Well 6 days ago it looked like Norwood had a very good chance of getting barbequed in the Holiday Farm Fire in the McKenzie River Valley. The 'rest home' where the car resides went to Level 3 Go Now evacuation status at 1:30 pm Tuesday from the fire that started 36 miles up river. The fire traveled 21 miles west in less than 14 hours!
Late Saturday the area went back to level 2 as the fire appears to have been contained 5 miles east of the 'rest home' after consuming 165,000 acres in 3.5 days.
Many friends up the valley aren't nearly as fortunate.