Mr. JohnnyPDX,
It is very hot here too, I have not seen a ground squirrel for almost 2 months. Even my gopher hunting has crapped out.
Last year about this time we had to evacuate for 6 days for a near by forest fire. We luckily had a days warning that the fire was headed in our direction. We packed up our favorite mementos, important papers and stocked up our truck camper. I hooked up the boat to the truck and filled it full of camping stuff and were ready to leave when the Sherriff Deputy came by.
We found a good spot to park at an elementary school about 15 miles down the hill. The principal was very kind to us and said we were welcome to stay there. Our camper has all the stuff we needed to be comfortable, toilet, hot water, stove, coffee pot, fridge/freezer and generator. We camp in it several times a year and do just fine. I am getting all of our stuff ready to do the evac thing again if necessary.
Woke up the morning we evacuated to see this amount of ash on My wife's car, everything was covered like this, it was very eerie for the sun to be obscured all day.
We were very lucky, the fire stayed about a half mile away from our place.
Getting water from the lake about 300 yards from our property.
There were 5 of these fire fighter helicopters at the old sawmill doing their best to protect everybody and save our forest. The National Guard helicopters rescued stranded campers when the fire blocked the roads. Our friend had a group he took out from the pack station and was able to get his clients and pack animals out of danger by his knowledge of all the alternate trails. The cattlemen used all of their skills and herded all of their cattle to safe grazing meadows away from the fire's path.
I hope you and yours are all safe, be prepared as well as you can, do what the Sheriffs Deputies advise.
Good luck with your pesting, stay healthy and safe
Arrowhead1951
