just drove

[handmade34]

through Northern California to Portland… encountered too many fires to count… smoke, charred forests and lots of people working hard to help…

link to video

https://vimeo.com/137458491

[RiverLover]

1. I wish the video link worked!

It says because of privacy settings, the vimeo video cannot be played here.

I'm so sorry to hear about all the destruction you saw. That should have been a beautiful drive.

[handmade34]

2. click the blue

you should be able to watch it on Vimeo...

I have made the drive a few other times and it is a beautiful drive...

we went through Yosemite and Crater Lake and up through Warm Springs Reservation... I know that some forest fires are a natural (and good) thing, but what I saw was sad

[RiverLover]

3. Not enough coffee yet!

You're still blessed to be out there. No fires of that kind in Ohio, & I'd trade places with you in a heartbeat. I'm finding this is one incredibly screwed up state!

[RiverLover]

4. You will appreciate this article...

by Dahr Jamail

When I go up into the mountains, I'm used to being afforded magnificent views of alpine meadows filled with wildflowers, crystal-clear mountain streams, glaciers tucked under the shoulders of high valleys, stratified ridges arcing into the sky, and views so far into the distance one can sense the curvature of earth.

But on August 22, as I carefully climbed my way toward one of the high summits of Eastern Olympic National Park, the solace of the mountains eluded me due to an ominous sign. The view east - toward what has now officially become the largest complex of wildfires in history for Washington State, where over one-quarter million acres have burned - was dominated by a large, greyish-white plume of smoke that stretched as far north and south as I could see.

At first it appeared as a large storm cloud layer, which was confusing given that the weather-folk had called for a stable high-pressure ridge over western Washington through the weekend. But as I continued through the morning, the large white wall neared and slowly began enveloping the entire eastern mountains of the Olympics, and my eyes began to burn as I smelled the smoke.

By the time I reached the summit of my climb, the view south was already obscured by the smoke as it began to fully infiltrate Olympic National Park.

John Muir once wrote, "I must break away and get into the mountains to learn the news." Today, given we are well along into abrupt anthropogenic climate disruption (ACD), Muir's quote has taken on an entirely new meaning, as the convulsions wracking the planet are starkly clear when we venture out into nature.....

Full article~

The World on Fire: Record-Breaking Wildfires, Greenland Melting and Earth's Hottest Month Ever
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32556-the-world-on-fire-record-breaking-wildfires-greenland-melting-and-the-hottest-month-ever-recorded-on-earth

This is what is burning, what it's like when its not lit up~

Here is a video snapshot of some of it lit up~