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Originally Posted by RWebb

Blue River was a "town" up the McKenzie River. More of a spread out rural series of houses along the river, with some concentration of buildings near the junction with the state highway. They had a general store and a gas pump there.

About 800 people used to live there. People visited to fish - it's a Blue Ribbon trout stream - and to swim, see the unusually blue water.

I washed some of the town off of my driveway and patio today.

The ash fall looks like a snow storm.

Same can be said of Mill City up on the North Santiam (Hwy 22.)...on the South Santiam. people along hwy20 from Cascadia east are on a stage 1 evacuation alert.

Here? Remembering my cigarette days...coughing up crud from the smoke. Had to drive to town for prescription meds...I'd guess maybe 1/3 mile visibility. Ash falling like snow..