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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:31 am
If drought = wildfire = weather.
The Humboldt Fire in Butte County is up to 19,000 acres, only 10% contained at last report. MarleysSister/BIL/Nephew are among those who evacuated and are staying downtown at a hotel. A Google map the local newspaper has posted shows the fire about a mile from their property, but I don't know how the situation might have changed overnight. It's changing rapidly.
Back in 1999, a fire scorched most of their property but firefighters were able to save the house. I hope they're that lucky again, this time.
And this is just the start of the dry season.
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christie1111
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by christie1111 » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:04 am
Rain filled thougts heading west.
Ihope their home stays safe.
"A bed without a quilt is like the sky without stars"
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by Bob Juch » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:16 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:If drought = wildfire = weather.
The Humboldt Fire in Butte County is up to 19,000 acres, only 10% contained at last report. MarleysSister/BIL/Nephew are among those who evacuated and are staying downtown at a hotel. A Google map the local newspaper has posted shows the fire about a mile from their property, but I don't know how the situation might have changed overnight. It's changing rapidly.
Back in 1999, a fire scorched most of their property but firefighters were able to save the house. I hope they're that lucky again, this time.
And this is just the start of the dry season.
Downtown what?
I see that Paradise has been evacuated.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:42 am
Bob Juch wrote:Downtown what?
Chico.
Bob Juch wrote:I see that Paradise has been evacuated.
Yeah. Which was apparently a challenge, because the main road out was cut off by the fire and there are a lot of retired people there. And there are the occasional folks who refuse to evacuate, such as the fellow quoted as saying, "I've never left and I'm going to stay here until I die."
Brave words, but I hope it doesn't happen today.
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by Bob Juch » Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:58 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:Bob Juch wrote:Downtown what?
Chico.
Bob Juch wrote:I see that Paradise has been evacuated.
Yeah. Which was apparently a challenge, because the main road out was cut off by the fire and there are a lot of retired people there. And there are the occasional folks who refuse to evacuate, such as the fellow quoted as saying, "I've never left and I'm going to stay here until I die."
Brave words, but I hope it doesn't happen today.
I hope the Sierra Nevada Brewery is untouched - for selfish reasons.
My mother's mother grew up near Gridley on the Ord Ranch.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:14 am
Bob Juch wrote:I hope the Sierra Nevada Brewery is untouched - for selfish reasons.
That's in downtown Chico, which ought to remain safe.
