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just up the highway,  Lake Oroville

 


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the road has no shoulder for the most part.  it ascends.  or descends.   is very winding.   we  intended to drive up as far as we could…till the road block but got here to the bridge and there it was….in the distance…what's left of uncontained Fire.  The part they can't find a way to contain.  Deep canyons.  All along the way were places like this…ember flares that burnt out on their own quickly enough for little damage…maybe Put out?   There were also stretches that were completely burned.  Trees,  blackened sticks,  power lines burned or lying limp on the ground, tangled.  

 


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just above the rail,  the smoke on the horizon.  Where fire is.  Looks far.  is not.  What is referred to as the Forbestown Fire.  Where we stood here is 3.7 miles from the Hill.   That Fire  is about that distance from the Hill,  as the Crow flies,  which is one breath for a Fire like this.

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27 responses to “with our own eyes”

  1. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    To see your wider world…
    Be safe, be well xo

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  2. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    I hold thoughts. did i send the red clover/chrysoprase? to sprinkle around. there where you go. at alyssia’s etc. can detail if you need in email. I have been to that lake at a fraction of current age. was kind of gobsmacking to see the picture and realize I was half Alyssia’s current age.

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  3. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    It’s all looks so beautiful but not .. I ask myself how can that be. I ask myself that a lot lately but gratitude prevails. Sending Blessings!

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  4. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    Please send some rain down Huey!

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  5. Hazel Avatar
    Hazel

    A breath away…holding mine for you, oxo.

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  6. bethmark@frontiernet.net Avatar
    bethmark@frontiernet.net

    We who live in a fire based ecology are bettered if we come to terms with fire, a holy element. For some it is Water, for some it is Wind, here we are in Fire’s domain. Yes it can get dangerous (like deep stong water).
    ALL of us live along side the supreme elements….. may we all take heart, stay well and strong.
    Holding on,
    hermosa

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    it is such a world here, around. I have stayed on the Hill
    have not gone off. The Hill is so much to me. But i see.
    Because of the Fire…what is just down the road.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i’d not gone to the Lake. is much More than i’d imagined it to be.
    and yes. redclover/chrysoprase. Thank You. will bring here. Thank You…love and love Will go back and give some at a Tree there, at the side of the road where so many Manzanita burned

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    it is All Things, Beauty Not Beauty Is not Is
    Everything
    When i am grateful for no Fire, i also know that someone
    else has Fire

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    if rain came, it would be beyond
    ABnormal
    Rain might come at the end of October?…soon enough, otherwise all Patterns would be disrupted

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    Only a
    breath. Truly

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    i love your words.
    LOVE your words…they speak what i sense. The word…
    domain.
    Domain
    it becomes so so Clear.
    I know Wind. I am learning Fire.
    Thank you so much for being here

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  13. Sarita in Oregon Avatar
    Sarita in Oregon

    Dearest Grace♡♡♡
    Please stay super vigilant. The fire that took our home, everything, covered 13 miles in less than an hour! Its so fast you can’t even think. Pack a small bag with important documents, and a handful of special trinkets, things to bring some comfort and familiarity if everything is gone. Also, just ad a heads up, goddess forbid the worst happens, know that assistance is not quick, or plentiful. We thought Red Cross and FEMA would help. Not so much. Red cross has evicted our community members from their hotels, after not even two weeks. For those who have been lucky enough to receive aid from FEMA…$800 for everything, your home, belongings, etc. Thats if you are a renter, without insurance. We didn’t even receive that, FEMA denied us before they even talked to us?! Our mountain is still burning and the road is still closed. The county shared a photo, we saw our property, a pile of ash. But we can’t get there yet.
    I don’t mean to cause a scare, but I wish I had known before what I know now. Pack blankets, your favorite pillow, water bottles, cash, while you have time. We will never be unprepared again. The fire was just the beginning of the nightmare. It goes on and on.
    I am keeping you close to my heart. You’re in my heart, day and night. It seems as if my whole state is on fire, so much devastation up and down the west coast. My soul is in tatters, my spirit nearly broken. Do anything you can now…just in case.
    Love, love, and more love. You matter. I worry. ♡♡♡
    Ps..I know, this is a really heavy email. Please delete if you want. I really don’t want to be a bummer in peoples days. I just think there is so much we don’t know until we have been there.

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  14. jude Avatar
    jude

    Ain’t that the truth?

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  15. jude Avatar
    jude

    been watching, this thing is nowhere near to over.

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  16. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    just at the feeling tone level it seems that deep red mahogany energy will merge/complement quite well with that bright mint green color vibe. Did i sent you a pic of the actual stone I used? if not I will if you ask. there’s an eye in it …

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  17. Acey Avatar
    Acey

    I don’t think you’re being a bummer at all. You’re telling your story. You don’t know me, or I you but because of your words I’ll be holding you and your loved ones, all that you are and all you have lost, close in my heart. That has to be worth something – the thing we give each other because it’s what we have.

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  18. CFillio Avatar
    CFillio

    There is a long line of us right behind Acey here. For what it’s worth… may that be something of comfort for now.

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    So this the moment when typepad decides to disable comments for me. Like happened to jude. I wii think.
    But, SARITA, please send me your email
    Address? Grace.porvida@gmail.com

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  20. Marti Avatar
    Marti

    We all are with you in spirit and hope Sarita. Speaking your reality to us, how brave, how important it is for all of us to know the truth of what is going on. …please be as well as you can and know that many hold you close and in their thoughts and prayers.

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  21. Dana Avatar
    Dana

    Oh Sarita, I’m so sorry for everything you must endure. Your wisdom has come at much too great expense. I am thinking of you and hoping for some relief.

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  22. jamie Avatar
    jamie

    Sarita, we are with you.

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  23. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    You speak wise words of experience. Thank you for sharing here. You will be in my thoughts.

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    So…I am writing this on phone

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  25. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Sometimes we need to be “heavy.” It’s important. Wishing you what comfort you can find Sarita…

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  26. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Sigh…I suppose this (typepad blogs) will happen to all of us soon.
    I remember going to look at the valley when the dike broke on the river nearest where we lived. we stood on a crest and looked out at what should have been miles of farmland covered with water. Beth is right, we all have our “something.”

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  27. bethmark@frontiernet.net Avatar
    bethmark@frontiernet.net

    Sarita, stay connected in some way as you can. …. I understand the exhaustion, the bewilderment.
    You are connected to us all in shared community. Express it as it is.
    wishing you well and strength
    hermosa
    (from southern Oregon)

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