Well, it looks like they are finally getting a handle on the fire again. They actually removed the Mandatory and Precautionary Evacuation Status from a lot of different areas and are letting some of the evacuees come home. It's just like I said on the last comment that I wrote, as of the time I posted this, "At present, the fire that we are personally threatened by is moving in a different direction, threatening a different community other than ours." I guess that's not so good for this other community, yet I must admit that we have been on Precautionary Evacuation for so long, that I really think it's high time for a break. Perhaps it's someone else's turn for awhile.
Actually, though, our particular neighborhood is still on Precautionary Evacuation, but I'm not as nervous because they're making progress. Since they have removed some of the Precautionary Evacuation areas, hopefully, it will only be a matter of time before they remove ours as well, so I'm praising God!!
Thanks for all of your prayers.
PS - If you Came to this Page by way of a Google Search and want to Know more about the Fires, then Click on the Link to the Right Entitled "California Fires". Enjoy.
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i thought you might find this interesting considering what we have been discussing the last few days. the video. you'll also find it at mike's america.
Was there supposed to be a link with this comment? Cause I don't see one.
yup there was. 2nd post down for this one.
http://mikesamerica.blogspot.com/
4th post down here,
http://hammeringsparksfromtheanvil.blogspot.com/
2nd post down here,
http://skyepuppy.blogspot.com/
Yeh, Ok. That's really cute.
I guess you're not in the mood for talking to me about the fire, are you?
I'd create a new post for you, but I've become quite busy and really don't have time for that right now. I'm still trying to figure out whether or not we are going to cancel our trip to Canada with my parents because of these fires. It was scheduled to begin this coming weekend. I've told my mom that we really can't leave until we are absolutely sure that our house is safe.
And you would probably like me to take a minute to do a joke post, but Griper, honestly, I really don't have the time, especially if this trip to Canada is still on.
Not sure of all the particulars, but recommend going ahead with your Canadian trip...you all need
a vacation! :)
Thanks BB,
My parents are scheduled to arrive at our house on Friday, but I can call and cancel the trip as late as tomorrow.
The last news I heard about the fire is that yesterday it was 70% contained. The last time it was 70% contained and they sent a bunch of the fire fighters away, a strong wind occurred that night and blew the fire over all their wonderfully "secure" containment lines. My concern is that that could happen again while we are out of town and we will not be able to pack up our vehicles and save anything.
The date at which they expect to have all the fires fully contained is sometime late in July.
All I wanted to do was post pone the trip until the end of August, but Mom sounded so reluctant to post pone it. There are no Air Fare, or Car Rental reservations involved. They haven't even called ahead to reserve Hotels. It's a "Play it by Ear" and "Plan as you go" trip, so it can be canceled or post poned, but we will have to decide about this by tomorrow.
I'm glad to hear you might be out of danger regarding the fire, Lista. I hope that it's true! 70% contained is pretty good. I don't blame you for wanting to postpone the trip. I wouldn't want to leave until I knew that my home was 100% safe!
Blessings.
lista,
nope my comment was made in line of our discussion of voting for whom, then all of a sudden these videos came out, that is all.
and if my advice has any value i'm with bb in respect to the trip. go. regardless of whether you stay or go there is nothing you can do with respect to the house. you can't move it to prevent anything from happeninng to it. and staying here won't prevent it either. its up to mother nature now.
I don't know that you would relax on a trip if you had in the back of your mind this concern.
Then again, when away from home something can happen to your house without you knowing about it anytime, so I guess you never know.
Griper,
You know, I got that rule about sticking to the subject of a post directly from you. Lately, I've been so tired and stressed that I'm not really so into enforcing the rule, but I did get it from you.
It's not true that there is nothing that we could do if we were home, we would pack up our cars again and save a few of the photos and possessions. This may seem silly, but I figure it would lessen the blow a little and make it feel as if we didn't lose absolutely everything.
To the rest of you,
Interestingly, the men appear to be voting for going ahead with the trip and the women are more reluctant. That fits the situation quite well, because I'm reluctant to go on the trip so soon, but my husband sort of wants to get out of here. Figures.
I was having a hard time cleaning the house again. The last time that I was cleaning the house in preparation for company, Casper died. I thought about this and did some more crying.
oooooooopsy, as he laughs. my own words thrown back at me. lolol
"Interestingly, the men appear to be voting for going ahead with the trip and the women are more reluctant." Mere coincidence?
Significant gender thought process?
Dunno..could be our gender-wired brains view the balance sheet differently. I can see how leaving behind hearth & home &
everything that is important could be even more stressful than continuing to stay right on top of threatening developments; conversely, being away from it for a time could be a postitive change.
Or not: if it increases worry and stress even more. Then, it sounds like there is other input (husband, mom) excacerbating the issue. Seems either route is OK depending on what you want..postponing has its merits. 'Scuse me while I rewire
my brain to non-gender, er wishy-washy! :)
BB,
Speaking of balance sheets, I look at the inconvenience and the time factor in relation to rebuilding and even the hassle of having to repurchase everything that we own and it just feels to me like we really don't have time for that. Not to mention the sense of loss. That's more minor, though, after all, they are just things.
So far, it looks like we're going.
As I was cleaning the house, I realized that I'm still not over the lose of our dog. I think the stress of the fire has been distracting me from going through the mourning process. I guess it is really going to be good to see Mom.
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