> What a day. The fire crews were here working all day, doing great work> trying to create a break and an area that they could burn. Then at 2:00 > they> expanded the area to burn to include our upper hills, and they said they > had> to burn the area around our pond and road. Then at 4:30 they finished all> the dozer work and waited.
> It turns out that the fire had come across from Montgomery Woods down > below> us and burned an old "homestead" orchard on a neighbor's property and then> the fire went out on its own at the break.
> Now they have a burned area below us where they were planning to do the> controlled burn, and the burned area up at the top on the Durfee's place,> and they are thinking that may be enough. No final decision, but for > tonight> they are hopeful that they have enough of a defensible "black" burned area> that they may not need to do the burn on our place.>
> A bit of a roller coaster of a day, with lots of work running in front of> dozers and trying to help show people the lay of the land here, but the > end> result is very encouraging. Not a major victory yet, but I will take a > minor> one heading into the night.>
> Thanks for all the wonderful support and thoughts. We do feel them in our> hearts.
> Rod
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