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So fires came to my city
10 years ago
So I moved closer to my mate and in my new city fires happen. That's right fucking fires that took out power caused me to lose cell service and almost made me have to leave my new home with very little funds and means to travel let alone clothes I could take.
To top it off my new roommate refused to leave the city for even a night which left me coughing as the heavy smoke tried to spark an asthma attack.
Its hard enough moving so far from the few people who looked forward to seeing me but then to have so much go wrong on my travel and shortly after I arrive at my destination...
I feel really bad for the business though... We didn't have power for 2 almost 3 days... This town also lives off tourist and my roommates job lost the wedding party cause the fires started. And the fire fighters up here are fucking fool, they had several chances to get the fire while it was small. Hell the dumb ass who took a picture of its start, could have stopped it. But Nnnno a small fire should burn its self out. And the multiple calls to get some one to put it out was some how 'lost' because many people even had the fire department number still logged in their cell phones and showed those saying they called when the fire wasn't so massive. OH and many people lost their homes and others would have as well if they did not fight the fire themselves! That's right some NON fire Fighters had to fight the fires to save their homes. Those people are lucky to be alive and as a reward for facing great danger they got to keep their homes.
But the small town just a little to the east of me, all that town burned up because all the fire department did was evac those people. Which don't get me wrong I'm glad they did I just wish the people were trained for the job as the ones in my old home state were. It took the National Guard to finally start saving homes and they had their hands full. The fire had spread and met with another fire circling the small city I'm in and so the national guard was fighting three sides and then they heard the senior center was in danger and they could not get out safely. So the National Guard went and prioritized the saving of the center and the fire that had circled started to flare up. But the 'trusty' fire 'fighters' was there to watch and monitor the flames as they continued down the hill.
We had fire departments sending in people from Oregon, and other states to finally stop most the fire. Thankfully the P.O.D. (power company) sent out 8 or so crews to try and quickly return power to the city. As a thank you many the business here and others have been taking free meals and such to the P.O.D. which I feel they earned. I also thank the National Guard and fire departments from other states that helped us as for the local department....I'm just going to hold my tongue.
I watched Headly's fire department take 8.fuckin.hours. to respond to a dumpster fire in the ONLY DUMPSTER IN THE WHOLE FUCKING VILLAGE OF 500 PEOPLE.