<div dir="ltr">Dear Jan,<div><br></div><div>Suzanne and I live in Tucson.</div><div>Smoke from the CA fires gets blown over to us in Tucson.</div><div>Raspy throats are common, we have yellow sky sometimes.</div><div><br></div><div>My sister in law (Mary Morrison) must stay inside where she lives near San Jose CA,</div><div>and a friend who lives in San Francisco must do the same.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom and Suzanne Morrison</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 2:32 PM Jann McGuire via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I've been sheltering in place from COVID in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Now I have all windows closed and am staying in because of smoke. Fred and I had a place in the Sierra (now my son Barry's) that has been evacuated. I was quite worried about Barry and his wife Roxanne on Sunday. They went up to get some things they had stored there before the road was closed. They made it home safe and sound. There's no danger of fire here in Lindsay. I have a friend and her dog from Three Rivers staying with me. Barry McGuire's facebook page has pictures. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 8:33 AM Seth Longacre via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">The smoke is seriously no joke. We closed up all the windows days ago and aren’t letting the kitties out, but even with an air filter, the smoke is giving me headaches. I think most of Oregon is like here in Ashland — everyone who can be is in lockdown and then there are the worst off who’ve been evacuated and are living in their cars in parking lots with no escape at all from the smoke.<div><br></div><div>But we’re lucky. The majority of those who’ve lost their homes here in So Oregon are those on the low end of the socioeconomic scale — whole mobile home parks have been razed, the fire is not yet contained, most non-essential businesses are closed, there’s little to know public transport running. On the upside, donations pour in to several locations, the schools and several churches are providing food and shelter, everyone from cellphone companies to massage therapists are showing up and volunteering services to those in need.</div><div><br></div><div>And some rain is predicted for Thursday night and Friday. We may run out and dance in the streets.<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from one of my iThingees, please excuse brevity and typos</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Sep 15, 2020, at 08:22, Ellie Stock via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net" target="_blank">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
<div style="color:black;font:10pt Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Just wondering what the front line news about the fires is from folks living in CA, WA, and OR. We're thinking about you, wondering how you are doing, and hoping you are staying safe. The news media accounts of neighborhoods destroyed and intense smoke air pollution is heart-rending.
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