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Captain Pike
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My sisters house burnt yesterday. They ditched the BMW. Took the 83 Westy to safety.
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Steve M.
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Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 6:32 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Well... horrible disaster for many. At least they have it as a place to sleep. Many do not.
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dobryan
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E1
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Location: Westfalia, Earth
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 7:44 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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A bestie’s childhood home since the ‘60s is likely gone.
He’d just sold it after his mom died last spring, but he relays the loss for him feels much the same.
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jlrftype7
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:41 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| Captain Pike wrote: |
| My sisters house burnt yesterday. They ditched the BMW. Took the 83 Westy to safety. |
So sorry to hear this, I figured stories of loss from Samba members would start being posted. Every ghostly picture of someone's burned out home and belongings that is shown over the years is so haunting. Glad they got out safely.
My father was always worried about Fire ripping through his home in Helotes Texas due to it being backed up against a large amount of dry shrub and skinny tree land/property.
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:13 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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We are out in Needles and had a steady wind of 35 mph for two days with gust up to at least 60. We had a few fires that the powers that be were able to keep from spreading, I think there was just one trailer house lost. Our concern right at our place was a neighbor to the NW who set off a burn pile on the evening of the 6th just before the wind picked up, maybe just to keep the stuff in his pile from blowing around in his yard. I doubt that he was all that careful about putting the fire out and I was certainly afraid that after the winds started it might rekindle and catch the grass and leaves on fire endangering the entire neighborhood. I didn't call the fire department on him but should have as his fire was illegal, but will definitely call if he ever does it again. I hate being a bad neighbor, but his actions were just too risky.
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Steve M.
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Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:17 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| Wildthings wrote: |
| We are out in Needles and had a steady wind of 35 mph for two days with gust up to at least 60. We had a few fires that the powers that be were able to keep from spreading, I think there was just one trailer house lost. Our concern right at our place was a neighbor to the NW who set off a burn pile on the evening of the 6th just before the wind picked up, maybe just to keep the stuff in his pile from blowing around in his yard. I doubt that he was all that careful about putting the fire out and was certainly afraid that after the winds started it might rekindle and catch the grass and leaves on fire endangering the entire neighborhood. I didn't call the fire department on him but should have as his fire was illegal, but will definitely call if he ever does it again. I hate being a bad neighbor, but his actions were just too risky. |
I understand his doing it, but you cannot trust it to luck that it will be okay.
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kamzcab86
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| Captain Pike wrote: |
| My sisters house burnt yesterday. They ditched the BMW. Took the 83 Westy to safety. |
So sorry to hear; glad they made it out. These fires are devastating. Pacific Palisades and Hollywood Hills get all the media attention because multi-millionaires/celebs live there now, but the Eaton Fire has wiped out the entire middle-class town I grew up in and has killed 5.  My elementary school... gone. Classmates'/friends' childhood homes... gone. Mom's coworker/friend's house near JPL... gone. Historic locations and businesses... gone. Based on a burn map, my childhood neighborhood was spared, but no confirmation on that yet; if it has been, it would be sheer luck. Houses across the canyon, the nature center down in the canyon (along with its reptiles), and horse stables*, however... gone, and for the second time in 30 years, both times due to human carelessness (latest fire, Dad heard, was started at/near the local trailhead).
Talking to my dad about evacuations, I told him, "As much as it would hurt to leave my Cabriolet behind, I'd take the Westy because it's a home-on-wheels."
*Horses were evacuated, except one that ran off... later found alive with minor injury.
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dhaavers
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 1:08 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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| …I didn't call the fire department on him but should have... I hate being a bad neighbor... |
BTDT . . . YOU are not the bad neighbor in this scenario. 
When the neighbor only thinks of themselves, you are 100% allowed to look out for yourself.
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RoryGirl
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Altadena apparently...seen on FB groups
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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For those with an interest in weather, when the low temperature in Ely, Nevada (elevation ~ 7000') drops into the teens and lower, the cold air will begin to slip downhill speeding up and warming as it goes and when conditions are right the winds will go around or in places over the Sierras and come down the western side as the Santa Ana winds. The process of course is not restricted to Ely, but that is just a place to check the weather forecast for.
The process doesn't require there to be wind in Ely area to start with, but this time there was wind in the area, pushing the cold air out, thus magnifying the flow. |
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Wildthings
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Altadena apparently...seen on FB groups
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Ugly and sad |
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Tram
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| Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2025 9:24 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Ugly and sad indeed but stuff can be replaced.
Please get yourselves and your pets out safe.
I feel gobsmacked by the PTSD that will follow from this...
A link for those wishing to help:
https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/...kIkRnUOkFF
I'm sure every little bit will be appreciated.
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E1
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:29 am Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Adding heartfelt commiserations to Pike’s sister, to Kammy, and to all involved directly or indirectly.
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RawUmber
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:45 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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"In this aerial view taken from a helicopter, burned homes are seen from above during the Palisades fire near the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on January 9, 2025." Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP
Edit: Replaced w/ higher resolution photo. Sorry for breaking any links to old image.
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:47 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Saw it on the news.
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Sodo
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Probably moved up the road, parked safely in an area that was already burned.
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E1
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 7:53 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP
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Thanks for honoring the shooter. Seriously.
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Xevin
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| Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2025 9:01 pm Post subject: Re: Cali Fire |
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I don’t have social media besides the Samba. My bros said they saw it and it was fake. This looked faked to me too. Can anyone confirm the authenticity?
Referring to the picture of the Bay Window above
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