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This was the scene from my house a bit ago:
Before the fire department arrived, the fire was moving down the hill towards our house (we're next to the roofs in the photo), and the wind was picking up, so I was outside, dragging hoses out, getting them hooked up, just in case. It's 100+ outside, and I'm running around, and my father? He's hanging out the window whining at me because he wants to take a picture and can't get mum's camera to work?!?!?! The hell! He's an idiot.
The fire is now under control, but it eventually engulfed the house (it seemed to start under the car port/deck area at the edge of the property, and they're currently spraying foam on it. I thank God today was not really windy (80mph gusts last week) (there's a reason they call this the Hurricane Valley) and that it didn't catch more homes on fire, and that we have a tile roof and stucco siding. I hate fire. My most vivid memory as a child was the first Oakland/Berkeley Hills fire when I was 7. I remember several kids in my school, one in my class, lost everything. Now I need to calm down a bit. I'm still feeling a little freaked.
Later: oh, yeah, how could I forget. The idiots who all came to watch the fire, talking up limited road space so the fire trucks couldn't get up the cul-de-sacs below the fire to fight the fire from below. I swear, the stupidity of some people!
Before the fire department arrived, the fire was moving down the hill towards our house (we're next to the roofs in the photo), and the wind was picking up, so I was outside, dragging hoses out, getting them hooked up, just in case. It's 100+ outside, and I'm running around, and my father? He's hanging out the window whining at me because he wants to take a picture and can't get mum's camera to work?!?!?! The hell! He's an idiot.
The fire is now under control, but it eventually engulfed the house (it seemed to start under the car port/deck area at the edge of the property, and they're currently spraying foam on it. I thank God today was not really windy (80mph gusts last week) (there's a reason they call this the Hurricane Valley) and that it didn't catch more homes on fire, and that we have a tile roof and stucco siding. I hate fire. My most vivid memory as a child was the first Oakland/Berkeley Hills fire when I was 7. I remember several kids in my school, one in my class, lost everything. Now I need to calm down a bit. I'm still feeling a little freaked.
Later: oh, yeah, how could I forget. The idiots who all came to watch the fire, talking up limited road space so the fire trucks couldn't get up the cul-de-sacs below the fire to fight the fire from below. I swear, the stupidity of some people!
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Date: 2010-06-27 01:08 am (UTC)From:so very glad you're okay!
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Date: 2010-06-27 01:38 am (UTC)From:Yeesh, there's nowhere in the U.S. that's really safe to live, is there? Hurricanes, tornadoes, snowstorms, mudslides, floods, wildfires or earthquakes - take your pick. Oh, and I musn't forget the volcanos. Yeah, don't forget those. {eye roll}
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Date: 2010-06-27 01:47 am (UTC)From:I am so glad everyone is alright!
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Date: 2010-06-27 01:58 am (UTC)From:Heeee I can relate to that! *Eyes St. Helen's in back yard...*
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Date: 2010-06-27 02:52 am (UTC)From:Sending a virtual glass of vine...
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Date: 2010-06-27 03:58 am (UTC)From:So glad you're okay!
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Date: 2010-06-27 04:55 am (UTC)From:Those people clogging the cul-de-sac should know that fire trucks have the right of way and can displace/move those cars using their heavy cold rolled steel bumpers.
Insurance does not cover and the fire department is not liable for destruction of autos placed in the way of the fire trucks.
As you said, the stupidity of some people.
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Date: 2010-06-27 07:14 am (UTC)From:Back in 2000 when I was sick, Jerry and I had gone to Memphis for a doctor's appt. A family across the street had a 14 year old son who was setting fires. Now, we're surrounded by woods. We have 45 acres surrounding my house. When we got home, we found out the fire had almost gotten to our house. But the volunteer fire team got there. Before they arrived my sister and her blind father-in-law was out there trying to help put out the fire.
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Date: 2010-06-27 07:39 am (UTC)From:{{{hugs}}} You are fully justified in feeling freaked.
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