Re: Checking in on Santa Rosa cohousers
From: Patti Lautner (lautnerpgmail.com)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 18:56:21 -0700 (PDT)
Oh wow Eris- sending love from JP Cohousing in Boston.

Patti Lautner 


> On Oct 10, 2017, at 7:29 PM, Eris Weaver <eris [at] erisweaver.info> wrote:
> 
> The last 24 hours have been very stressful and scary for the entire region. 
> New fires continue to crop up - just got a Nixle alert about two more 
> evacuations. The air quality is horrendous and ALL of us have friends and 
> family members who have lost homes - over 3000 people in shelters just here 
> in Sonoma County, there are several other neighboring counties with similar 
> issues.
> 
> The Sebastopol communities (Two Acre Wood, Sequoia Village, Petaluma Ave) are 
> nowhere near the fire. Here in Cotati, FrogSong is fine so far....there is 
> fire in the hills just to the East of us and some nearby neighborhoods have 
> been evacuated, so we have all prepared for evacuation if the situation 
> changes - cars are gassed up, packed, and parked facing out. Yulupa is fairly 
> close to some of the fires as well - closer than us actually - but is also 
> not in a current evacuation zone. Air quality is even worse for them. (I have 
> not talked to them but was up in that area earlier today). 
> 
> We have several displaced folks staying here, and have contributed to some of 
> the shelters. Schools and many businesses are closed. Our two largest 
> hospitals were evacuated. We have power but much of the county doesn't. Many 
> cell towers are out so communications are wobbly. Most of us are staying 
> hunkered down so as to leave the roads free for first responders. Hard to 
> focus on worj/jobs that seem so unimportant in the grand scheme of things. So 
> glad to be in community during this unbelievable disaster.
> 
> Eris
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