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A big thanks to the firefighters, unsung heros that don't get paid nearly enough in my opinion.
Maybe some day they will get just a fraction of the money, praise, and hero worship that we waste on people that bash each other apart on the football field and then bash and kill innocent animals at home.
We gotta get our heads right in this country.
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A friend of mine flies to Santa Fe every other year or so, and then drives back to Santa Barbara. He just enjoys the scenery, clean air and time to clear his head (if you know So Cal - these are importent). He stops at a small roadside bar where he has become a visiting regular. Patrons usually give him a good natured hard time about being from La La Land, being laid back and the usual digs at California.
This spring, he went and got a different welcome. They figured that after Floods, Fire Storms, Mudslides, Riots and the usual traffic - folks from So Cal were a lot tougher than they figured!
We are. No one is panicked. People are heeding (for the most part) requests of officials to evacuate (which now has displaced more people than Katrina!) and are coping as best we can. We like living in the desert, on the ocean, up in the mountains. When you move to LA, you have to decide what climate and geology you prefer to live in. There are risks for each, but we live with them because we like it here. We'll rebuild and we'll rebound.
Most amazingly, with hundreds of square miles up in flames, hundreds of houses lost and more than a quarter million people out of their homes we've lost but one life. There is nothing that can be said for the Fire Fighters, Cops and EMTs of California and our neighboring states. Hands down, they are the Best.
Like our Governator says, "We'll be back."
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Looks like the Bay Area is sending down hundreds of firefighters. We've had a couple of days of rain (!) over the past two weeks, so our own risk of conflagration looks to have gone down a lot.
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Unfortunately, I think that this is story that will be repeated. There are so many areas that haven't burned for years, combined with the drought & bark beetles, the future doesn't look good for many of the mountain areas of SoCal.
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500,000+ are now evacuated.
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I have heard over 700 homes destroyed.
You ok in your area BFD??
I agree with the lousy news coverage. Atlanta is caught up in its drought coverage and Kid Rock's Assault at a local Waffle House (that I go to).
National late news runs the same loop after 11 pm
