Being evacuated

by **s.xkitten** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 2:23 pm

i don't want huge rains...just enough to help keep the fires under control..

i'm quite aware of the whole fire/rain/mudslide triangle. :wink:

by **Titanic** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 3:50 pm

Times like this im actually thankful for British weather...glad to see your ok

by **Minister Masket** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:06 pm

s.xkitten wrote:i don't want huge rains...just enough to help keep the fires under control..

i'm quite aware of the whole fire/rain/mudslide triangle.

You always complain there's no rain where you live!
Shame that California doesn't experience good old British weather!
Right now there's a storm front the size of Brazil heading this way!

by **Anarkistsdream** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:13 pm

wicked wrote:
Fircoal wrote:there are? I haven't heard about this. And I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA! >.<

Where do you live? I want to see if it's near me, so if I have to worry or not.

*lifts up rock for fircola to climb out from under*

Exactly.

by **The Weird One** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 4:14 pm

xtratabasco wrote:God bless you and yours.

by **unriggable** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:56 pm

Remember OnlyAmbrose, God loves you.

by **0ojakeo0** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:39 pm

Hope your Ok

by **Strife** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:56 pm

Fircoal wrote:there are? I haven't heard about this. And I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA! >.<

Where do you live? I want to see if it's near me, so if I have to worry or not.

It's mostly southern CA. I think Malibu is the current worst.

by **lord twiggy1** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:08 pm

stay safe ambrose

by **bedub1** on Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:17 pm

Californian's have screwed up their state so much, their residents are fleeing to Nevada, Oregon, Washington......They have screwed it up so bad that animals take priority over humans....they have screwed it up so bad that illegal immigrants take priority over other state requirements and resources....and now the state is on fire and they can't put it out. You want my opinion? LET IT BURN.

by **Incandenza** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 1:34 am

'Cause Nevada's a bastion of sane municipal planning, intelligent land use, Solomonic lawmaking, unsullied politics, and common-sense economics, right?

I bet you're a real laugh at parties.

by **cairnswk** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:08 am

Shout out from Cairnswk to anyone affected by the fires in So Cal.

by **Skittles!** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:11 am

bedub1 wrote:Californian's have screwed up their state so much, their residents are fleeing to Nevada, Oregon, Washington......They have screwed it up so bad that animals take priority over humans....they have screwed it up so bad that illegal immigrants take priority over other state requirements and resources....and now the state is on fire and they can't put it out. You want my opinion? LET IT BURN.

Wow, some nice next-to-state Americans here. :roll:

Why does it bother you so much that they can't put out the fires? You would be fucking scared for your life if you were there.

Have you even been in a bush-fire? Have you ever experienced a black-out due to fires around your city, your house, your neighbourhood?

by **Iliad** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:13 am

Skittles! wrote:
bedub1 wrote:Californian's have screwed up their state so much, their residents are fleeing to Nevada, Oregon, Washington......They have screwed it up so bad that animals take priority over humans....they have screwed it up so bad that illegal immigrants take priority over other state requirements and resources....and now the state is on fire and they can't put it out. You want my opinion? LET IT BURN.

Wow, some nice next-to-state Americans here.

Why does it bother you so much that they can't put out the fires? You would be fucking scared for your life if you were there.

Have you even been in a bush-fire? Have you ever experienced a black-out due to fires around your city, your house, your neighbourhood?

Doubt he has. He probably thinks they fleeing because California is somehow inferior

by **OnlyAmbrose** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:00 am

Well everyone I'm back home, the worst has past after the last two nights. Thanks for all the prayers

The Santiago Canyon fire is the one affecting us. The first night it was about 100 yards away from our houses, maybe closer. From my driveway I could see the woodchips in a playground my friends and I frequent burning up. That's when we were evacuated.

I went to school the next day, and started driving home and from a distance it looked like four nukes had been dropped around my neighborhood... no joke. There were four huge black mushroom clouds. Turned out we were surrounded on three sides by four fires, but the cops were letting us in. Our family decided to stay to keep the trees and such wet so as to prevent embers from starting new fires.

So we hosed everything down every hour or so, and watched the fires burn. It wasn't quite as scary as the night before... I think we're fairly used to seeing flames now, and they didn't seem to be moving.

Looking out my driveway this morning I think three of them are out, but one of them is still going strong. Good thing is, the flames haven't moved since last night. A friend commented that it looks like Mt. Doom, and that's as accurate as I can get. It's on fire and there's a really creepy red glow around it...

Anyways, us and our home is safe, thanks again everyone! We're lucky that we got to return home so quickly, there are many others in and out of my area without a home to return to, so keep them in your prayers!

by **Itrade** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:58 am

Do you have any pictures? You should be taking some, it'll make a great story for you grandchildren someday. And apocalyptic landscapes make for excellent wallpapers.

How damaged is your area? Any important buildings burnt down or anything like that.

by **OnlyAmbrose** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:01 pm

Well I don't have my camera, I just have my cell phone. The most dramatic moments have always been at night, and my phone can't handle the light of the flames at night, they're THAT bright. The hill that I can see from my driveway looked like frickin' Mt. Doom!

Anyways, I took a few in the daytime of the flames while they were a little over a quarter mile away, here's a few:

And here was my drive home yesterday... taken a few miles away from my house see what I mean about it looking like we were being bombed?

by **OnlyAmbrose** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:07 pm

alright the pics work now. Enjoy I guess...

The FBI has declared that it was arson with clear intent, and are offering a 50k reward for the guy who did it.

Good riddance... my favorite drive through a two-lane canyon road with a canopy of oak trees has already been destroyed, not to mention several homes.

by **war_bloodline** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:10 pm

Wow! I am gald safe. And I'm glad your home.

I still will keep you in my prayers.

by **OnlyAmbrose** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:33 pm

Too keep things in perspective, this is what that burning hillside USED to look like...

That was the most beautiful church i've ever been to... they're fighting to keep it safe right now.

I wonder what the guy who started this feels right now...

by **Beastly** on Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:22 pm

I heard on the news there are over a million people evacuated now, and thousands of houses burned...

Good News though...

The Malibu fire is contained...

8-[

hope dancing mustard doesn't get wind of this.

edit...Forget to tell Ambros, that I am happy that he is okay...

by **moomaster2000** on Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:47 pm

I was evacuated Monday, but I made it home yesterday. I live in Encinitas. The fire got closer than 3 miles away from my house, but the winds saved me. GL to the rest of ya.

by **Hitman079** on Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:51 pm

Fircoal wrote:there are? I haven't heard about this. And I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA! >.<

Where do you live? I want to see if it's near me, so if I have to worry or not.

o_0 FIRCOAL I AM ASHAMED! simply turn on the TV to any non-cable channel, and they'll be talking about the fires nonstop.
and to ambrose, good luck and i'll pray (it's a gesture even though you don't believe) that your house be preserved

by **Hitman079** on Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:51 pm

Beastly wrote:I heard on the news there are over a million people evacuated now, and thousands of houses burned...

Good News though...

The Malibu fire is contained...

hope dancing mustard doesn't get wind of this.

edit...Forget to tell Ambros, that I am happy that he is okay...

i believe there are several more fires that have been completely contained. or, at least, surrounded.

by **moomaster2000** on Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:54 pm

Theres about 23 seperate fires in California. They suspect arson for 2 of them and an arrest has been made for someone starting one. The fire that threatened me wasn't arson. If it was, I'd have killed him by now =D. If the arsonist are caught, they will be charged with murder.

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