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Kind of a shame you titled the thread blue river instead of "Holy *****! Half of Oregon is afire!"

Well, not quite that bad, but I just did a bit of math for a friend in Cleveland. The latest report on the Beachie Fire alone (N. Santiam Canyon) is 159,000 acres. 640 acres is a square mile. Cleveland is 82.48 square miles. So, roughly the area of 3 Clevelands is up in smoke.

I'm not level 1 yet...but the entire town of Sweet Home is. We're okay...other than breathing difficulties...my AFIB has me feeling like I'm not getting enough oxygen...but only when I'm doing chores. I'm okay at rest...

Lake Ego is Level 3??? That's "get out now". Level 1 is "get ready"...

I'd like to mention that I've lived in Oregon for 7 plus decades. This far from our first massive fire. Climate change? Yeah, that must have been the cause of the 1930's Tillamook burn over on the coast range. I'd guess it's still the largest fire in Oregon history. You can look that up if you like.

It's been a pretty typical fire season weather wise. Just that we got nailed in this one.