Survived the remnants of a Pacific typhoon we had over the weekend. Only damage I saw in our neighborhood was a fairly large branch breaking off a tree.
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/09/oregon_storm_2013_portland_ast.html
Yeah same here. We had one of the worst fire seasons ever. Both my bro and bro in law fight forest fires. They normally go for maybe a week, sometimes never, during the summer months. This summer they were only HOME for maybe a week or two.
I actually did this once. It was during my last term in college. Not sure why they had chosen a college student because I was way to busy to watch TV. A lot of help I was! I remember having to fill a booklet thing out of all the TV shows I watched and then mail it back.