Had to evacuate my home this morning. Big industrial fire down the street.

[Aristus]

Currently chilling at my sister’s place a safe distance away. Firefighters are still at the scene.

Anyone else having an exciting weekend?

[Ocelot II]

1. This one?

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article253657108.html

Yikes! Stay safe.

[Aristus]

5. That's the one.

Just got home. The evacuation order was lifted about an hour ago.

We're all fine. Thanks!

[Ocelot II]

9. Glad to hear it.

[Lulu Latech]

2. Few people even knew that was all so close to their homes.

Makes you wonder what the heck is being stored close to home. I remember freaking out when I heard there was a nuclear reactor at the UW. (Long gone now). The toxic cloud by you is awful and has gone on now all day. Stay Safe.

[Aristus]

6. There's a shelter-in-place order in effect now.

Home with all the doors and windows closed...

[Mme. Defarge]

3. I pray for the safety of you and yours,

mon ami. Quite literally. Please keep checking in with your DU family.!

[Aristus]

7. We're fine. Everyone is safe now.

Home and chilling with a much-needed tumbler of bourbon...

Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mme Defarge...

[Mme. Defarge]

12. That's an excellent report, mon brave!

Stay well and safe. 😎

[Aristus]

13. Toi aussi, mon chere...

[Phentex]

22. Glad you and your home are safe...

just such a scary thought!

[niyad]

4. Please stay safe and keep us posted.

[Aristus]

8. All is well. See above.

[Mr.Bill]

10. Welcome to the fire evacuation club.

We've been evacuated twice, in '15 and '17. My grandson was evacuated a few weeks ago, and my brother is currently evacuated, but should be home soon. All for wildland fires in Northern California. I hope all goes well for you as it eventually did for us. It is a feeling like no other.

[Aristus]

11. We were away for twelve hours, and my house was still standing when we got back.

So this one was better than a lot of unfortunate people in California experienced. I'll be thankful if it doesn't happen again.

But I live on the Puyallup River floodplain, so who knows?

[Mme. Defarge]

14. One reason I can never move from my Portland home

is that I have earthquake insurance, which is no longer an option for those without it.

[Aristus]

15. I've got a spectacular flood insurance policy.

Good thing, too. The last couple of winters, the Puyallup River has come close to breaching. I'm a quarter of a mile from the river, with several blocks of buildings acting as an effective barrier, but still...

[Mme. Defarge]

17. Bonne chance, mon ami!

I’m hoping my insurance policy remains a peace of mind benefit and that I’ll be long gone if, or when, The Big One hits.

[Aristus]

19. For us here in the Puyallup River Valley, "The Big One" is Mt. Rainier erupting.

I'm hoping it won't be until many years after I and my loved ones are gone...

[Mr.Bill]

16. Every natural disaster has it's unique characteristics.

Both fire and water can kill, but there is usually some advance warning. Although in our first evacuation we were awakened at 7:00 am and told to leave immediately. The fire had started the day before but didn't appear to be threatening to where we were. It had advanced overnight. When the police are telling you to get out immediately, you don't have have time to investigate the danger factor. We were out of there in about ten minutes, and returned two days later.

Look around your house and think what you would grab in ten minutes. You find out what is important to you.

I think I would rather be flooded than burned. Many structures can be saved after flooding. Even if they can't, you can salvage some things. With a fire everything is gone.

Then the other excitement we have to deal with here is earthquakes. They have no warning at all. The next one could be 100 years from now, or start ten seconds from now. I've been through several signifigant ones, and came away without much if any damage. The TV media sensationalizes earthquake damage. Watch a few hours of news coverage and you will notice they are showing pictures of the same handful of damged structures over and over again. I don't want to minimize the damage from a big earthquake, but most structures survive with little to no damage if they were built to proper standards.

Then, I live about 15 miles from an "active" volcanoe. But that's not too bad since it last erupted about 60,000 years ago.

[Aristus]

18. We've actually had a "go-bag" put together since the wildfires of Summer 2020.

Mrs. Aristus's jewelry, for example. We grabbed everything this morning and headed out.

The smoke plume from the fire was so huge, it looked as if a volcano had erupted, as one did in my own living memory (Mt. St. Helen in 1980.)

[Mr.Bill]

20. So do we, of course.

And if I leave the house for more than a few hours, I will take it with me. The only thing worse than getting evecuated for a fire is to have it happen when you're not home. I have two dogs that can't always go where ever I'm going, so we rely on neighbors for their safety. If we go somewhere for a few days, we have a relative house sit for us.

[Laffy Kat]

21. Yikes, Aristus!

That is inconvenient and downright frightening.

[LuckyCharms]

23. Jeez. Hope all works out well, Aristus.

Stay safe!