I wasn't going to do another blog about our fires in my area but, remember this picture of old 944 from my last post?
CalFire posted a few pictures of this plane in action.
This video was posted on Facebook by the NorCal Fire and I just had to share it.
Inside a Super Tanker.
And this very plane flew right over Jolene's home.
There it goes, west bound.
There he goes back home.
Let's talk about air quality. As you can see in the two pictures above it got very nasty here. I was hole up inside the RV with windows closed, for over a week. A video was posted on Facebook about making your own air purifier using a box fan and a furnace filter, well I don't have a box fan so I improvised.
First you go get a filter making sure it will filter out smoke and dust particles.
Then, I my case, you take the filter apart so I had just the fiber, and then, this is where the improvising comes in.
When plugged into electricity and I can use my air conditioner
and the suction of the air conditioner fan holds the fiber in place.
When living with an extension cord through a window
and running the small fan I have, this is what I did.
Let the fan hold the filter in place
Yes, this works.
My makeshift filters aren't pretty but when you're trying to survive they work. It got so smoky that eventually I couldn't even breath while inside, and once I started coughing I couldn't stop. I eventually moved from Willits to the Ukiah fairgrounds where I have full hook-ups and was able to run the air conditioning fan 24/7, and could breath easier as the air quality was better. The good news is that the wind changed direction and we now have blue skies and clean air, but the fires are still burning and the firefighters are still hard at work.
One problem I have with moving around the county is, I'm still waiting for the 'base plate' for the new car. Which means that I'm unable to tow the car, which means that when I move, then I have to ask someone to take me back to retrieve the car. It's all a big hassle. So I'm hoping that while I'm here in Ukiah the base plate will come in and I can get it installed.
One more note. The firefighters base camp is here at the fair grounds so it's really busy here. Firefighters coming and going at all hours of the day and night. They are even parking 2 helicopters just down the street in a field. It's all very interesting but I hope I never have to see this again.
One more picture of some of the equipment being used to fight our fires.
