Wildfires in Southern California torch dozens of homes and force thousands to evacuate 😔
A terrible tragedy for those people.. and so scary. We get wildfires within sight of us at times... at least 15 miles away though.
I'm sorry but in today's news cycle, this line jumped out at me:
"Their cat was missing, she said."
@tgraph52 it's hard to fathom that some of these fires were caused by arson 😱
@tgraph52 You are that close...
The smoke comes into town in the mornings when they're that close and hangs for a while. We have to keep the windows shut and use AC those days... and have a go bag packed.
We also cut everything away from the house as best we can... which it seems a lot of people in pricier neighborhoods refuse to do.
Not this 4th of July but the previous, someone's fireworks set the grasses in our back yard on fire. The FD was there in a flash though.
We''re very dry here.
@tgraph52 Oh no, oh no. Fireworks terrify me here, for that reason. Fire is what concerns me here.
We went through tornadoes in MN many times...
and 2 earthquakes in our year in San Diego...
We thought we were safe from natural disasters here in SW NM but fires can be truly terrifying. The Ruidoso wildfires, about 3 hours away from us, that started in June were a vivid reminder of how fast they can strike.
@gemswinc A band of brown smoke hung across the morning sky, and the Sun cast an orange shadow on the morning, as it unfolded the arrival of the day.
These fires are an indictment of the privalage-at-any-cost way of life we embrace in our rush to leave inconvenience behind.
@jackdetate Oh Jack, I am so sorry. What have we done?
@gemswinc The list is long.
@jackdetate Sadly yes, eons long
@jackdetate That last paragraph, exactly. It is not convenient nor short-term profitable to care about ecosystems
@gemswinc I hope it's becoming less of an inconvenience. There is not a lot to hang on to. Hope blossoms best in a rain refreshed shadow, or a look of appreciation.
@jackdetate Oh my goodness, yes it does. The mountains and meadows are our souls,looks of appreciation and deft turns of phrase
@gemswinc I appreciate you and am grateful for the time well spent.
the good news is that over time the trees will grow back (new trees, I mean).
@mims Yes, they do @jackdetate
Regardless of humanity, the Earth knows how to heal.
true, but we're here, so there's that
@jackdetate @gemswinc Of course!!
But THIS is where we are!
@jackdetate @gemswinc We will all push to rehab whatever we can in as fast a time frame as we can, but it will be what it will be, ultimately.
Sunbeam / Jack.. what am I missing that you're getting at?
@jackdetate @gemswinc Well, Jack, all I can say is hang in there! #GoodThingsAreComing!
There will always be miscreants and shite to deal with but the bigger picture is:
Good. Things. Are. Coming.
Chin up. If you LOOK for the good - you will find it. If you look for the shite, then THAT is what you'll find.
#FocusOnThePositive!#FocusOnWhatYouDoWant
not on what you don't want and then go forward and work in that direction.
how fast?
how long?
put your focus on the positive.
when you lose yourself in that frame of mind, what you want comes more quickly than the opposite.
#FocusOnThePositive and WORK IT. Then it is not just words or thoughts. When you put the positive into action that is how we change the world, one human at a time.
@jackdetate @gemswinc wellm, specifically it looks like some getting over the hump days happen Dec2026/Jan2027 & 2028/2030. So hang on to your hat! It's going to be surprisingly fun/better/exciting. There Is a reason that you are here NOW. It is to experience the highs and the lows that we are going through. We are all on this roller coaster together. Let's do our best to laugh and have fun as much as we can! PS I HATE roller coasters, but here I am. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@jackdetate Without that, it's game over @mims
@gemswinc,
This is a whole lot of fun.
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