Sunday, October 27, 2019

Worried about J Rickards Winery


Dennis' aunt and uncle have a vineyard and winery in the Alexander Valley in California's Sonoma County.  Where the Kinkade fire is burning.  I looked on Calfire a while ago and it said 10% contained; now it says 5% contained.  That's not good.  The black smush on the map shows the location of the winery.  The red part is the fire; the part on the map only shows about 10% of the fire as it rages north and east.  The little scale line on the lower left measures 1 mile.  I figure they are about 4 miles or so from the beginning of the fire.  Their property is very close to US101, that might help them but I'm not sure though I don't know that the road is completely closed.  On their website, they post they are fine and Dennis got some texts a few hours ago that they were without power and fine.

But this recent map shows then clearly in the evacuation zone.  So I hope they're gone.  It's a beautiful spot and lovingly built and developed.  We have enjoyed ourselves when we're visited.  We just to pray that the fire doesn't go that way.


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