And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Forest fires in California
This one is up by Foresthill, not too far from where we live.
Here is the smoke from this fire blowing over the Sierras into Reno, Nevada. It's like a wall of stank.
Thanks Chickenmom, I'm far enough away, and downhill, that I won't have a problem. These fires get bad when the wind blows them up canyons during the middle of summer, and that's what is happening with this one.
There is another pretty bad one burning down in the Tuolumne River drainage that needs to be put out pronto.
Please stay safe. Years ago when I lived in another place, the woods caught on fire. Terrifying, just terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chickenmom, I'm far enough away, and downhill, that I won't have a problem. These fires get bad when the wind blows them up canyons during the middle of summer, and that's what is happening with this one.
DeleteThere is another pretty bad one burning down in the Tuolumne River drainage that needs to be put out pronto.