> On Aug 26, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote:
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> HAR!
>
> Fun story! That's funny how people give names to the wild creatures.
Gertrude is a lot easier to say than "that mother turkey who has two children
that keeps a bit separate from the rest of the flock of wild turkeys in the
neighborhood".
>
> Glad to hear that the fire-situation is improving for you, - I am thinking
> about you every time I am listening to the news on the radio or TV.
Thanks. We were incredibly lucky with the lack of wind. Cal Fire was
stretched incredibly thin, had very few resources they could spare us, and the
smoke was so thick they couldn't get air support. I saw a report that if the
fire reached downtown Boulder Creek, Cal Fire was just going to abandon the
whole San Lorenzo Valley and use the resources on much more densely populated
areas under threat. The fire seems to have come within a few hundred meters of
that point.
You folks may find this damage assesment map of interest
https://www.santacruzcounty.us/FireRecovery/DamageAssessmentMap.aspx
They seem to only be marking houses safe in areas that were under specific
threat.
I live on Hwy 9 a bit south of Glen Arbor, between Brackney and El Solyo on the
logical east, geographic north side of hwy 9
the map shows the fire boundary as getting to about 3/4 mile, a bit over a km
from my house.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Igor
>
>
>
>
> Larry Colen Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:56:11 -0700 wrote:
>
> Today was the first day in over a week where both the air quality and
> temperature were conducive to a bike ride. As I was riding past the Happy
> Valley Conference center I saw some turkeys foraging on the lawn, so I
> grabbed my camera, mounted the 55-300 and got some photos. About the time I
> was done, A woman, holding a walkie talkie, asks me if she can help me in a
> very "what are you doing at my place, and I'd better like the answer" tone of
> voice. When I mentioned that I was photographing turkeys she said "Oh,
> Gertrude and her two babies" and became a lot friendlier.
>
>
> There aren't any amazing shots in the set, but I wanted an excuse to tell the
> story:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157715640806533
>
> Comments are welcom
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