This last week has been a pretty crazy down here in Southern California. I just wanted to pay tribute for to all the firemen that have been and are still working tirelessly fighting these wildfires. Everyone’s been reporting how perfect the weather was for brewing these wildfires, and how difficult its been to contain them. Luckily, they’re reporting that the Santa Ana winds seemed to have slowed down today, and are helping the firefighters to gain more control of them. As much as we all hate to admit it, these wildfires are always going to be part of life in California. With that said, I know we are all thankful for the firefighters and all their hard-working efforts in battling these wildfires. My prayers go out to all the people that have been affected by these disasters. Heres some images of what they’ve been up against:
Heres some maps of the fire areas:
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That’s too bad….does somebody know of anyone that was directly or indirectly affected?
Our hearts go out to all of you…
I’ll second Janet’s comment. I thought you guys are suppose to be going into winter soon. Just goes to show how climate change is affecting the earth. We are suppose to be going into summer here and lately it’s been miserable, cold and wet like you’d expect in winter. I think we are going to be having one hell of a summer here in Oz. Maybe they needed to impliment that “goats eating the brush” strategy sooner. Fire is very very scary and destructive. My sisters live in one of the worst fire zones of oz. I’ve seen the destruction one massive fireball has done and it puts hollywood special effects to shame.
Great paragraph… and thanks for providing the maps.
I can’t imagine living with the expectation of fire every year. That’s pretty horrifying.
Where I live, we live with the expectation of hurricanes every year. Although true that the outer banks does deflect quite a few of them from coming to us, we do get a few. The last big one that came through here was Isabel about 5 years ago.
I am very thankful for our firemen, policemen, emt’s, and all military servicemen… all those who choose to work to keep us safe.
It’s very sad that these kind of things are always going to be a part of California. It’s amazing, to say the least, how these firemen are battling this.
Hopefully they will all remain safe and can save the homes endangered.
My prayers are with everyone affected.
Back in ‘91 we were in the Oakland Hills fire. It was surreal…the fire kept on growing and growing, getting closer and closer. The smoke was so dense that it blacked out the sun. I remember it being unusually dry and unusually windy that day. We just waited, watching all the reports about the “Oakland Hills Fire Storm”. I remember getting on our roof top with my father and brother and watering down the shingles, hoping that doing so would help. Eventually, we got the notice to evacuate. We had to pick what to take and what to leave behind. The next day, as we returned, I remember it “snowing” ashes. Luckily, our home was still there. Several of my friends weren’t so lucky.
But eventually, Oakland rebuilt. All of the empty lots became filled again and neighborhoods came back again.
Tragedy doesn’t always have to be tragic. Sometimes, it gives us a chance to learn what’s really important, to grow emotionally and spiritually, and sometimes, to start over with a clean slate.
Tony, I second what you said abour tragedy being an opp. for growth. Sung, my prayers are there too. I am sad for all the destruction and loss of assets the fires bring. Yeah, and let’s hear it for the firefighters.
It is sad and my prays go out. I don’t even know how to live every year with fires and earthquakes. It must be hard. I know in pittsburgh We get very bad ice storms, after effects of hurricanes, and our torantos. Last year the ice storms shut the city down on two different times. How bad it was. But fire is worse, you lose everything. Ours is just frozen. Well the torantos get bad. Last one we had 3 touch down next to each other in a row. ONe before that were 8 inh different places. Working down town that day when one want right over the city. Touch down in one of the many rivers. Just 2 seconds from the hilton, if it turned it would of been in down town.
but I hope everyone is ok in south cal.
Thank you so much Sung for updating us on the fires in CA. Wild fires is a constant worry when you have family and friend in or near the areas who tend to make light of the situtation like I have. I know they do it to keep us from worrying, but it doesn’t help.
It’s sad to say that we here on the east (where I’m located that is) do not hear as much reporting about it. So it’s good to have an inside source to tell us the truth and to keep us updated.
I pray that the fires will all be contained soon and that the fatalities are little to none. I also extend a prayer for the firefighters who have risked so much to keep others safe.
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