I'm posting this link for two reasons.  1) The stories will give you an idea what students and a few families went through during the recent Oregon fires.  Many folks are much worse off than those you read about in these stories.  2) If you check the photo credits, my grandson (Alec Willard Herr) is the photographer.  I've been encouraging him to get involved in this hobby and so far it is working.

The smoke filled images represent what it was like here in Portfolio for about 10 days until the rains came.

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