Erik and the Redding Wildfire
Aug. 1st, 2018 10:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayMy nephew Erik is a professional firefighter based in Washington State. My sister, his aunt, called me from the West Coast today to tell me, among other things, that he's been dispatched to help contain the Redding fire in California. His specific mission is to help defend residential areas threatened by the fire.
Erik is a young man who has been in public service since he graduated from high school. He served 6 years with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Following that, he served in security with the U.S. Treasury Department before taking his current position with a Washington State fire district.
His mom is, of course, concerned about him, especially given the unpredictable nature of wildfires, some of which are literally capable of generating their own weather systems.
Needless to say, our thoughts are with her and we wish him, and his fellow firefighters, well...
LPK
Dreamwidth
8.1.2018
Erik is a young man who has been in public service since he graduated from high school. He served 6 years with the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment, with multiple deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Following that, he served in security with the U.S. Treasury Department before taking his current position with a Washington State fire district.
His mom is, of course, concerned about him, especially given the unpredictable nature of wildfires, some of which are literally capable of generating their own weather systems.
Needless to say, our thoughts are with her and we wish him, and his fellow firefighters, well...
LPK
Dreamwidth
8.1.2018
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