Re: RC: California Fires!

[Carizima@aol.com]

I have just finished unpacking everything I packed Tuesday night when we left 
our house under a mandatory evacuation. We are very lucky and didn't lose 
anything but it was so very close - at the property line . We brought the 
horses home yesterday - all 7 of them. It was 2 days before they deemed it 
safe for them to return.

I can't stress enough how important it is to have a good plan. Our fire 
started on the otherside of the mountain and at 3:00 didn't seem worth 
worrying about . By 6:30 our entire valley was on fire and it was a mass 
exodus . We have talked for years about how we would stay and try to save our 
house ( after the animals were safely away ) . When it came down to it - we 
didn't hesitate to leave the firefighting to the professionals.  We can 
always rebuild ( it took a year to build this one and we just finished in May 
). Every house in our valley was saved .

Valerie Hewitt - happy to have a home
Antelope Valley - Reno , Nv. 


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