tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post4238413230568003160..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: It's An Orangey SkyAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-66945995648282079602017-10-10T14:02:41.161-07:002017-10-10T14:02:41.161-07:00You're bringing back eye-watering memories of ...You're bringing back eye-watering memories of pre-autumn in Fairbanks. We'd get large fires out in the bush every year. They were often not dangerous enough to people, so they wouldn't send in the smoke jumpers to fight them. We'd have weeks of smoke with the cheery scent of smoldery black spruce. Ah. The good old days.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-32295282484163470322017-10-10T06:52:15.720-07:002017-10-10T06:52:15.720-07:00I lived in the North bay area for a very long year...I lived in the North bay area for a very long year, hence my distaste for all things California. <br />I always wondered what a decent fire would look like in those hills. Houses jammed together and connected by miles of goat track roads is a sure recipe for disaster.<br />So sorry for all those self satisfied residents having to leave their 3 million dollar shacks and live in the closest Four Seasons for awhile.<br />It's that damn climate change you know. Well, that and Trump.lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011213166003657827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-2045343393345320582017-10-09T22:51:08.046-07:002017-10-09T22:51:08.046-07:00Welcome to Califrutopia, G-Man!Welcome to Califrutopia, G-Man!Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-35763560091520331782017-10-09T21:50:22.706-07:002017-10-09T21:50:22.706-07:00Napa and Sonoma counties up here in NorCal got ham...Napa and Sonoma counties up here in NorCal got hammered pretty bad last night/today. Apparently the 100 y/o house at Chateau St Jean where we sat with family and had a wonderful cheese/wine tasting yesterday suffered significant damage. Some reports are saying 2-3 wineries are completely gone, and St Jean may still have a winery, but no Chateau, nor vines. It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out in the next couple of days. Having been evacuated for the fires in SE Arizona a couple of years ago, I know it sucks. God bless the firemen.G-mannoreply@blogger.com