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Part 2 - What Happens When It Rains?
With the fire out of the way the folks of the black range turned their attention to the sky, those wonderful clouds of vapor rather than smoke, clouds which would bring much needed rain and the threat of flood. Blogging continued on the Free Range Blog of the Black Range Rag - as follows.
July 8, 2013 - After the Fire, Before the Flood
A post and photograph by Jan Haley of Hillsboro who is the editor of “Home on the Free Range”.
I think it's fair to say that most of us in the Black Range neighborhood have been obsessed with fire during the last month. We thought about fire; we talked about fire; we dreamed
about fire. Our village resembled a movie set depicting a dystopian future. Smoke filled the air, and the hot wind blew incessantly. Fire and Forest Service vehicles moved steadily through town or were parked on the streets, with minimal civilian traffic due to the closure of highway 152. Water toting helicopters could be seen and heard most of every day. By the time the fire had moved north, and it was clear that Kingston would be safe, we knew what it meant to live on the border of impending disaster.
This morning, July 4th, it struck me that we were in a state of grace, at least for the moment. It's cooler here than most of the West, and there is moisture in the air. The winds have gone away and the summer sky is a sight for sore eyes, with clouds forming in every direction.
Several nights ago, Mother Nature treated us to an astounding pre- fourth of July display of heat lightning that looked like, depending on whom you talked to: The northern lights, the opening scene from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, or a
high tech light show put on by nerds
the Silver Fire has dropped below and the focus has shifted from fire suppression to rehabilitation. The
is at least 80% contained and the summer rains are making things better by the moment (any second now we will cross the magic mark here in Hillsboro and have had more than one inch of rain this year).
Recognizing that the Forest Service has stopped its regular fire updates (little to update) and the fire is the past and regeneration and flooding is the future we will be closing down this blog early next week. The mothballed Silver Fire Blog will retained on The Natural Observer blog and can be accessed from that blog via a link.
Thus ended the Silver Fire Blog. All of the blog entries have been entered into this document and the blog will be erased to free up server space. this document will remain available as a .pdf file, enhanced with “the rest of the story”
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