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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-santa-rosa-fire-20171009-story.htmlMy gym is gone. My old house is gone. I have friends who lost their homes last night. My fiance's old radio station might be gone, we're not sure. An entire neighborhood that I drive through every day is gone. Stores that I shop in all the time are gone. Wow.
Hell of a day.
madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)I'm hurting for all of you.
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BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)wildfires in San Diego between 2000 and 2010. My emergency earthquake kit is also my fire kit now.
Stay safe!
MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)Wildfires are devastating. We were surrounded on all sides by fire for 10 weeks this summer - homes lost - 2 firefighters dead. It's just awful. I'm hoping fall rain comes quickly.
diva77
(7,656 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)Thankfully, we were okay. That year I sat on the civil Grand Jury that investigated our Office of Emergency Services, which had been in a shambles for years. Their Disaster Plan was written in 1996. Seriously. Many changes have been made since our recommendations were published.
I am so sorry to hear of your situation. I wish the best for you. Take advantages of all the help many organizations and government agencies have to offer.
I travel through that area every few weeks to go shopping and to go to Doctor appointments. I am not looking forward to what I will see on the next trip. It's such a beautiful part of the state.
Dem_4_Life
(1,765 posts)Please stay safe. That is so heartbreaking. Just WOW! I can't even possibly imagine the nightmare.
AJT
(5,240 posts)disaster areas.
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)he'd better not show up here and throw paper towels at anyone. It won't go well.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)That way, he can't totally fuck it up.
BadgerMom
(2,771 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)I woke up smelling the smoke from the fire at 3am. I checked my house (I have three fire alarms) and I went outside to see if there was a fire or some glowing light on the skyline but there was nothing. There was a pretty stiff breeze though which is very strange.
I'm sorry you're going through this and I hope you don't lose your house to the fire.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,473 posts)klook
(12,165 posts)I visited there last year and loved it. Very sorry you folks are going through this.
Rhiannon12866
(206,016 posts)I cannot imagine the shock that you and your neighbors are going through. I'm familiar with that beautiful area, was responsible for your TV listings back in the '80s.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)And as everybody knows, it has been an exceptionally hot year, and we haven't had any rain for months. My understanding is that the wind knocked power lines down in the rural, dry grass areas and the extreme dry conditions cause it to light up like a tinder box.
Of course, that's what I last heard. It may change.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,022 posts)not with that intense conflagration.
So very sorry.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)I was unaware of any fires out there until an hour or two ago when I saw something about them on the internet.
There are also fires all up and down the state, which is horrifying. I'm guessing that continued drought is one of the underlying causes, or is there something else that I don't know about.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)However, every summer here is a dangerous time for fires, because there's practically no rain from April to October. And the environment here is one of forest and dry grass fields.
Now, as everybody knows, we had an exceptionally hot summer here, so even with the massive amount of rains we got last year, it's super dry. And last night, there was a crazy windstorm. Massive winds. And from what I've heard, the winds knocked down the power lines in the rural, dry grass areas. And everything just lit up like a tinder box after that. The massive winds carried the flames all over the place.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,895 posts)I live in New Mexico and we get our share of wild fires here, but having a relatively low population, just over 2 million people live here, peoples' homes are rarely at risk from our fires.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)Here is one of them: http://www.firegel.com/news.html You can spray this on before the fire gets too close. It has saved many homes in California comunities but a lot of people still don't know about this or similar products.
It used to be only people in rural areas but nowadays I think even homes in suburbs in many California and Western communities may want to keep stuff like this on hand. Might be cumbersome to coat a large multi-story home, but for a smaller house and outbuildnigs it could make all the difference.