Larry, are you back home? Rick
> On Aug 26, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > >> On Aug 26, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR <pdml...@komkon.org> wrote: >> >> >> 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 >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
