Comments | golden_berry: SoCal fires

golden_berry

SoCal fires

Oct 24, 2007 10:04

My heart leaps into my throat every time I see the terrifying video or photos of the massive fires in southern California. What a horrific tragedy this has become. I am very glad that so many LJers have been reporting in to say they're OK. And I hope they and their homes stay safe.

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cionaudha October 24 2007, 15:52:20 UTC

Yes, I'm worried about her as well. I think they live in town though, which for the moment is okay.

golden_berry October 25 2007, 15:06:19 UTC

The people out in the surrounding hills have been hit hard. I don't know exactly where Penn lives. Thanks for the info, Cion.

claudia603 October 24 2007, 17:09:32 UTC

It's so awful. :-(

golden_berry October 25 2007, 15:07:21 UTC

At least there shouldn't be any question about the homes being covered by insurance. I don't know how much comfort that would provide if I had lost everything.

juliebeth October 24 2007, 18:08:05 UTC

pennquelle has been in my thoughts all day. Such horrific pictures . . .

golden_berry October 25 2007, 15:13:04 UTC

The power of these fires is awesome in its horror. And they spread so fast, jumping across six-lane highways and from hill to hill.

This morning, a national news team was reporting from the county fairgrounds where many horses as well as dogs, llamas and goats are being housed. I thought of you during the segment.

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golden_berry October 25 2007, 15:15:22 UTC

I'm hoping she'll post at LJ, Maeglian. I haven't tried e mailing her. The impact of these fires will be imprinted on everyone who lived through them for the rest of their lives. And I think it's only 4 years since the previous fires.

pennquelle October 25 2007, 15:52:06 UTC

(((Maeglian))) Hard to believe this happened again so soon. :( We are fine, but had some scary moments. Hope you are well. :) And I have such happy memories of the Elenya moot! Stonehenge was amazing, eh?

sayhello October 26 2007, 19:13:51 UTC

Hey! I just saw this, because, believe it or not, I just got back from a business trip to --- San Diego!!

Yep, my boss asked "Does this mean I'm sending you into the middle of an inferno?" That wasn't quite true (the airport was never threatened, and I spent the time on Coronado Island, also not threatened). But you could *see* and *smell* the fires and the ash and the smoke. I haven't experience that in *ages*, since we had the really bad fires in LA back when I lived out there.

We were told not to go outside unless absolutely necessary (due to the poor air quality) and there was no such things as views due to the smoke haze. But compared to the 960,000+ people who were evacuated from their homes, and had no idea if they'd have homes to go home to, we had NOTHING to complain about.

Scary stuff, indeed. Glad to see pennquelle checked in! I was sad that I wasn't able to meet with shirebound, whose work was messed up due to the fires.

Hewene

golden_berry October 27 2007, 14:13:41 UTC

I was wondering whether you actually went to SD! Glad to hear it wasn't too awful on beautiful Coronado Island. What timing for your conference, yikes!

sayhello October 27 2007, 17:50:38 UTC

Yep, I did go. I was monitoring the situation, and talked with one of the vendor reps who was also going, and had spoken to folks who were already there. They said the conference *was* going to happen, and that the resort area was OK (although you so could smell the smoke there).

It *was* bizarre seeing the fires as I flew in.

What luck, oi! 99.99% of the time, San Diego is a gorgeous place to be. My luck...

Hewene