...Everything is burnt for several miles around us. ...Still smouldering hot spots, smoke and ash in the breeze. ...We are in the safest place around. ...Walls of fire 200, 300 feet high burning towards various places cannot come here, again. ...Perhaps some 40 expensive homes around Alta Lake, above Pateros, have been burnt. ...Mayor of Pateros and her parents home and many more homes in Pateros now are gone and the ground near bare... except for some unmelted metal. ...Maybe 20 some homes in Pateros are down. Remember that Pateros is a tiny town without a stoplight, so 20 homes is a lot of the homes. ...Still no water in Pateros. They are waiting for a generator, as there is no public electricity, no gas, no refrigerators, etc etc ...The same is true at all the little places around here. There are no big places. ... ...I have not heard if the high tension powerlines from our hydro-power dams are threatened by the fire. ...That is all the summer electricity for Southern California and Arizona. ...Perhaps they are safe because there were fires closer to the dams and power lines last year.
Posted on: Sat, 19 Jul 2014 16:27:29 +0000
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