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I live in the small town bordering the east side of Altadena.
We share the same mountains we share the same fires
As this was my 5th major fire, I chose not to evacuate as n past
Only by the grace of the Wind Gods did I and my small town not succumb to the devastation
For first time my town lost homes but only in the dozen's
We get the howler winds 5 to 6 times a year, this was as strong as I can recall
My touch and go moment was Wednesday 10:45 am. I live 8 houses away from foothill wilderness
Had fire on tha foothills 3 of the 5 majors I have experienced. Fire was surround one house up on the hill and after a mostly calm early morning the winds started blasting at 10:30. Fire crews were putting up structure defence around the house which was directly up wind from me
The fire crews not only saved the house on hill but much of my neighborhood ,but at 10:45am the blasting winds drove the smoke down so I could not see my neighbors house. And only because Wind Gods at 11:15 stooped the blasting and actually turn wind direction 180 to a gentle breeze did both the fire crews defeat the fire but surely and saved my neighborhood
Rest f the day the breeze pushed fire up the hillside and ended my direct threat
I was out of power for the next 5 days so only on Saturday did I first here of the extent of house loss in my next door town
I have no idea why the Wind Gods showed my town mercy but am grateful to them.
The destruction of so many people's stuff and homes, and streets, and entire subdivisions, and the realities that limit what can be done in such a magnitude of disaster, makes me disinclined to think I know anything you don't already know. I'm still trying to digest this mere-days-long blow to LA.
I'm up in NW PA and the changes have spared the Great Lakes region as far as calamity goes.
Just being a stable person is being a front line person if you live in LA. Stay strong, and music, always works. Fact.
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/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
Nt
'No man is an island' It will take time for you to realize the extent of your loss...The area in which you called home will never be the same-its unique neighborly life dead...It took 15 years to 'reconstruct 'a version of Tribeca and WTC with a 100 billion investment and it has no resemblance of what was down there before...
You have a small view-sorry
UT
Not so with neighboring town which as you say had its heartbeat stolen
Possibly my town will someday but not since 1891 as I've heard. Double destruction of fires first and massive mudflows following the denuding of the hillsides from fire
Nt
Increasingly, unusual weather and other types of events are happening - at times, in odd places. So if we think we're much safer on the empty plains of Wyoming than on the crowded coastlines of California, we might be wrong...Brace for the next catastrophe while you're recovering from the first. It's all anyone can do.
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It's good to read you have survived and I pray you continue to remain safe. I'm sorry about the rest of your state and I hope the fires can be stopped soon.
Thanks for the tale. You must have been close to either fight or flight and plenty of fear.
Let's pray that we don't get mud slides next.
-Rod
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and Blessed.
What a way to live though, dependent on which way the wind blows!
Mankind's big ego and grand plans are nothing compared to the power of nature.
We may think we've gotten the "better" of it, but time exposes the reality.
Wind Gods indeed!
Continued good luck to you, hang in there.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Glad that you and your home escaped, but serious question: Why do you stay where the risk of fire is so high?
People don't live in this small town for decades, they live for generations
I look out back windows and I see uninhabited mountain scapes, I look out my front windows and the city and lights lay below me
Almost every night the coyotes gather across the street and pack gather howls and yips
Couple of nights a week wildlife of bobcat, fox coyote and bear stroll through my yard ( critter cams ). This year on June 7 th I had bear climb in my kitchen window and sit on my kitchen floor munching my bagels until I bang and growled him out
11 years straight pair of large Red Hawks teacher their young to fly from my next door neighbors house. The frequent hawk calls are wonderful break from city background noise.
Is it worth all I own to risk of fire, mudslides and earthquakes? 38 years and answer still seems Yes, but events of the last week highlight the gamble I have chosen that I may have forgotten it's possible cost.
having grown up in the North-East -
California is a different beast-
While our snow is usually only at elevation (> 5,000ft)-
the weather near the coast (and in 50 miles or so) is close to idyllic.
No Hurricanes-
No Nor'Easters
Not a lot of days below 4 Degrees C
In Nor Cal, not many above 30 Degrees C
Yes, we have earthquakes - but, no warning, and it is over in less than 1 minute - if you are still standing you're on the road to recovery (as opposed to Tornados or Hurricanes....)
Yes, we have droughts occasionally, but seems like everyone will get to learn about that soon!
Fire is part of our landscape
adapt
It sucks, and the fires that we have are monsters!
Hopefully we are learning -
But that is an uphill battle, every day
Happy Listening
Eloquently put
25 years ago, I lived at 9000 foot elevation in the middle of a pine forest about 35 miles sw of Denver, CO. When I moved in, people told me it was not if you were going to get burned out, but when you were going to get burned out. I took that advice to heart and always had a "go" bag ready, always parked my cars heading out to the main road, and always kept an oversupply of dog food on hand so that we could flee quickly in case of fire. I enjoyed living there. But I don't think I'd ever do it again.
Lack of skill dictates economy of style. - Joey Ramone
Unfortunately replies like yours are increasingly rare on this site.
yet again.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
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