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<DIV>Wet? Absolutely. Pouring something fierce and snow levels are
dropping in the next 24 hours, so we'll be wet, muddy and cold - of course the
hounds will be snuggled up on blankies with heaters, it'll be the humans who are
freezing!</DIV>
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<DIV>We're doing okay - we are on a gentle southern facing slope at 3800 feet,
but with a microclimate that typically brings us snow anytime the snow level
falls below 6000 feet, it just doesn't stick until 4000 - which as I understand
it the local mountains are expecting a couple feet of snow out of these storms,
and believe me when I say...... NO SNOW PLEASE NO SNOW YET!!!!
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<DIV>Mudslides for burn areas is one of the many weather alerts currently, but
we did not burn in the station fire, we were in the plume and 11 miles away - so
our hill's are green and holding for the moment. Now, the access road may
be another story and may get stuck on the ranch due to access, but the local
neighbors and their men-toys get that fixed pretty darned quick out here in the
country. Nice having country neighbors.</DIV>
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<DIV>For those who follow Villalobos as well as The Brittany Foundation,
Shambala, D.E.L.T.A., Linda Blair's Worldheart Foundation and our other
networking coalition groups - keep everyone's furkids in your drool filled
prayers - this is one mother of a pineapple express and it's not uncommon for
those animal sanctuaries in the area to suffer extreme damage from mud and water
- we've been lucky over the years to not have mud factors other than muddy
pawprints. No one gets to complain about their floors around me, can you
imagine what 100 muddy bassets do to floors around here during a week rain?
Bwahahaha.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dawn of the West</DIV>
<DIV>Wearing hip boots</DIV>
<DIV>100 snoring hounds - Shhhh!!! don't rumble the mountain with those
snores kids!</DIV>
<DIV>Basset Rescue Network at Daphneyland</DIV>
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