[TheForge] 4th pikers, Have we got fireworks? ! OT

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Jerry Frost wrote:
> I'll keep my fingers crossed for an onshore breeze. I've seen how fast a 
> fire in the chaparral can move in a santa ana.
That's the one we worry about.
Turns out the rumors were untrue and we have a few extra miles of 
slack..nice.
> 
> If you decide to fight it plan on backfires if you have to make a fast 
> get away. Preferably you won't have to fight nor be tempted to. Maybe if 
> you have enough water wet the house down and burn the brush within 50' 
> of it. Then when it's cool, do it again another 50' out. Repeat till you 
> have a fire break a couple hundred feet across. You'll probably be 
> arrested for damaging the habitat of the dip winged dingle moth snorfler 
> though.
You are joking, but in Big Sur some long time locals ignored the evac 
order and were fighting the fire successfully after the forestry had 
abandoned them. Forestry would drive up and marvel at how well they were 
doing, but would'nt help!
The old guy backfired like a reasonable person, was successful and they 
showed up with automatic weapons to arrest him today.
> 
> I found a decent fire map site and will keep an eye on things. Like I 
> can do anything but send good wishes your way. Still.
We are just S of Salmon Cr...3 mi N of Ragged Point Inn.
As the fire gets closer, my landscaping gets thinner. Dropped a branch 
on the clothes line this aft...sigh.
So far, the fire lines facing us are holding nicely.
Charcoal's in the future ,fellow smiths....pf
> 
> Jer
> -------------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
> 
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
> 
> 
> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
> 
> 
>> Info is fuzzy...The Indians fire, freshly contained, is about 10+ 
>> miles North and inland.
>> The  Big Sur Fire, still uncontained and spreading, is about a dozen 
>> miles up the coast, according to rumor. Official reports are dated and 
>> have it farther.
>> That seems like a fair distance, but a stiff wind in the right 
>> direction can easily put it here in a very short time.
>>  There's not much but dry trees and dense chaparral on steep slopes 
>> between here and there...no natural firebreaks.
>> Smoke is pretty thick today and constant ash fall this aft.
>> Sure makes for dramatic sunsets.
>> Been damaging the landscaping and tossing it on the 
>> flatbed....mentally packing stuff up.
>> If it comes real slow and easy i might stay and fight it...but 
>> otherwise, we are outa here for sure. What the hey, it's only 20 years 
>> of work. Wondering why i was stupid enough to build out of wood?
>> Yassah...no buildings full of tools are worth BBQed people ...are they?
>> Our answer, i guess, is literally blowing in the wind.
>> Thanks for your concern and counting us amongst your friends.
>> I'll try to behave like an adult...pf
>>
>> Jerry Frost wrote:
>>> How close are they?
>>>
>>> Like Jim says, no BBQ. You and Phebe take to your heels if necessary. 
>>> I don't have so many friends I can afford to lose even one to stubborn.
>>>
>>> Jer
>>> -------------------------------
>>> If it ain't forged
>>> it isn't real.
>>> Wrought iron is.
>>> The FrostWorks
>>>
>>> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>>>
>>>
>>> From: "Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thank you sirs...i like to play with fire, but....pf
>>>>
>>>> James Binnion wrote:
>>>>> An annealed shop would suck but would be way better than being 
>>>>> barbecued, Be careful.
>>>>>
>>>>> Good luck
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> James Binnion
>>>>> jbin at well.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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