Here’s an update on the Camp Fire happening in Butte County in Northern California:
1. The fire grew from 70,000 to 90,000 acres and is still only 5% contained. It is now the most destructive fire in California’s history
2. So far there have been 9 confirmed fatalities. 5 of these people died in their cars while trying to evacuate
3. The last incident report I saw said that the fire isn’t expected to be contained until 11/30/2018 but this information might have changed by now
4. A total of 6,713 buildings have been confirmed to be destroyed (6,453 of which were residential buildings, 206 were commercial buildings)
5. A text to donate has been set up by United Way to help with recovery efforts. Text “buttefire” to 91999
6. All school in Butte County is cancelled for the next week
7. The air quality in Chico is extremely bad right now so please stay inside as much as possible and keep your pets inside if you can
The Honey Run Covered Bridge (built in 1886) has been destroyed and is no longer standing. This is really sad news to me because I used to go there as a kid growing up and I’ve spent a lot of time there with my friends as well. It was a historic Chico landmark loved by so many people
Here’s a satellite picture of the fire showing how far the smoke has traveled
Here’s some additional information if anyone living in Chico or Butte County wants to volunteer. There’s also some information on evacuee shelters and animal shelters or if anyone is searching for a missing person.
24 hours after I brought her home, I got a mindblowing job offer. Since I adopted her nine years ago, my life has become an amusement park. She has brought me good luck ever since I took her into my home.
I’m telling you, there’s something about this animal. Good fortune follows her everywhere.
I don’t want to be selfish. I have everything I need and then some. So, I’m sharing her with you.
Reblog Brigitte and you’ll receive fantastic news in the next 24 hours.
And when you do, please remember to help your local SPCA and support them in the difficult work they do for wonder animals like Brigitte. Any donation helps your SPCA, even if it’s just five bucks.
Kitties like Brigitte are counting on you to give back when they bring you good luck.
I am the sun ripened grain, offered up to the scythe
So that all may be nourished
Without planting there will be no harvest
Without me there would be no spring
I am the God and Goddess of Thousands of names
But know that by all names I am the same
The freedom of the forest, the cycle of harvest
Look to my yearly cycle of my birth, death, and rebirth
And know that such is the destiny of creation
I am Belore, the Sun God. The Radiant Sun, giver of Light and Warmth.
Listen to the words of the Sun, who was called a thousand names before you knew him and will be known by thousands of names after you’ve known him. I am Belore.
My Light is what gives strength to all creation. Mine is the secret of life. Mine is the forests of Quel’thals that will never again see winter. I give knowledge of life, the arcane, and beyond death I will hold you close.
I am the sacrifice; the soldier that falls in battle, the Farstrider that watches from the trees, the mage guarding the Sunwell, the lynx padding through the forest. Hear the words of the Sun God Belore, the music of whose laughter is heard in the wind and through his grace no winter touches Quel’thalas. I am the Lord of the Hunt and the lightbringer, the sun among the clouds, and the father of all phoenixes. For I am the flesh of Quel’thalas and all of my people.
Let my worship be in the flickering fires of your hearth and mage light, in the words that you sing, all acts of willing sacrifice are my rituals. Do not surpress desire and fear, anger and weakness, peace and joy, awe and longing within you. These are part of the mysteries found within yourself and in me. Behold, I am that which has been with you since the beginning and that which at attained at the end of desire.
I sing this prayer to the Sun
The Mother of Phoenixes
To her wild, burning, feminine dance
To her who is born in the winter and reborn in the spring
To the light she gives us all to guide our path
Belore
Let my arrows always strike true
Fill me with your strength
That I might never fall at my post
So i can travel far and rest easy
Dance beneath the trees and be on with the forest
And drink deep of all that is set before me
Listen!
The Sun Goddess Speaks
“I am the fire in your spirit,
The yearning in your soul
The love that warms your heart
I am the mystery hidden in plain sight
And the seeker of the phoenix flame;
I stand and chase the dark away
I am the Light of creation
I am Goddess and God, I am Mother and Father of Phoenixes
I am the fire you adore, call to me…”
Bright Belore, the sun
Whose fire will not be tamed
Those that attempt to tarnish you
Do not realize the futility of their actions
Fill me with your fire and strength
I will bow to none
Above all I will stand
Fill me with your fire Belore
That i may find my own destiny and rise above.
Bright and fiery arrow!
Blaze kindly into my life
God of the Eternal Spring
Grow ever more verdant and lush
Lord of Poetry and Magic
Dance on my tongue like arcane sparks on my hands
Guardian of the Runestones and the Sunwell
Grant me your blessing and sate my thirst
Thank you, Exalted One, for your light and and nourishment.
My addition for the #WarcraftDolls tag thingamajig that’s going on on Twitter. Figured it was a good excuse to draw my boy again for once since I haven’t in a while.
I’m none too good with words but it doesn’t really matter on account of I can think of anything to say. @tyleril-silversword gave me a gift and I just rightly don’t have words. I’m mighty thankful.
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