my parents spent most of last week at our cabin. they said that at one point there was a helicopter dumping water not that far over the ridge from us. they watched the helicopter make several runs. i did not realize we had a fire over that way, or at least not that it was that close. luckily they also got a lot of rain up there last week, and they didn't have more of a close call.
i am also happy to know that even though it's a holiday weekend i will have the cabin to myself again this weekend (my mom has to take care of my grandma this week/end, and my dad has to come up with how he's going to accidentally die on his birthday again pack before they go on their next trip), save for any of my neighbors* that come up this weekend that weren't there last time.
*i really hope that the neighbor right next door comes up and that she hasn't rented it out for the weekend. mostly because i know what to expect from them. like them being gone for most of the daylight hours.