@scott_vt Congratulations on the award for your service, and thanks for being there for your community. Thirty odd years ago, I was filling out the form for our local volunteer FD, when one of the staffers said something about poison oak smoke, and I realized I was going to be in a hospital after every wildfire call as I am incredibly allergic to it. Square peg / round hole.
@daugen Nice photo of the power of Mother Nature. We have a couple of sections on the county road we use frequently that are already cracking with earth movement and settling on both sides of us. I just hope that they don't all give way at the same time, or we are buying some trained pack mules as road repairs aren't always quick around here when road rebuilding requires geotechnical analysis and engineering design and sign off before reconstruction.
@sodamo Thanks, no you didn't mislead me. Building codes are building codes. A while back, I was looking at orchards around Hilo, and idly wondered what it might cost to add a house, permitting, land use etc., in alignment to allow construction.
A quick run into town to drop off items at Goodwill. We had been storing items for the next generation, and these are ones that weren't needed/wanted, so they can go to others who do need them. It was great to clean out the garage, at least for a bit. Then on to Costco for gas and groceries and back to home.
I can tell it's going to be a low energy day. The elderly relative is even more of a challenge this year, and I think often am reminded of Billy Crystal's line in "When Harry Met Sally" about women, "
You're the worst kind; you're high maintenance but you think you're low maintenance." RIP Rob Reiner. That was sad news.
All the best,
Peter
