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tandot

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18. well ... it didn't get a lot of coverage on DU

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #17)

Wed Sep 16, 2015, 12:39 AM

Sep 2015

We saw the news coverage ... but it really didn't get a lot of attention on DU ... this is beyond devastating. The whole area was struggling before the fire ... now it is just beyond what we would have ever imagined

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Really? ... There are about 1000 homes lost in Lake County in CA [View all] tandot Sep 2015 OP

There have been several posts about it Egnever Sep 2015 #1

I've checked DU several times tandot Sep 2015 #3

Good lord the greatest page? Egnever Sep 2015 #5

Well ... I just checked it during the last week tandot Sep 2015 #7

lots of people care KT2000 Sep 2015 #9

Again Egnever Sep 2015 #12

Thanks, Egnever tandot Sep 2015 #13

I figured Egnever Sep 2015 #19

Very sorry you and your family are going through this. cyberswede Sep 2015 #26

If you use the Google search box above , you can find DU threads on any topic dixiegrrrrl Sep 2015 #24

Sorry for the loss to your family, JDPriestly Sep 2015 #28

How are we supposed to know? yeoman6987 Sep 2015 #2

It's rubbish that this is being ignored here pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #4

It is horrible ... my family and friends lost everything tandot Sep 2015 #6

MSNBC and NBC have had stories nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #11

"California Burning" is front-page news here in France. Runs in every news cycle. Surya Gayatri Sep 2015 #25

fire insurance is great and really inexpensive. hope your friends had some to help them out nt msongs Sep 2015 #8

Yes, most of them of them had fire insurance tandot Sep 2015 #10

Someone posted a video of driving out through that fire Warpy Sep 2015 #14

I've been watching it on the news, it's horrible Marrah_G Sep 2015 #15

I think that it just doesnt affect a lot of people and get coverage Travis_0004 Sep 2015 #16

It is gotting a lot of coverage on cable news and broadcast channels pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #17

well ... it didn't get a lot of coverage on DU tandot Sep 2015 #18

We've had multiple DU threads in GD alone pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #22

I am following close MFM008 Sep 2015 #20

Not even on California news channels? flamingdem Sep 2015 #21

The OP is scolding DUers for not posting about it. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #36

Like this post? XemaSab Sep 2015 #23

Show off! ellisonz Sep 2015 #45

From WA state, too artislife Sep 2015 #27

going to bed but found this. Might be useful! artislife Sep 2015 #30

I have seen several posts about Calfornia Skittles Sep 2015 #29

Is this your first post/OP about it? n/t djean111 Sep 2015 #31

GD flows by rapidly. And sometimes people are wary of posting personal stories. hunter Sep 2015 #32

Did you miss this one? malaise Sep 2015 #33

What do you want people to say? Brickbat Sep 2015 #34

Excellent Video, Update on Valley Fire Crosspost from LBR PufPuf23 Sep 2015 #35

Here something substantial from the Speaker of the California Assembly Toni Atkins nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #37

I apologize for scolding DUers about it. tandot Sep 2015 #38

it is good to vent dembotoz Sep 2015 #39

I am so sorry that you lost your mom tandot Sep 2015 #43

I'm so sorry, please accept my condolences... what a terrible time you and your loved ones have had. MerryBlooms Sep 2015 #40

Very sorry about the loss of your mother. Life can be very unfair. closeupready Sep 2015 #41

I'm very sorry that you lost your mom...and now family and friends have lost everything mnhtnbb Sep 2015 #42

This is just awful! Texasgal Sep 2015 #44