[TheForge] California fire

[Bruce .]

I did a quick search and it appears there may be a number of blacksmiths in
Middletown, CA.  Maybe they know each other, so could be used as a source
of info.

Bruce
NJ

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 3:59 PM, jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> There are a few folk I know in Cal. I'll ask around though whoever lost
> their home and shop are probably offline right now. Even if they grabbed a
> laptop running for it their server's probably gone tool. Middletown Cal was
> almost completely burned to the ground in the firestorm.
>
> I grew up in S. Cal and know what kind of tinderbox it is in a dry year.
> Few
> things on earth burn like Chaparral: greasewood, Mesquite, tumbleweed,
> creosote bush, etc. To survive desert conditions plants evolve the ability
> to cover themselves in extremely resinous sap to keep from drying out
> completely and it makes them gasoline on a stick.
>
> I lived in the San Fernando Valley during the Bellaire/ Brentwood fires and
> others. I remember watching fire storms cresting the mountains around us
> but
> we lived safe in the suburbs, it was nothing like this.
>
> My prayers go out to all those in danger.
>
> Frosty
>
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>
> I hope for the best for the people near the fire. There's a news story in
> the British press with lots of pictures of the devastation from the fire.
>
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3232987/California-Gov-Jerry-Brown-d
> eclares-state-emergency-wildfire.html
>
> Scroll down to about the 38th picture and it shows a blacksmith shop burnt
> up and the house is toast. I wonder if it's any one we may know?
>
> Rob
>
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