[Discussion-AZC] Fwd: Tassajara news

[Barbara Kohn]

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> From: Greg Snyder <greg at brooklynzen.org>
> Date: July 10, 2008 7:43:32 AM CDT
> To: Seirin Barbara Kohn <kohnbarbara at austin.rr.com>
> Subject: Fwd: Tassajara news
>
> You may already be aware of this. But in case not, here you go.
>
> Greg
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Here's the latest news about Tassajara:
>>
>> Apparently everybody evacuated Tassajara at around 5:30 this  
>> evening on orders from the Forest Service. There were worries that  
>> the fire was very close to the road, and that the next few days  
>> will be extremely hot. So all the remaining students packed up the  
>> last cars and headed back to Jamesburg. Then, as I understand it,  
>> the people in the last car were talking with somebody from the  
>> Forest Service on the phone. If they left Tassajara, they might  
>> not be able to get back if the road was closed. (They can't force  
>> you to evacuate, but if you leave, they can keep you from  
>> returning to your property). So the five people in the last car  
>> turned around and went back to Tassajara. These five are: Abbot  
>> Steve Stucky, David Zimmerman, Colin, Graham and Mako. Apparently  
>> they have plenty of food and water there. And yesterday they  
>> wrapped the kaisando in fire-retardant foil. That's all I know now.
>>
>> We just had a community meeting in the dining room where Paul and  
>> Greg Fain reported these developments and everybody asked  
>> questions and voiced their concerns. And then we chanted the enmei  
>> 21 times in the Buddha Hall.
>>
>> More later,
>>
>> ian

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