, breathing, etc.?
    With a few exceptions, it generally does not rain after the first week of July and before the first week of September. One of the Firefighter supervisors told me this morning "This is going to be a long duration fire".

    Pine and Fir smoke have a pleasant odor. I'm probably breathing the equivalent of 4 packs of cigarettes a day. When this is over I'll probably go through withdrawals. I often wake up at night with "cotton mouth".

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Getting a little closer to home now. Stage 3 evacuation now in effect.

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    I rode my 4 wheeler around and found a line of fire on the South end of my property, sneaking up on me.

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    Re: Taxpayers just funded my swimming pool.

    Be safe. Do you think you will have to evacuate?
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