Update on fire n smoke

Hi Everyone!

It's 5AM and all I can smell is smoke. Most of western OR. is on fire. The entire western side of OR was on critical evac alert last night. We are always ready. We have bags packed and sitting by the door. We have our plan and where to meet if we get separated. There are only 3 ways out of Florence and two of them are into the fires. My area has been lowered to "be ready" evac. There are so many people who have lost everything and are at evac stations. I wish the national news would feature how tremendously wonderful people are here. The evac stations are full of food, clothing, diapers, shoes and whatever else anyone needs. These are all donations that have come in during the night for those who need it. There are 9 states that have extreme fires right now and there is a shortage of firefighters because of it. Our firefighters, Red Cross, first responders, the linemen who are out working on power lines through this. All are heros.

I have shown beautiful photos of my area in the past. Here it is now.

Blue River, OR has lost up to 100 homes. 

This is Salem, Or. Where we go once a month for Mr. M. doctor.	Jennifer Steckler walks two horses along state Highway 226 in Lyons, Ore., early Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Steckler had walked them for more than two miles during evacuation from the Santiam Fire
This is one of 3 ways out of Florence. This is further away from me but it is closed.	The red skies are disturbing
Robin Roberts, left, embraces Bill Wiese after he told her his family had lost everything to the Holiday Farm Fire near Blue River, Ore. Wiese's family fled the fire on a moments notice and ended up at an evacuation center at Thurston High School in Springfield, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020	A motorist is advised they cannot proceed east past a roadblock at the McKenzie Fire District Station in Leaburg, Ore., on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020
Lane County Search and Rescue and Lane County sheriff's deputies go door-to-door, warning residents east of Springfield, Ore., to evacuate ahead of a fast-moving wildfire Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020	Oregon National Guard members are assisting fire-related search and recovery efforts in five different Oregon counties. The Guard has three teams of 125 members on standby to support wildland firefighting efforts. A UH-60 Blackhawk returns the Army Aviation Support Facility, Salem, Ore., Sept. 8, 2020, after responding to local wildfires

Firefighters helped 46 people escape the evacuation zone Tuesday afternoon as the Holiday Farm Fire swept through the McKenzie River drainage. They had to help some firefighters get out, too.

I am overwhelmed at the damage and loss,
but heart filled and proud of all the goodness from the people of Oregon. 

Nicole/DVArtist 

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