it was Typepad last night. Just "wouldn't" and i gave up and went to sleep.
but i'm in the same place today. These numbers are from Sunday morning. They have changed but not significantly. This fire is the largest active blaze in the United States. It is expected to burn several more weeks, if not months sometimes expanding 5,000 acres an hour. It began in Chico, where Jenny lives. Often "weather" she has, moves to S. Oroville where Alyssia lives and then over here, East Oroville, the Hill. It could have come here but the wind blew North and we were spared. There are 4,000 firefighters. There are 4,400 people under evacuation orders within Butte County, my county. More than 8,000 in Butte and Tehama counties together. That's order. Warnings are another story. The Watch Duty app pings over and over all day, updating these numbers, updating "your" particular place by the map. What else should i say here? to make a point. ? the word inferno. I can say birds burn in flight.
before i moved here i didn't think much of California. California to me meant Hollywood, LA. Berkeley. to a New Mexican, well.... I had no clue what a large part of this state IS...VAST ELEGANT WILDLANDS . pure and untouched. It is incredibly Beauty FULL...it is beyond incredibly Beauty FULL. and this is climate Crisis. it burns. ...,
Fire has come nearby. It burned the town of Paradise. it has burned even more nearby in small wildland fires. I can drive to see that land, in maybe 10 minutes. But not like this...not so complete. VAST swaths of forest. and i am finding myself lost in the wondering about that. At some point, all will become still. It will be over. There will be a silence. something more than a silence. and then
things will Begin Again.
i am looking for the science of this. What?, exactly happens? What is first to animate?, to "come to life"" How does that happen? i want the SCIENCE of it because in that science, there is the story. of Beginning Again.
so...if you come across things you read or hear about this...please let me know. I'm limited to how much i can search. I will be grateful.
