[TR] California Wild Fires

[Bob Labuz]

On Tuesday 23 October 2007 11:46 am, Barry Schwartz wrote:
> At Present, basically the fire has burned all around me - my wife has not
> been to work because all the schools are closed, nor I because my co
> workers were evacuated and are living at the office - We have not, nor do I
> think we will be evacuated yet, and I feel if we are told to, pretty much
> all of San Diego would be on fire -  Not a good situation at all, over 700
> homes burned many structures, and the worst fire I have seen in the 38
> years that I have lived here.  It ain't over yet, and probably won't be
> until Thurs or Friday at best -
>
> Really bad situation around here,  bad or worse than it looks on the news -
> many lives changed forever - but I suppose it could have been a lot worse,
> since the Cedar fire in 2003 In which we did have to evacuate (living in
> Santee at that time, which was much closer to the fire), we learned some
> lessons -
>
>
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>
> At 02:22 PM 10/23/2007 -0400, you wrote:
> >How are our California list members making out with all the wild fires? I
> >know we have more then a few members living in So Calif.
>
> Barry Schwartz
> La Mesa, CA (San Diego)
> _______________________________________________
Barry,

We hope you remain safe and secure!

Our family went through the worry of California fire earlier this year with 
the Angora Fire in South Lake Tahoe.

Daughter # 2 lives there and works in the local hospital. The fire came within 
2 miles of their home and about a mile of the hospital. They had to evac the 
patients to nearby Nevada and she had to live in that facility until the fire 
was contained.

Living here in central NY, we were constantly monitoring the situation on the 
web and waiting for the call that all was lost.  It never came. The fire was 
contained.

I have made numerous trips to California for both business and gold mining.

I think California is a beautiful area of the country and I will continue to 
visit.  But...

I have seen mountains on fire. Seen large areas filled with smoke. Seen 
numerous idiots throwing their lit butts out of their cars on interstate 5.

During my first mining trip to Happy Camp, I stepped on a pine cone and it 
just disintegrated. I have never seen dry like that! That was the year of 
some great fires in that area of California. The smoke was so thick it burned 
my eyes.

But I could never live there for that very reason.

Lets hope the winds die down and the fire fighters can get on top of this!

Watching the news it looks like it will be a tough 2 or 3 days.

Hell on earth for sure!

Bob