Rowina (4 June 2013)
"I am packing in case I have to evacuate because of wildfire"


 

There are two fires near me, one in Pecos (east of Santa Fe New Mexico) and the other in the Jemez Mountains.  Smoke is hazardous, especially to me, and I have three filters going.  I have no evacuation plan like I had two years and thirteen years ago in our big wildfires.  I consulted the Bible and received 2 Kings 22: 18-20, where Josiah consults Huldah the Prophetess and receives the word that the land will be destroyed because of wickedness, but Josiah would be gathered to his fathers first.  In the past I have evacuated first to Albuquerque and then by plane to California, but California is hazardous as well, and I don't feel led to start traveling without further guidance.  Prayers of course are sought for me and for this community which has suffered a great deal from fire and may do so even worse, but especially we are under threat from smoke.  The fire of 2011 destroyed all trees in the NW of the town, and was held at bay by 1000 firefighters, so there is not a lot of forest fuel to burn in the immediate vicinity.  But I am very sensitive to the toxins in smoke, and no doubt others are as well.   My town is Los Alamos, New Mexico.  Bless all.   Mariel