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My World Is On Fire Again
8 years ago
Huh...I think I need to move out of California soon, preferably before Summer next year.
I started smelling smoke last night around 10pm, and the smell kept coming after 11:20pm prompting me to take a drive around my town and see if I could hunt down the source by my sniffer and pique my curiosity. I thought it was another house burning down or a small brush fire near the outskirts again, best case scenario just someone close by cooking up their fireplace. I didn't even see any glow or smoke clouds around the hilltops to indicate the horror.
Woke up just before 7am today to hear from my Mother that our county was suddenly on fire. Napa, Sonoma, Clear Lake, Willits, Calistoga, Santa Rosa...
One of my Aunt's and Uncle's lived around the area the fires in Santa Rosa broke out in this morning. Thankfully; they are ok and safe with friends, but their home...
So far my family and friends are safe here in town, and my sister and her family currently aren't in danger from the fires near Clear Lake. But still; it was a jolt to the system to get me prepped for possible evacuation needing to consider what I can stuff into my car and save in the case we really have to evacuate; what I would willingly let go. The thought of loosing our house is one major emotional pain to suffer through, but the fear of all my electronics and art supplies and papers going up in smoke; all my projects I've been slowly but steadily been working on for nearly a decade would destroy me.
But; those are just ideas I can redraw and rewrite one day once I get my spirits back up. As devastating as it would be to have to start from scratch I prefer the safety of my family and friends and I's life.
Still dumbfounded on how this all started. I know it got helluva windy last night causing the embers to spread around the county, but still don't know how the fire started at all. It's been a nightmare, worse for those who are living it directly in those towns right now.
Will try to keep this posted if anything bizarre changes, but hoping the firefighters can combat this wildfire fast. Really don't want to hear my folks waking me up again in the middle of the early morning saying we are evacuating.
To everyone affected by these fires I truly hope you are staying safe. Please take care of yourselves everyone.
I started smelling smoke last night around 10pm, and the smell kept coming after 11:20pm prompting me to take a drive around my town and see if I could hunt down the source by my sniffer and pique my curiosity. I thought it was another house burning down or a small brush fire near the outskirts again, best case scenario just someone close by cooking up their fireplace. I didn't even see any glow or smoke clouds around the hilltops to indicate the horror.
Woke up just before 7am today to hear from my Mother that our county was suddenly on fire. Napa, Sonoma, Clear Lake, Willits, Calistoga, Santa Rosa...
One of my Aunt's and Uncle's lived around the area the fires in Santa Rosa broke out in this morning. Thankfully; they are ok and safe with friends, but their home...
So far my family and friends are safe here in town, and my sister and her family currently aren't in danger from the fires near Clear Lake. But still; it was a jolt to the system to get me prepped for possible evacuation needing to consider what I can stuff into my car and save in the case we really have to evacuate; what I would willingly let go. The thought of loosing our house is one major emotional pain to suffer through, but the fear of all my electronics and art supplies and papers going up in smoke; all my projects I've been slowly but steadily been working on for nearly a decade would destroy me.
But; those are just ideas I can redraw and rewrite one day once I get my spirits back up. As devastating as it would be to have to start from scratch I prefer the safety of my family and friends and I's life.
Still dumbfounded on how this all started. I know it got helluva windy last night causing the embers to spread around the county, but still don't know how the fire started at all. It's been a nightmare, worse for those who are living it directly in those towns right now.
Will try to keep this posted if anything bizarre changes, but hoping the firefighters can combat this wildfire fast. Really don't want to hear my folks waking me up again in the middle of the early morning saying we are evacuating.
To everyone affected by these fires I truly hope you are staying safe. Please take care of yourselves everyone.
Hope that it won't come to this and that you will stay safe.