[TheForge] California fire

[Kyle Dwyer]

Hello,
If you would like to see up to date info on the fires check the following
link.
http://yubanet.com/fire.php

Regards
Kyle,  firefighter/blacksmith

On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > rfertner at cox.net
> > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 5:50 AM
> > To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [TheForge] California fire
> >
> > 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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