The First Creek Fire has burned north as far as Field’s Point but remains up on the hill.
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As I look at Chuck's haunting photo, I am reminded of headlights in the fog—that you move ahead slowly, only as far as you can see.
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We felt fairly confident that our careers as leaders of creative teams at major institutions had provided plenty of ambiguity.
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“I was just told that three firefighters died while battling the Twisp fire and four were injured,” said Governor Jay Inslee in a public statement. “My heart breaks over the loss of life.
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Chuck, Nancy, Marc, and Jeff said goodbye to Andrew “Zumba” Kingsriter early this morning. We "downlakers" welcomed this hero with open arms and Holden hugs.
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Back burns here are almost complete, and we maintain hope that they will hold the fire as it burns its way around the Village, keeping Holden safe.
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Yesterday the Holden evacuees evacuated the B-and-B and the Lake House because of the new fires in Chelan.
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The fawns and their mothers give Chuck and I a visceral sense that life abounds—even as the forest transitions—and that God’s steadfast love is present with us no matter our circumstances.
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This is the difficult, dangerous, and grueling work the hotshot crews of Silver City, NM and Entiat, WA have been doing.
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For more than a week, the hotshot crews and our five Holdenites have been preparing the Village for the inevitable: fire coming to the Village, one way or another.
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Thousands wait patiently—and some not so patiently—for its outcome, while long, hard hours have stretched our concept of time.
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I am learning the new language of fire. Like any language, it is hard to communicate if you don't speak fluently. We looked at IR (infrared) maps and learned about "laying down lines” and about the different strategies and phases planned for Holden's defense.
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Five Villagers including myself were airlifted back into the Village Thursday morning and are now onsite working with the Forest Service/hotshot crews.
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Yesterday, Villagers in Chelan and several other parts to the country gathered in solidarity to worship with the Holden Evening Prayer.
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While the fire did move another half-mile toward the Village today, it continues to move at a slower pace than originally anticipated, giving firefighters time to focus on setting up a containment line around the perimeter of the Village and protecting structures.
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The best estimate is that the fire is 3 to 4 miles away. The road is impassable between Lucerne and the Village, so teams will be airlifted in.
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