I'm grateful for shelter tonight

@sallypup (57749)
Centralia, Washington
August 11, 2018 10:14pm CST
Our high temps cooled. And the replacement? High wind gusts. Folks up north of me are reporting that over a dozen new fires have started there- its lovely forests and wilderness, or was. So far we continue to have electricity. And that means that we also have air conditioning and water from the well pump. I made a blueberry pie today. Hubby bought a big box of blueberries from a lady at work. She'd gone somewhere and bought the fruit from a local farmer. I love to eat as much locally raised food as possible. You guessed it. Big chunks of that pie are not in the pie dish any longer. I hope you all are having a lovely, safe time right now.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325398)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Aug 18
A dozen new fires? That would be very worrying. I hope you are well away from them and that you stay safe.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 18
@JudyEv I do not live super close to the fires but my skies are full of smoke. A friend of mine lives closer to the fires. Its saddening to us, knowing the beautiful forests are going up and more dangerous to her.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
13 Aug 18
@JudyEv No on eucalypts but maybe I just haven't run into them?
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325398)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Aug 18
@sallypup A burnt forest looks awful but sometimes it is surprising how quickly the trees recover. At least our eucalypts seem pretty good at it and I think you have eucalypts there too.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (94806)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Aug 18
Hope you stay safe.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (94806)
• Marion, Ohio
12 Aug 18
@sallypup I am sure they do. Hopefully the winds calm down. They are not good with the fires.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 18
Thanks @wolfgirl569 Me, too. The cooler sunset temps feel so good.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 18
@wolfgirl569 Ooops. There's a fire now about an hour and a half north of me.
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rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
12 Aug 18
Good for you. I hope the temperature there lowers down and so does the wildfires.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 18
@ralski Thank you.
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rakski
@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
12 Aug 18
@sallypup welcome
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MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79592)
• United States
12 Aug 18
All those fires must be pretty scary. We had rain today with thunderstorms but things here aren't quite as dry as where you are.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 18
@Marilynda1225 Rain and thunder is okay but thunder and lightening without moisture is scary. I'm glad you got some relief.
Cindy Tolbert
@cintol (11261)
• United States
12 Aug 18
I love blueberry pie, it has been a long time, I understand why you have big chunks missing? These fires are getting bad in lots of states now, so much beautiful land has burned and its so sad.
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Rebecca Huston
@Telynor (1763)
• United States
12 Aug 18
Our insane heat finally broke last night with a cold front and rain. I managed to sleep through the night. It was delightful. I'm sorry to hear of the fires near you. Winter and rain can't come soon enough.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
12 Aug 18
@Telynor I don't want icy winter and yet I am worried about all the fires that are north of me. I'm glad that you had a cool down.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57749)
• Centralia, Washington
13 Aug 18
@Telynor I'm sorry you were miserable. My part of the world is headed back to heat tomorrow, too.
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Rebecca Huston
@Telynor (1763)
• United States
13 Aug 18
@sallypup It was pretty awful for a while. Temperatures in the high 90's, humidity high as well and air quality alerts out. One day out in that triggered breathing problems for me, and it was just miserable. It was lovely when it finally cooled down. But the cycle is due to start again tomorrow.
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