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re: Fires in nor cal.. stay or go
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:44 am to Gaston
Posted on 10/10/17 at 9:44 am to Gaston
Live here in Sonoma County. Received emergency notification from S.O. about an hour ago that said the Tubbs Fire is still 0% contained.
My 90 y/o father was living at Villa Capri Assisted Living on Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa. They had just a few minutes to evacuate the fire was moving so fast up that canyon before it shot out the west side like a blowtorch into the Coffee Park neighborhood.
The place he was living at burned to the ground in no time. He lost every personal possession he owned. Took us about 6 hours to track him down to a church he had been evacuated to. When we picked him up he wearing just his underwear and a robe. The main thing is he is alive and with us now.
I was LE for four decades in the Bay Area. I worked and lived through the Loma Prieta Quake, responded with mutual aid to the Oakland Hills Fire and was on a recovery team in the aftermath of the San Bruno PG&E fire. While all those were horrific, they don't match the total devastation I saw in Santa Rosa yesterday.
My 90 y/o father was living at Villa Capri Assisted Living on Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa. They had just a few minutes to evacuate the fire was moving so fast up that canyon before it shot out the west side like a blowtorch into the Coffee Park neighborhood.
The place he was living at burned to the ground in no time. He lost every personal possession he owned. Took us about 6 hours to track him down to a church he had been evacuated to. When we picked him up he wearing just his underwear and a robe. The main thing is he is alive and with us now.
I was LE for four decades in the Bay Area. I worked and lived through the Loma Prieta Quake, responded with mutual aid to the Oakland Hills Fire and was on a recovery team in the aftermath of the San Bruno PG&E fire. While all those were horrific, they don't match the total devastation I saw in Santa Rosa yesterday.
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Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:16 am to Cali-to-Death Valley
Wow, stay safe man. Get out of there
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:27 am to Cali-to-Death Valley
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Live here in Sonoma County
Me too. Nervous as hell. Been sweeping the gutters and i stalling a rooftop fire suppression system (okie style).
I've got a bunch of friends from Santa Rosa that are now homeless.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 10:42 am to Cali-to-Death Valley
Sorry man.
Glad your dad is ok.
My tension is off the charts. I was rousted out by the Valley fire and had 5 minutes to scramble out and went back toward fire to rescue old person with no car.
I now have car packed, minimum optimum.
One highway out now.
Wind from north so the sulphur bank fire now threatens my way out. Risk taker. I am going to dentist appointment. Dont even know if she is able to get in.
I doubt it.
I so dont want to live like a refugee.
I started prayer for rain a few minutes ago.
I have no idea about middle sister. Siblings unable to get to her place, road closures. Not answering texts.
Just adds to the tension. She has expensive livestock and is just the type to be unable to leave them.
Grumble.
Glad your dad is ok.
My tension is off the charts. I was rousted out by the Valley fire and had 5 minutes to scramble out and went back toward fire to rescue old person with no car.
I now have car packed, minimum optimum.
One highway out now.
Wind from north so the sulphur bank fire now threatens my way out. Risk taker. I am going to dentist appointment. Dont even know if she is able to get in.
I doubt it.
I so dont want to live like a refugee.
I started prayer for rain a few minutes ago.
I have no idea about middle sister. Siblings unable to get to her place, road closures. Not answering texts.
Just adds to the tension. She has expensive livestock and is just the type to be unable to leave them.
Grumble.
Posted on 10/10/17 at 11:12 am to Cali-to-Death Valley
So glad your Father has you and a family to go to, to take him in and let him recover from the stress.
Thank you for the really mind numbing description of how little time some of you have had to react.
Thank you for the really mind numbing description of how little time some of you have had to react.
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