Can you say 'Evacuation?'
jlmarta
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A number of you have contacted me to see if we're alright in light of the situation with the Oroville dam. At the moment, we're okay. We were evacuated yesterday evening and spent the night in our car in the parking lot of a neighboring county's fair grounds. So many people were evacuated that all hotels, motels, etc. were booked solid. Not much sleep to be had sitting in your car....
We learned today that the evacuation order for our town, Yuba City, has been modified to an evacuation advisory. Other surrounding towns are mandatory. I don't know why there's a difference but we're presently back at home - for now.
It's not supposed to start raining again until late Wednesday so we've got a couple days respite. We'll most likely have to leave again. We'll try to be a little better prepared next time.
Many thanks for your emails and texts expressing concern. It just shows the love and camaraderie that exists among the brothers and sisters of the Leaf who populate this forum.
This oldfart and his child bride love you all and thank you for your concern.
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Glad to hear that you are wellNon Crux sed lux1
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Glad your ok you old fart1
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Glad to hear your ok Marty!1
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Good to hear"I drink a great deal. I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form."
-- Winston Churchill
"LET'S GO FRANCIS" Peter1 -
Good to hear from you Marty, let us know if we can help in any way!Hey, you gonna eat the rest of that corndog?1
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Hang in there Marty, thoughts and prayers are with you.A little dirt never hurt1
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I evacuated this morning. Usually do, most every morning, before my shower. The thing to remember is that the job is never done until your paperwork is complete.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Yay
I was worried.The higher.......the fewer. ( Alexander Rozhenko)
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Thoughts and prayers with you.0
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Stay safe and don't wait until the last minute to leave if you need to, best wishesLogistics cannot win a war, but its absence or inadequacy can cause defeat. FM100-50
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If need be you are always welcome on my side of the mountain."Cooking isn't about struggling; It's about pleasure. It's like sǝx, with a wider variety of sauces."
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...1 -
Glad to hear it, Marty. Stay safe.0
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I'm sorta heading in your direction, Wayne @Wylaff, but not quite as far. I was finally able to find a room available in Grass Valley so I booked three nights and may have to adjust later, depending on how long this fiasco lasts. And they even accept pets! So I can take our cat with us.
Grass Valley and Nevada City are old gold mining towns with some pretty good restaurants so the silver (gold?) lining here is that we can play 'tourist' for a few days.
How can ya beat that?
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Stay safeFree Cuba
"I ain't got no Opus's"
LLA - Lancero Lovers of America
2016 Gang War (South)
May I assss u a ?
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Marty be a touring oldfart, stay safeA little dirt never hurt0
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Glad to hear that you are OK Marty! Be safe brother.
Life is too short to smoke bad cigars!!!
Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues, Oh when the Blues go marching in!
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Good to hear y'all are ok. The cat too.0
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@jlmarta so glad you are ok, I haven't been keeping up with the news over the last few days, and I haven't been on the forum either. I will add you to my prayers. Stay Safe.I was born a fool, and just got bigger!0
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Thanks for the good wishes, everyone. Like I keep saying, Hey, World. I'm 80 years old. I've taken everything you can throw at me and I'm still standing. A possible dam catastrophe doesn't amount to anything more than a forced, short vacation.
So, up yours, World....
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Glad to hear you are in a safe place, and the charming oldfart attitude has not changed in the face of adversity!
Friends don't let good friends smoke cheap cigars.4 -
Oldfarts qualify as curmudgeons, do they not? I have an advanced degree in curmudgeonly. It's what qualifies me for my job as resident skeptic and lovable oldfart.... 3
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I remember when the Grand Teton let go.
Washed away a couple towns.The higher.......the fewer. ( Alexander Rozhenko)
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I use the word curmudgeon other day and my wife thought I made it up, a few days later we were with an old friend of mine and he said curmudgeon, and I laughed and laughed about it. We need a few curmudgeons in this worldI was born a fool, and just got bigger!2
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I'll volunteer, long as you stay off my lawnTNBigfoot68 said:I use the word curmudgeon other day and my wife thought I made it up, a few days later we were with an old friend of mine and he said curmudgeon, and I laughed and laughed about it. We need a few curmudgeons in this world“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
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Marty, you will be in our thoughts and prayers. We old folks have to stick together! Stay safe.
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I have been keeping up with the news reports with you and the rest of the folks in my thoughts. Keep safe and stay ready to beat feet. Get all the important papers together and give them to a friend in a safe area. Oh, and waterproof your cigars.1
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Well, the 'mandatory' part of the evacuation has been lifted and is only a warning now so we'll check out a day early and head home tomorrow. As nice as the folks up here have been I'd still rather be at home.
And the next rain rain isn't supposed to hit until late Wednesday night so that leaves tomorrow (forecast as sunny) to enjoy a cigar with the Princess Fuzzbutt out in the back yard. She's been a pretty good girl through all of this upheaval - no hissing or clawing, etc. -and she deserves a romp in the sun...
Long ashes, Y'all.....
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Glad all is well MartyA little dirt never hurt1
