Thanks for checking in, Craig! When I saw on the local news that Midpines was evacuated, I was pretty concerned. Smoke is pretty thick down here today, too. Keep yourself safe! best, Deb --- CraigGingold <gingold@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for your concern, Deb. :) > > Not to worry -- at least not about *my* safety. We > moved > to a location a little to the south from where we > used to > live in Midpines. Our former location was indeed > about > 1 mile across Hwy. 140 from where the flames are > now. > I can't imagine (well, actually, I can) how bad the > smoke > must be up in Midpines, considering how bad it's > been > where *we* are (depending on shifts in wind flows) > > Anyway, we do know *lots* of people who've had to > evacuate > -- the worst thing is not knowing whose homes have > burned > to the ground. And yeah, one end of the town of > Mariposa is > directly threatened, with flames visible on some of > the nearby > hillsides. The senior living facility has already > been evacuated, > and the JC Fremont Hospital is on standby, due to > its location. > > Not that we would wish a fire like this on other > folks, but we > can't help but feel even *more* distressed knowing > that the more > progressive people in Mariposa County -- including > people who > listen & subscribe to KPFA/KFCF -- tend to live in > the area that's > been hardest hit by the fire. It was kind of sad to > hear no apparent > awareness of that fact when the fire was mentioned > briefly at the > end of the KPFA news last night, but only referring > to the heavy > smoke that's causing rather poor air quality for > people in the > San Joaquin Valley. > > Craig Gingold > (near Midpines CA) > > PS - I'm not on the pacifica_now list, feel free to > forward. > > > Date sent: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:00:15 -0700 > (PDT) > From: Deborah Speer > <satrngrl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: fulcrumsofchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > NewPacifica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, > pacifica_now@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [Fulcrumsofchange] [OT] Craig > Gingold > > Craig, if you have computer access, please check in! > > Craig Gingold live in Midpines, Calif., which as > many > of you know, is in the Sierra Nevada west of > Yosemite. > There's a 30,000-acre-and-counting forest fire going > up there, and Midpines is under a mandatory > evacuation. From the maps I've seen of the fire > boundaries, it is *right on the edge* of the town. > > http://www.modbee.com/1618/story/374824.html > > Keep Craig and his family in your thoughts and > Craig, > if you're out of harm's way and reading this, please > check and let us know you're OK.... > > Debbie Speer > Fresno, CA > > ========================================= > >