I only got a couple of hours sleep last night; I live on the ragged edge of the evacuation line for what has been titled the "Valley Fire" in Lake and Napa county; around midnight the evacuation line moved to less than 1 mile from my driveway, though that was precautionary in case the wind picked up speed over night. We were up most of the night watching the Twitter feed in case we were next, making priority lists and doing some preliminary packing. Still on evacuation alert. We have very good friends in Lake county who literally escaped with their lives and the clothes on their back, racing that son-of-a-bitch which was at times less than a mile behind them and actually running like the wind. It has been a little scary.
I write to inquire if this has been getting any coverage on the national news. I have not been monitoring those sources. I got up at 6:30 after falling asleep around 4:30, checked out local news and mostly internet sites. I did watch a little CNN, but they did not mention it, and then went to Zakaria (sp). Lake County (where this fire is centered) is, I think, the poorest county in California. Napa is higher profile, but the fire so far is not threatening the touristy Valley (though I am sure it is plenty smoking down there). There are some high priced vineyards down in Pope Valley and Lake County, and some of the most premium grapes in the United States are up here on the Mountain where I live, so that might get someone's attention. California of course is dealing with a number of other big fires, including one in Butte County about 130 miles from here, so I would guess there may be some coverage of just the "California Fires" if not this particular local "Valley Fire". It kind of feels like this really horrible thing is happening to 75,000 of my closest friends and neighbors and nobody else is noticing it, but that may just be because we are stuck in the middle of it. I don't know that I would be really critical if it was being ignored by the national news - we are not a huge population center, and there is a lot going on in the world right now. Just wondering. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
