Never seen such organized information on the fires, thanks guys - very helpful for all...

Really seems to be quieting down out here thank goodness - now we just have to hope to have time to "seed" the hills and get netting laid before rains hit to avoid mudslides etc... last year we had no rain -but year before it never stopped - so we'll see what happens....

I think Seams Like Stiches is farther North towards Central Calif. - San Diego really got hit the worst... hope Wings is ok... and Billye, your relative, I think my relatives down there were offcially allowed to return home too....

Oh - just in general for us who have mobility issues - for any disaster - we've had suspected fires in my building etc. middle of the night and I cant get out because you never get in an elevator during an earthquake or fire - and I have to use the wheelchair to get outside --- dont ever hesitate to call 911 if you are in any type of situation where you need help getting out of a buidling or area - the emergency response teams are great and even one night helped me capture my cat who had no intention of getting in his carrier.... we have to take care of ourselves cause often people are so panicked they are not thinking and just RUN and forget about others....


Take care all....

Dahlek:

Oh my god, I just read what you posted about the one fire being the size of 5 boros in NYC. My god, I had no idea.

See, we have something called a Johnny Pump (at least that's what we called them years ago), The actual name is a fire hydrant. At least 4 on every block.

When the people who lived upstairs from me, (this happened about 7 years ago), the girl upstairs was frying french fries on the stove. All of a sudden, we hear screaming from upstairs, I look out my kitchen window and their's smoke coming from outside of the upstairs window. I rush upstairs and I saw the whole kitchen on fire. I had never been so close to fire before. It's like a living breathing entity. All of a sudden, the firemen show up, we were evacuated, and they brought the hoses in and wetted everything down. All the water went downstairs into my apartment and all my stuff got ruined and I couldn't use my stove for 5 days until it all dried out. I mean, who cares, it was just an inconvenience, compared to what the people are living through in Southern California right now. But I shudder to think what might have happened if we didn't have all these fire hydrants on every block.

But I will never forget standing in the kitchen watching the fire grow and sleek up the kitchen cabinets up until the ceiling. It moved so fast, I couldn't believe it. I was transfixed. The fireman had to yell at me to 'get out of here".

jeez.

Melody

Just saying hi and seding hugs to all. I hope everyone who does live in the area even if don't post a lot will check in. I hope this disaster ends soon. At least the winds are calming down and it should be getting cooler. Will have to do a rain dance.

I do hope that if any of our people here on this forum suffer from this fire, that they will let us know if there is anything we can do. Being from Atlanta, I know a lot of people who travel to the Gulf Coast to help with rebuilding from Katrina. Many areas are still struggling to recover.

But I am sure the nightmare is real for all of you there!

Please keep checking in when you can and let us all know you are OK? - j