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What's outside of your picture window today?
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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
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Thanks for the message, Ginger, @gingerw and all. No wonder your neighbors don't do the clearing....you all do it for them. You're good neighbors. I'm concerned about al the timber around you, CA is filled as are Oregon, Washington, and the midwest and Canada. I read we slowed down or stopped most of the clearly of underbrush years ago due to environmental concerns. And water is diverted in Arizona or Ca due to some tiny frog or salamander. Is this legitimate and one reason for the increase in fires?
So horrible for everyone, but we're losing our important trees! Breaks my heart as I know it does yours. i want to shake somebody to get someone to act on all this!
I suppose i'm talking about local, state and fed gov't since it's way too big for us.
Anyway, be safe and keep the dat interested.
Bless you.
elizabeth