Vivian Rennie, Meteorologist, KSBY: "Plumes of smoke could be seen far and wide across the region emanating from the Gifford Fire. These are pyrocumulus clouds and are fueled by the hot air within fires, pushing up to cloud level. That rising air creates strong local winds at fire sites and erratic fire behavior."
Scary.
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I have access to six Libraries. I feel fortunate and grateful.
In addition to SLO County Library and Paso Robles City Library we added Truckee/Nevada County Library, Sacramento Public Library, and Santa Barbara Public Library to our list. We obtained the new cards in person during our trips in June and July. (I also have a Non-Resident account from Fairfax,VA County Public Library which I pay for.)
I thought - until today - that a California resident could obtain a library card by showing California residency no matter where one lives in the state. That is why our road trip included planned stops at several CA libraries.
Today while writing this post I came across this notice on the SLO County Library website:
"Service Area Updates
Due to recent countywide budget cuts, we’ve had to make some decisions very quickly about who we can offer library cards to, and we’ve recently updated our service area. You can find more information about our service area and boundaries below.
If you live outside of our service area, you may have discovered your SLO County Libraries card no longer works. We understand this unexpected change is disappointing and frustrating, and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.
Please know that anyone with or without our library card is welcome to visit SLO County Libraries. And please feel free to reach out to us with any questions. Thank you for understanding."
I am not sure when this went into effect. If it was mentioned in the monthly email I missed it.
I started a new "To Be Read" notebook today. With access to half a dozen library catalogs it feels like a gratitude journal.
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I have been listening to the DC Smith Investigation Series audiobooks - ahem, bingeing - while winding Scarf balls. Three books finished and thirty-five Scarf balls wound, win-win.
Eight dropped off at Spinners' group today.
Twenty-seven ready to go.
