Red Flag Warning

Hello Everyone,

I was going to work on the tutorial for my little Churn Dash blocks today.  Instead I'm going to prepare for the Red Flag Warning which is posted for most of Northern California.   The state office of OES posted this warning:

"With this comes low humidity, high probability of fire starts, erratic winds, and the possibility of rapid-fire spread.  We are urging everyone in the community to review their emergency evacuation plans, emergency preparedness kits, home hardening measures and take personal accountability for preparation of a potential wildfire".

Those of you who have been following me for awhile know that we still have our home in Livermore, CA.  See the red arrow?  The whole town is right on the edge of the "Evacuation Warning".  All three our our grown children and their families live in Livermore, which is about a 2-hour drive from our location.

The 4th largest fire in the history of the state is raging just south of town, mainly in an unincorporated area of large ranches, farms, and hunting cabins.  Our kids have many friends living in the "red" area and have evacuated their animals, and now themselves.

At this writing, the winds are calm here in my mountain community.  The issue we have here, is that there is one road in, and one road out of town.  We know the risk we take living here in a wildfire area, but we never imagined our home in Livermore would be so threatened.

I'll be packing bags today so we will be ready to leave in a moments notice.  I'd rather be quilting.

Soon, I hope,
Lynn