Month: April 2017
rDay Seven-Hundred-Sixty-Six: Quail Run Fire, Aftermath
Here’s the link to an initial article by The Observer.
The Drone Guy (sorry, I forgot his name in the heat of the action; see the previous post UPDATE: Was it Jordan Meyer?) works out of LaGrandeAlive.TV. You can see some of his output below and on LGA TV’s Facebook page.
rDay Seven-Hundred-Sixty-Six: Quail Run Fire
Trying to drive home after a late morning meetup with my car-fiend-friends I encountered traffic jams just after noon. In this ridiculously small town, yet. In attempting to dodge the blockages, I soon discovered the source of the problem — billowing smoke just over the tracks in the vicinity of Les Schwab. I circled around the underpass to avoid Adams and parked on the far side (Pepsi plant) close to the street closures. Once I walked up the slope to the railroad tracks, I could see sizable groups of people standing on the roadway and just beyond, the Quail Run Motor Inn was ablaze.
I worked myself closer and had to cross a rather deep 10- or 12-foot ditch and scramble up a steep embankment to the edge of the highway, the limit afforded to civilians. Over the course of the next hour or so, I met the LaGrandeAlive.TV camera drone operator (more to follow with/about him) and a number of bystanders and half a dozen or so of the survivor/escapee motel residents, all of which provided some interesting and even riveting conversation. Particularly with two of the heroes of the day — the couple in the front unit who detected the fire, called it in, and got some of their neighbors out, including a wheelchair-bound individual. (Unfortunately, I did not have a means of writing and I don’t think I can recall a single name of any of the people with whom I chatted. Update: I think the drone guy was Jordan something …) Anyway, some documentation, more or less in random order.
more to come …
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Ivi and Chika
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Charlie’s neighborhood nemesis. He becomes agitated and starts barking from inside the house when this animal is no closer than the other side of the street, apparently detecting its presence with canine radar. As seen from the kitchen window. Brought to you by the Internet.
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Looking around in our backyard and up the street.
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Shopping Tuesday: Noticing something new as we drive downtown, dropping by D&B for garden stuff, and taking note of the results of the recent rains on our yard. Daily life …