How thoughtful of you
Mia6
! And thank you, all of my friends at TCS! I got teary reading through the good wishes.
They have reduced my neighborhood evacuation order from Level 3 (get out now) to Level 2 (be ready to get out). I have webcams in the house and it’s untouched so far, but hundreds of homes are gone not five miles from us.
We’re still in the hotel 100 miles from home, the closest we could find that had rooms available. The cats are very stressed, particularly Iris who spent most of the night crying. I was afraid someone would report the noise, so I sat with her to try to keep her calm. They aren’t eating much either. I think I lugged about 30 cans of “good” cat food with us, but ran to a nearby grocery store to buy chicken pâté Fancy Feast when they wouldn’t eat the good stuff. Of course, the humans aren’t eating much either.
I went out to the car this morning and ash was falling from the sky like snow. The car was covered and the air was almost unbreathable. Air quality shows hazardous all up and down I-5 (interstate) in Oregon. There are fires everywhere. Masks help with COVID, but they don’t do anything for air like this. It would require N95 masks, and we all know those aren’t available.
We’re safe, though, and lucky we have a decent place to stay that’s not exorbitant. And we’re lucky that although we’re not young (late 60s), we’re healthy and fit. We’re just very tired. We’ll try to go home tomorrow if the interstate remains open and our area remains at Level 2. But we’ll have to be ready to “grab and go” at any time.
Fire burning Tuesday evening, five miles from our home
Lily and Mocha keeping Mom safe in the hotel room.
Smokey view from our hotel window.
Hazardous air quality throughout Oregon
They have reduced my neighborhood evacuation order from Level 3 (get out now) to Level 2 (be ready to get out). I have webcams in the house and it’s untouched so far, but hundreds of homes are gone not five miles from us.
We’re still in the hotel 100 miles from home, the closest we could find that had rooms available. The cats are very stressed, particularly Iris who spent most of the night crying. I was afraid someone would report the noise, so I sat with her to try to keep her calm. They aren’t eating much either. I think I lugged about 30 cans of “good” cat food with us, but ran to a nearby grocery store to buy chicken pâté Fancy Feast when they wouldn’t eat the good stuff. Of course, the humans aren’t eating much either.
I went out to the car this morning and ash was falling from the sky like snow. The car was covered and the air was almost unbreathable. Air quality shows hazardous all up and down I-5 (interstate) in Oregon. There are fires everywhere. Masks help with COVID, but they don’t do anything for air like this. It would require N95 masks, and we all know those aren’t available.
We’re safe, though, and lucky we have a decent place to stay that’s not exorbitant. And we’re lucky that although we’re not young (late 60s), we’re healthy and fit. We’re just very tired. We’ll try to go home tomorrow if the interstate remains open and our area remains at Level 2. But we’ll have to be ready to “grab and go” at any time.
Fire burning Tuesday evening, five miles from our home
Lily and Mocha keeping Mom safe in the hotel room.
Smokey view from our hotel window.
Hazardous air quality throughout Oregon