Archive through October 28, 2003
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Weinermr

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Pamy,

Check your email.

Slothkitten

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 08:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Imagining what all these people are going through,
has at times,almost been unbearable.
Thank you everybody,for all the updates,hopes,prayers and constant care and support for those struggling out in California.
My own thoughts and prayers remain with you,and
will continue as long as needed.

Mygetaway

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 08:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Such good news!! Thank you Weinermr..

hug 's to everyone..

Lucy

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good news, Weinermr..thanks for the update on Moonie.

Sunrvrose-Prayers that you stay safe from any fires.

Seamonkey

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunrvrose, sending humid thoughts up your way.. my brother is in Fairfield so I regularly send those good thoughts northwestward and good thoughts have no boundaries :)

Weinermr, thanks SO MUCH for updating us on MsMoon and family and menagerie!!

BTW.. I wish all the fires would back off and concentrate on the porn studios in Chatsworth and environs.. just saying..

Tishala

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Wiener. Be safe, Moon!

Whoami

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunrvrose-prayers to you for your safety.

Slothkitten

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL at Seamonkey!

Slothkitten

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunrvrose,check your messages.

Sunrvrose

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you Sea and Whoami, and to all the others who have kept my area in their prayers. Seeing the devistation in So Cal, especially in the Valley, has me so concerned. After my family moved from Oregon, we lived in the area of Simi Valley. My grandparents are burried (darn, is that how you spell that) in a cemetary in Chatsworth. The intensity of the fires there just boggle my mind. Such an inhabited area, so many nice homes. I can't believe that so many have just gone up in smoke. I thought that after the Oakland fires a few years ago that an area that was so densely inhabited would be safe from fire.

Up here, in the foothills, we live in the middle of the forest. We know, no matter how much we try to deny it, that we are in severe peril.

What I mostly do not understand is why they now have more than 8,000 firefighters on these fires and they are losing the battle. Why doesn't CDF put 1,000 on the line when the fire is still at 100 acres.

I have worked in fire camps, if you don't know about these, you should. It is amazing that when there is a major fire, they set up a virtual city, with food service, laundry service, medics, equipment distribution centers, and almost anything you can think of.

As a Class B driver with a Passenger Endorsement, my job was to drive Native American fire crews to the fires. What these crews did was to take shovels and picks and cut fire lines to stop the encroachment of fire to inhabited areas. I have driven Apache, Navajo, Blackfeet, and other Tribe members to fight these fires.

I think I am going on too much, but just wanted to give you a bit of the ambiance of what it takes to fight fires. The very brave men in the red fire engines are recognized by everyone. But behind the scenes, there are so many others who are risking their lives to stop fire.

Sunrvrose

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Slothkitten, Where do I check my messages? Even tho I've been here for 3 or more years, I don't think I have a folder.

Cjr

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am so glad to hear Moondance is ok. I just read through the thread quickly and when I saw they were surrounded at one point I was so scared for her.

I don't believe how these fires are working. We had a good day today, thought all the fires on this side of the mountains were all burned and done, now I found out they have evacuated everyone less than a mile east of us. The whole mountain is ablaze. My boss just called and she was evacuated. We should be ok here, a mile of residential between us but again, I am on alert, smelling smoke and watching ashes fly. Waiting to hear.

Sun, you are in my prayers, keep safe!

Who, I am glad your sister is ok, I am so sad to hear about her friends' homes. So surreal. San Diego County is getting is very badly.

Please pray and send good thoughts for my son's friend Joe and his family, their phone has been ringing busy for 2 days now and they are in the Del Rosa area which was evacuated and very hard hit. We haven't heard from them since the evacuation, his Mother is disabled, and we can't get in to see if their house is ok.

I spent my day with my son and friends, finding hotel/motel rooms for people with no place to go. I found out that even though they say no vacancy when you call on the phone, many of them reserve 4 or 5 rooms for walk in people that have been evacuated. Met many, many wonderful people today.

Keep safe all and I will check in soon.

Wargod

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Weiner, thank you so much for the updates on Moonie! I hope they are able to get some rest tonight.

Thank you everyone who is checking in and letting us know you're all safe, you will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.

Seamonkey

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sun...

You have a folder NOW!!

Sunrvrose

Sunrvrose

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 10:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cjr, thank you for your generosity when you might be in danger, yourself.

I will prey that the winds are kind to you.

Regarding your son's friend, it is really true that "No news is good news" most of the time. Usually when a friend has tragic news to report, you do hear.

Sunrvrose

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Awwww, Sea, thank you. What a nice thing. :)

Do you know, what or where slothkitten sent a message to me?

Seamonkey

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh Cjr!! Sun is right, you are doing such a service and I really really hope that the fire gets NO closer to you!!

What a stressful time this is..

I think of my friend in Haifa, Israel, and they live with high stress every day.. so hard.

Cjr

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Sun, you are right. I am just trying to keep good thoughts right now! I left you a message in your new folder!

Seamonkey

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know where that Slothkitten wrote a message :) Could be a big surprise for someone, huh?

But I figured you needed a folder..

Sunrvrose

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Seamonkey, tho this is a tragic time for some of our board friends, I don't think that it comes near the level of pain that must be a part of daily life for your friend in Haifa. I don't want to go OT, so I will leave it at that.

Thanks again for the folder, I'm going to go and read my msg from Cjr.

Slothkitten

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sunrvrose-so sorry,put your message in another persons folder,it's in your's now.

Thank you for your help,Seamonkey.

Whoami

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 01:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel guilty that I can turn off the computer, turn off the TV, and go to bed. I can step away from this horror for a while, when it gets too much. So many of you can't, and I feel for all of you.

Good night my friends, and stay safe. I'll go to sleep with you in my prayers, and you'll be the first thing on my mind again when I wake up.

Ginger1218

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 04:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am praying today will be a better day for all of you in California. I hear that the winds are dying down and there will be some moisture. Keep safe all of you!

Lumbele

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 07:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hope all our SoCal friends and families are still safe and out of danger soon. Positive vibes continue going your way. Take care and stay safe!

Zachsmom

Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - 07:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Update on the fires, they also have a sketch of a suspected arsonist for the San Bernardino fires

Moonie, if you read this, you're in my prayers, and if you need anything, let me know! (I think you still have my cell #, if not I think I still have yours!)