My husband is really worried about any forest animals that survived the fire. Torrential flash flooding down mountainsides with no breaking cover for landslides may take out so many deer and elk and bears etc. not to mention all other animal species and plant life.
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@michele-b. I have thought the same. Prayed for them last night, sent healing and hope and protection to them all, dear beautiful animals.
I am seriously afraid to ask "What's next?" anymore.
Now people in Michigan are being told to stay inside because mosquitos are carrying and spreading deadly encephalitis.
Oregon will recover. We are strong and we are determined, but the destruction is hard to witness.
God bless all firefighters and first responders.
@michele-b, what a horror of biblical proportions you're in right now:-(
Your comment about your husband resonates so much. Is there anything that can be done for the forest creatures? Anything they do to try and temper the mudslides?
Wow! That's amazing and i can so relate. I started caring for starving or abandoned cats when i was a very young girl. I snuck outside with some pretty strange foods or leftover scraps but my wild menagerie gobbled or drank down every bit.
It was cold and snowy in the winter but we had our little kids version of a fort built outside from the summer and that provided some shelter.
It was something on my little kids level that i was drawn to do. I did it as an adult for decades. In a really crummy basement apt. In college I had an opening upwards basement window.
I had an a plug in popcorn popper i used as a precursor to a primitive hot pot and could afford 1 box of cheap mac n cheese and canned milk (no margarine usually much less butter) and i skipped breakfast.
Made the mac n cheese for my lunch and saved the rest for dinner and the ever present stray cats that found me by that window. Sometimes they came inside to visit and eat and sometimes I put a bowl with a little bit of leftovers outside. I got fleas something terrible from letting them in but I persevered! Haha.
Its just one of the things i do that seems necessary and right. This amazing man just gave up more and does wonderfully much more. Bless that good man and his many cats! ?
Caring for animals of any kind is do wonderful but caring for ones that aren't our own is a labor of extra love.
Absolutely and indeed. I cannot bear to think of all the illness and pestilence to come. Armour up with spirit everyone. We can and we will get through all of it but we are not going to be happy troopers a lot of the time just strong, determined, and resilient!!!
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My friend lives near the Bobcat fire in LA and has been told she needs to be prepared for a possible evacuation soon. Less than an hour ago they had a moderate 4.6 earthquake which shook her house. To say her nerves are rattled is an understatement.
Armour up with spirit everyone. We can and we will get through all of it but we are not going to be happy troopers a lot of the time just strong, determined, and resilient!!!
Powerful words of a wise soul! My heart is so filled up by your generosity and kindness. Be strong!