A few days ago a lightning storm started a fire in the Deschutes National Forest, the forest that surrounds our neighborhood. It's called the "G.W." Fire, maybe because it's burning in the Mount Washington wilderness area. The fire is now bigger than 1000 acres and is one mile west of Black Butte Ranch, a resort community a little bit northwest of Sisters on Highway 20. Apparently the residents of BBR had to be evacuated this afternoon.
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/09/fire_forces_evacuation_of_blac.html
Last July PB and I had to evacuate our house because of a similar fire, the Black Crater fire complex. We were out of our house for a week. It was not fun. So far it looks like the GW fire won't be coming our way, but I hope it gets contained soon. Currently it is 5% contained. Yikes. This is life in central Oregon, unfortunately.
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