[Magdalen] Allen & Camille

[Ann Markle]

Thanks, Mike. I feel better, knowing the status of my friends.

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 3:19 PM M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> >>>> Also our other California friends: Brian, Richard, Mike?
>
> Brian is 60 miles from the nearest fire, but the smoke and air pollution
> is awful. I wear a vented N95 respirator whenever I go outside.
>
> https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/company-us/all-3m-products/~/3M-Particulate-Respirator-8511-N95-80-EA-Case/?N=5002385+3294780243&rt=rud
> According to the maps, Mike is even farther from flame, but I don't know
> about air. Probably his air is cleaner because he is closer to the
> ocean.
> I don't know where Richard lives.<<<
>
> We're fine, as we're an area surrounded by vegetation generally no more
> than knee-high.  As for power shut-off, we're in the cross hairs, but as
> ours is both generated and distributed from Marina, not too much chance,
> as, see comment about vegetation in previous sentence.  But there's no
> telling about PG&E.  They're not even taking calls; only telling people to
> watch the website, which is anything but accurate enough to make for
> comfort.  What a glorious few days that'd be for me and the boy.  Luckily,
> we're both into not eating too much these days.  (The local grocery stores
> tell me they have backup generators, but they'd still most likely close for
> the duration, as the generators apparently only cover the food, not the
> lighting.)
>
> As for air quality, last night was the first time I smelt even a whiff of
> smoke.  But Brian's right:  we got moist, ocean air on our side, though 20
> mins from said ocean.
>
> Richard's in Sacramento.  Texting with Anna, nothing seems too amiss in
> that neck of the woods, so far.
>
> I'll just be glad when the "rainy season" starts.  (We've already got cool
> temps around here, especially at night.  I put on a coat to do some
> late-night grocery shopping last night, and I generally never put on a
> coat, year-round.)
>
> M J (Mike) Logsdon.
>
> "Aaugh[.]" -- Charles Brown.
> "Avoid dull needles and use a soft cloth." -- E Kovacs.
> "Because that's the kind of guy, I'm." -- C Reiner, "Your Show of Shows",
> skit: "From Here to Obscurity".
>
-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
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