Map of Oregon showing where the fires are burning
While
the foothills of Oregon's Cascade Mountains have been ablaze, creating red ominous skies and leaving five small
towns in ashes, most of the churches in the Archdiocese of Portland have not
burned and many have offered shelter to thousands of evacuees. The
director for Catholic Community Services of Lane County, said in his 39 years
in the area, he has never seen fires and air quality this bad. He said Catholic
Community Services, which provides a range of emergency services, will remain
open. "We are in
the middle of a hotly contested election, we have social justice issues that
need attention, there's a pandemic that's taking lives every day. Then to have this apocalyptic
scene — people are feeling tired. But at the same time, it's encouraging to see how much people are capable of collaborating
and how important it
is to work together."
Wednesday 16 September 2020
Oregon fires
I ask for your prayers for my former beloved state of
Oregon as they are experiencing the most devastating fires in history.
California and Washington are facing the same fate as hundreds of homes have
been destroyed, over 35 lives lost as all these fires created apocalyptic scenes with smoke-filled air settling over the Bay Area in
California and Central Oregon with smoke visible from space and flames that produced an ominous orange glow. The
destructive fire
in Oregon was driven by 45-mile-an-hour wind
gusts that tore
through two towns, destroying more than a thousand homes and raising fears that
some people had not been able to escape. The towns of Idanha, Detroit,
Mill City and further down in Talent are very familiar to me, as I drove
through them annually for our retreat at Mount Angel. Very often I used to stop
by to take photos of the ponderosa pine trees that cradle each town, as well as
rivers and reservoirs and scenic spots, which photographers like myself look
forward to.
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