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What's outside of your picture window today?
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Hello, Ginger. @gingerw
What a tough time for my Western friends, and mid-west,too. I'm so sorry you have to deal with this.
Question from one of your Southern friends who regularly deals with the weather, ie hurricane season now through Sept and summer afternoon storms, highest # lightening event in US and lots of hot, humid days.....but still love it here and as do we all learn how to handle it all, good and not so good.
Do you folks do regular brush clearing throughout the years? Is this, clearing out the dead brush & trees, important to the reduction of lightening fires? Was it stopped or reduced due to environmental concerns?
Good to know you're doing well Keep up the s.iles, walking in circles around your kitchen...Blessings. elizabeth
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@ess77 Elizabeth, we have a lot of smoke drift today. There have been our spot fires all around, and larger fires to the south. The forest association brought in two more fire fighting/spotting planes so there are 6 helping our county out.
We work on defensible land space around our house. Unfortunately, the owner of empty properties to our east and south [we live on a corner] has refused to cooperate. Our neighbor and my husband regularly "accidentally" pull big rakes through by tractor or 4x4, to get vegetation down. I am more worried about the large stressed trees. This area is surrounded by timber country, ringing us on all sides with difficult-to-access areas. Underbrush is routinely cleared along roadsides, but I don't think higher up.
Yep, walking laps in the house. The cat thinks I am crazy!
Ginger