To the haters telling me "poor taste "to suggest people support small biz in Downtown Napa right now or in future.
Own a small biz and you'd think other wise. Livelihoods are suffering and supporting small biz can help.
For some, their small biz may be all they have left.
Besides, if you know about TOT (tourism tax) you know how important tourism dollars are to our economies. Those tax dollars go back into helping us rebuild, support nonprofits doing fire work, etc.
And finally, if you work in hospitality and say you're evacuated, or you rely on tips and such to make a living and you've already been screwed by covid. You need people to support small businesses right now.
As a hospitality worker I know how this is impacting us.
And did I mention that the bar I work at has been closed since March?
Oy vey people. We need to support each other.
If you think it's poor taste to support small biz then make a donation to a nonprofit like @NapaValleyCF.
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My step-grandpa, Carl Richard Bischoff, died in Arizona yesterday after a five year fight with multiple myeloma. One of the most altruistic men I've ever known, he stepped in as a surrogate grandfather to me when my stepmom, BJ, became part of our family.
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Almost 15 years ago we both under went surgeries- me dental surgery and Carl for colon cancer- like two freshman college roommates we were holed up together unexpectedly at BJ's house - eating soft foods, hopped up on pain killers and watching bad television for a week.
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It was my first chance to get to know Carl, this man who was a new part of my family tree. He was born in 1933, the day after me, August 27, in Lancaster, PA. (We often celebrated our birthdays together!)
👏Forward progress stopped👏
This means the fire is no longer spreading, but it is not necessarily at 100% containment.
🔥1/4 acre
Crews will be on scene for 3 hours
I will update THIS THREAD for the time being with any new information. 👇
This is on the Napa-Sonoma border, honestly. Just east of Sugarloaf State Park.
#WallFire is located in the Nuns Fire scar. That's "my" fire. And don't get excited - 2017 fire scars are ready to burn again - if you live here, you know.