Subj : Coronavirus and fires
To   : KURT WEISKE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Sun Aug 23 2020 09:22:00

> I'm on the California coast; last weekend we had a freak dry lightning
> storm that saw 11,000 bolts of lightning, which ended up causing
> 300-something fires.  We have a 63,000 acre fire 5 miles away from us
> burning now, with another 40,000 acres burning not that much farther
> away. 77,000 people have been evacuated so far, and almost 25,000
> structures are threatened.

I saw a headline yesterday, which could have been click-bait, that claimed
that California was now experiencing its worst fires "ever."  I cannot
imagine it being much worse than some of the images from a year or two ago,
so I hope that is not the case.  :(

Sounds like you could have used some of the heavy rains we got yesterday.
Stay safe.

Mike


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