Larry, are you back home?
Rick
> On Aug 26, 2020, at 4:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
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>> On Aug 26, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
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>> HAR!
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>> Fun story! That's funny how people give names to the wild creatures.
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> 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".
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> You folks may find this damage assesment map of interest
> https://www.santacruzcounty.us/FireRecovery/DamageAssessmentMap.aspx
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> They seem to only be marking houses safe in areas that were under specific
> threat.
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> 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
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> the map shows the fire boundary as getting to about 3/4 mile, a bit over a km
> from my house.
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>> Cheers,
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>> Igor
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>> Larry Colen Wed, 26 Aug 2020 02:56:11 -0700 wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> There aren't any amazing shots in the set, but I wanted an excuse to tell
>> the story:
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>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157715640806533
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>> Comments are welcom
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