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Danielle Rohr An Eerie Coincidence
I live in Nevada. For many days now, children haven't been allowed to play outside, not even for recess at school.

For over a week, we've had air that is saturated in smoke from the Yosemite Rim Fire. The haze,ash, and dark smoke screen is strange enough, but I can't ignore the fact; the fire that is making it's way towards Yosemite National Park ignited the same day I published my new book.

(Since the fire began Aug. 19, the city has purchased about $600,000 in supplemental power,(http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/na...).

Water Falls Down.(Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: Danielle Rohr; 1 edition (August 19, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0615840957
ISBN-13: 978-0615840956)
(Note the date of the fire, and the date of publication)

The Coincidence is a bit more complicated than that : The book is about three teens who travel through the backwoods of California headed for Yosemite. As this fire continues to burn, I realized it's burning through the route of my fictional trio.
Two days ago, I laughed and mentioned to a friend "We'll see if the fire reaches White Wolf". Then: "Tioga Road, part of Highway 120, will be temporarily closed from Crane Flat to White Wolf as crews battle the massive Rim Fire, park superintendent Don Neubacher said in a written statement" (http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article...).

The fire hasn't reached White Wolf, but the area is now closed and it seems that the fire may be headed in that direction.
I love unusual circumstances and coincidences, but this particular one resonates within me personally. I wrote explicitly about these places just outside the park boundary, and now they've burned away to a sad charred version of their former self. I can't ignore that the date I impulsively chose to publish this book, is the same date the fire started. And now, I'm choking on the smoke and ash a hundred miles away. Is there meaning in this odd connection, or do I just have too much time to dream up fantastical possibility? Water Falls Down Water Falls Down