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“I’m moving to Louisville. I want to get away from the wildfire danger up here in Nederland.” This is what my neighbor said several years ago when you sold her house. Now I wonder if she even has a home anymore. It’s horrific — 991 homes lost in the blink…
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Note: This post is courtesy of local Nederland resident, John MacKay. We lost our home and most of our things in the Cold Springs Fire. Thankfully, we were in Florida at the time, safe with our dog and three cats. By the time we got to Nederland, kind people had…
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It never ends. Any other year, at mid-October, we’d be enjoying snow on the ground right now. And colder temperatures and anticipating the start of winter. But not in 2020. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse, another wildfire broke out today — just about 10 miles north…
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Note: This post refers to the Cold Springs Wildfire which occurred three years ago in July of 2016. “The best news ever.” I read the email one more time to make sure I read the words correctly. “The fire is contained enough, that we can go back to our homes…
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