[Pen-l] News From the Disaster Front

[Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Some of you may have seen the news about the huge California wildfires.  One of the 
biggest started just outside of Chico, but has been moving up toward Paradise, about 
10 miles away.  5000 homes are at risk and much of the city has been evacuated.  It 
is also very close to the junior college.  As of this morning, the fire is only 10% 
contained.  The expected shift in the winds will blow the fire up the canyons causing 
enormous damage.

Part of the problem is the inadequate rainfall we have had.  Maybe we could make a 
trade with the midwest.

35 miles an hour winds kept much of the smoke away until this morning.  Visibility is 
now very bad.  I do not know how many pack-of-cigarettes-equivalents I am getting 
from breathing the air.

On Sunday morning, I will be on my NAFTA tour, giving a talk in Mexico City and then 
attending the History of Economic Society meetings in Toronto.

-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
michaelperelman.wordpress.com
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