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mchill

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1. During the fire in Weed, CA 2014

Reply to Loyd (Original post)

Sat Oct 14, 2017, 12:36 AM

Oct 2017

People literally had one or two minutes to escape (and this might be more than for some of the people in Santa Rosa and surroundings). The elementary school children were moved 3 times out of harms way. Someone called my friend to tell her of the approaching fire. Sitting in her house, she wasn't even aware until the phone call prompted her to look out the window. Tonite I have checked my escape plans as we also have Red Flag warnings (and dry vegetation) up in Northern California. The one thing I don't know is if Red Code Alert would actually notify me. It's scary to think one could sleep thru such an event.

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In California, Fires So Fast Hesitation Proved Lethal [View all] Loyd Oct 2017 OP

During the fire in Weed, CA 2014 mchill Oct 2017 #1

The warning calls came at 3 am for some people dixiegrrrrl Oct 2017 #13

I gotta still wonder how much of this could have been avoided had there been stricter zoning laws cstanleytech Oct 2017 #2

I live in the South Bay Area, watching the news for hours every day. montana_hazeleyes Oct 2017 #3

3am Monday in Oakland, smoke woke me up, I woke wife up we ran outside in our underwear to mulsh Oct 2017 #15

The resevoirs are full, but all that rain creates summer fuel... cbreezen Oct 2017 #4

I finally got with my daughter that lost her home marlakay Oct 2017 #5

Very scary! So glad they made it out! deurbano Oct 2017 #7

Oh my! Ptah Oct 2017 #16

We had wild fires here a few years back madokie Oct 2017 #6

The reason you see cars pulled over and burnt is the catalytic converter Lochloosa Oct 2017 #8

I started a grass fire once on the farm in that manner. NickB79 Oct 2017 #10

I heard on the radio that the average age of those who died was 79 BumRushDaShow Oct 2017 #9

A fire went through a senior mobile home park. It wa hit hard &that impacted the age also I bet lunasun Oct 2017 #11

climate change is a hoax donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 #12

Seems we need to rethink alerts. What about air raid siren dembotoz Oct 2017 #14