So, this news post is a bit...depressing, so sorry about that. I don’t mean to seem like I’m complaining or begging for attention. I just, want to talk to someone about what’s going on. I don’t really have anyone I can talk to here who isn’t already stressed out of their minds.

But if you don’t want to hear me talk about all the crazy and scary stuff going on right now in my area, feel free to go on with your day. It’s not like I’m going to reach through the screen and be like “Hey, you’re stressed out about all the crap going on in the world right now and don’t want to hear me dump more depressing crap on you? Well you’re a terrible person!”

...yeah no, do whatever the heck you want, I don’t care. We’re all under some level of a crisis right now. Take care of yourselves.

If you’re still here, first off, thank you, second off...I’m just gonna get into it.

So, there’s a lot of forest fires in the area I live in. Heck, the entire west coast is ablaze right now. The people who have lived here for over 60 years had never seen something like this happen. The towns I’ve lived in my whole life are being evacuated, and might have burned to the ground. The smoke in the air is so thick we can’t see the hills around our home, and it’s too dangerous to go outside for long. Just three days ago, I was able to see flames standing in my front yard.

So...it’s been a stressful few days. Right now the entire area is under a level of evacuation. The majority of it is under level 3 evacuation, which means get the heck out now. I’d been under level 1 evacuation for a couple days, which means be aware that people are evacuating and start preparing. But yesterday afternoon we just got upgraded to level 2, get ready to leave at a moments notice. So if we weren’t scared before, well we sure as heck are scared now.

So people who have been here for a bit might remember that I have three cats, a dog, and a bird. Well, I also live with my older sister and both parents, so we have to figure out how to pack away five animals, four people, and all of our important belongings into a tiny motor home. (So we have a place to stay when we evacuate)

Thats not stressful at all...

You’d think by now that maybe things would start to look up, maybe the firemen would have been able to make the fire die down a bit, and we wouldn’t have to evacuate. La-de-da happily ever after right?

Ha-ha~! Of course not! Did you think 2020 was the year of mercy?

Instead, two major wildfires (thousands of acres wide) have merged, and they’re heading straight for my area. The fire has been deemed too dangerous to fight, so even the firefighters can do nothing. And apparently, some people have been setting fires, so that they can get people out of their homes and loot their stuff! Ah, I just fricking love the people of Oregon. Such a nice, loving community.

...Sorry I got a bit fired up there. It’s just frustrating.

Theres just so many terrible things happening right now, I’m stressed out, angry, scared...I can’t even describe what I felt when I had to go through all my stuff and choose what I would keep and what I would leave to burn.

I’m scared that if I leave, I won’t have a home to come back to, as does everyone around here. I honestly never thought anything like this could happen. But, here I am.

I don’t really know how to end this, my thoughts are all jumbled and I can hear sirens in the distance. If anyone read through this whole thing, I really appreciate it. This whole thing was probably super jumbled and confusing, but I tried my best with my current state of mind. I don’t normally write things like this, but I kinda just needed somewhere to vent. So, sorry for dumping all this on you guys. I hope y’all are doing much better than I am.

I’ll hopefully update later with how things turn out, if we evacuated or not, if my house is still standing, and whatnot.

Please stay safe and stay healthy! (Don’t die pls)