Be carefull with those fires.

IMO/E too many people under-estimate how quickly a fire can get out of their control. Just a 'simple' garbage or leaf burn can be catastrophic in the wrong place at the wrong time. That, and the 'you tube mentality' is not going to bode well for our future. You have a bunch of (fill in the blank) wannabes going out and mimicking what they see on the boob tube, idiot box, you tube; without understanding some of the basic principles behind the concepts they are trying to immitate.....well, that and the vast majority of people IMO/E lack basic common sense these days! 80% of these folks would've been killed their first day on the job on a real working farm!
 
1Tracker I agree. The last large large wild fire we had around here was the result of a campfire that wasn't put out. That one threatened to wipe out a small town.
 
Here in Southern California wildfires are a lot bigger concern than earthquakes. Huge portions of San Diego county have burned over a short period of time. One of the last big ones we had was due to a negligent camper who simply walked away from the fire thinking it would burn itself out. It burned, alright ... and burned, and burned, and burned. I agree with 1Tracker: there are idiots out there ... and they're growing in numbers.
 
Well, the fire is mostly contained and we only lost 13 homes. 500 people are still having to find somewhere else to stay. Can't find an air bed anywhere in tow.
 
I am always amazed how fast things can change to the worse. When we get dry weather around here for even just a couple of days, the forest turns to tinder.

Its a nice day, then suddenly there's that smell of smoke in the air, then a gentle fine day turns to terror, smoke billows, water bombers rumble overhead like a war zone. The horrible thing about wildfires is that there is so little one can do when it is about to pounch on you. All one can do is load up the stuff, preferably the real valuable stuff like pictures, DVDs and other personal stuff and the pets.

But there is no way the house will fit in the back of the pickup, its such a helpless feeling. It's just the way life is in many wilderness/rural areas.

One just has to accept the fact that it can happen, have a plan and try one's best to keep a good fire break around the home, although these do nothing when the fire really gets going as they often do here with the help of some wind.
 
Well, we had a good rain yesterday, so the fire is pretty much under control and the evacuated familys have been allowed to return home. The official tally is 10 homes were lost. What do you grab first when you have to leave home in a hurry? For me it would be my dog.
 
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