Honolulu Harbor: I have an update on the status of our CA place. We reached a neighbor who has been evacuated but allowed back in to check on stuff.
Our neighbor says our house and RV barn came through okay, although the grassland around the house burned. Actually, that is quite good news for two reasons. First, the major buildings are apparently unscathed, including our vehicles parked therein. Second, now that the grass has burned off there is no further wildfire danger as the burned area is a giant firebreak.
PG&E has the power off, and our neighbor says there are poles actually down out on the highway, so the stuff in our refrigerator will spoil. We’ve had a frig go bad once before and managed to eradicate the rancid smell with much effort. E says maybe this time we’ll just buy a new one.
I guess we won’t have to winter over in Wyoming after all. It is wonderful in summer, decent in late spring and early fall, but there’s already snow on the ground.
Winter in WY wasn’t particularly a prospect I relished, I have a Southern California native’s attitude toward snow: it something to visit, not to live in.
