California burning
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peccary
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I've had at least one of my students and multiple staff and faculty where I work lose their homes. My wife's good friend had her home burn down with the rest of Altadena. Lots of people we know have been evacuated and have no idea if they still have a place to live.
We're not done with it yet and still really don't know how bad it is or how bad it'll become. Luckily the winds have slowed down but it's an absolute disaster in many places. I'm glad to be in Orange County and doubly glad we didn't have any fires get out of control in the last couple days. I'm just trying to not bother people who are dealing with crazy shit right now and hopefully I'll be able to help them out once the dust settles.
We're not done with it yet and still really don't know how bad it is or how bad it'll become. Luckily the winds have slowed down but it's an absolute disaster in many places. I'm glad to be in Orange County and doubly glad we didn't have any fires get out of control in the last couple days. I'm just trying to not bother people who are dealing with crazy shit right now and hopefully I'll be able to help them out once the dust settles.
Feral Feline
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The number of times my friend in San Diego has nearly lost his home to hill-fires...
It's a wonder he gets any sleep.
Fire devastated Jasper, here, I hope and pray my Cali-friends don't suffer the same fate.
It's a wonder he gets any sleep.
Fire devastated Jasper, here, I hope and pray my Cali-friends don't suffer the same fate.
RetiredUnit1
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From a comment I made on PTFE wire:
This is where I'm at on my 5F6-A as of the day before 100mph winds scared the living crap out of me.... Fires ALL AROUND ME, but not a single ember in my town, and hardly any smoke. Knocking on wood.....
I saw about an 8'x8' sheet of shingles fly over the next door neighbor's porch, slam into a palm tree and splinter into spinning shingles and go up up and away. It was going at least 90mph, the entire thing from seeing it to out of sight was less than a second......
The real devastation is 20 miles south in Palisades, and 20 miles to the east in Pasadena-ish.
The Hurst fire was 3 miles from me. I swear, at 2am I looked out the back sliding glass door and saw what looked like two eyes of a demon staring back at me. I said a quick prayer and hit the sack for five hours. A very uneasy sleep. But fortunately we had water and they made a stand at Yarnell street and that's the 10% contained that you see in the reports.
This is where I'm at on my 5F6-A as of the day before 100mph winds scared the living crap out of me.... Fires ALL AROUND ME, but not a single ember in my town, and hardly any smoke. Knocking on wood.....
I saw about an 8'x8' sheet of shingles fly over the next door neighbor's porch, slam into a palm tree and splinter into spinning shingles and go up up and away. It was going at least 90mph, the entire thing from seeing it to out of sight was less than a second......
The real devastation is 20 miles south in Palisades, and 20 miles to the east in Pasadena-ish.
The Hurst fire was 3 miles from me. I swear, at 2am I looked out the back sliding glass door and saw what looked like two eyes of a demon staring back at me. I said a quick prayer and hit the sack for five hours. A very uneasy sleep. But fortunately we had water and they made a stand at Yarnell street and that's the 10% contained that you see in the reports.
Feral Feline
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Stay safely hunkered down with your fiancée, Unit1.
