[calawah98]

On channel 7, Seattle TV News last nite, a reporter was in Cave Junction. The smoke was as thick as the fog gets here on the coast. I doubt if the people will ever get the smoke smell out of their homes. Some people came back, but were leaving again, the smoke and ash are so bad. One woman said she had a sore throat from breathing the smoke. This is like a lot of things, it is not their ox getting gored, so they just ignore it. Sad, but that is the mentality of most of the people now a days.

[EBUCK]

The ox just may be their taxes skyrocketting and precious pet programs that will be getting up on the chopping block soon. The firefighting bill will come due and it'll be to the tune of 100+ million. That will be the time to pounce and really spread the word that enviralists cost us, this year alone, 100 million dollars (best Dr. Evil impression)!!

EBUCK

[Grampa Dave]

That smoke odor can linger around for months if not years.

It gets into the carpets, drapes, rugs, bedding and any furniture that has material on/in it like sofas/chairs.

It gets into the inside paint and the drywalls.

Sometimes you have rip out all the carpets, the drywalls, the drapes and throw away all furniture. Then put in new drywalls, drapes, carpets and furniture. That gets to be really expensive.