Orr was evacuated too? I should look at tht mapagain;it looked as though Humboldt and endocino Coasts were among the LESS affected areas, and Orr is fairly close tothe coast though a little more Ukiah than Coast..(I don;t go there anymore because the scene for people with children and teens has become so difficult, but it was great in its first decade, the bestof th hippie-revived hot spring resorts it was featured in slightly disguised mode in a Dorothy Bryant oo much water in the Midwest, too much fire toward the Left Coast.
looking at the map I'm wondering if thre is ANYWHERE to go in the next week or two outside and air the Bay Area (without hopping on airplane,whch has its own problems environmentally and practically right now) I was invited to a Fourth of July celebration on a frend's place not far from Stewart HS, in SIskyou County near Happy Camp, but going up I5 seems absurd and dangerous. my friend's parents live in Paradise/CHicoarea and were evacuated a week or two ago) (was also hoping to show my daughter Shasta and/or Lassen) parks we love Sierra Hot Springs but I-80 Auburn to Truckee is also a messI haven;t heard any specific reports about Harbin HS but I suspect that's out too; Lake County has been nasty.

Big Sur and Ventana..same deal, Esalen has cancelled all seminars and guest stays for the next few weeks and evacuated much, and so has Tassajara Zen Center can;teven go to Santa Cruz for the day,I don;t think..


maybe it's time for a fet of rain dances for the whole of the northern part of the state get together with friends, really, really pray for cleansing rains. even if you are out of the path of the fires, the air desperately needs clearing