Posted on 11/10/2018 1:06:18 AM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
Thousand Oaks consistently ranks as one of the safest cities in America. It’s the kind of place people, including my parents, go to raise their kids...
A vigil Thursday night for the victims of the mass shooting in Thousand Oaks was so packed that ushers barred people from entering the auditorium. Those left outside pressed their faces against the glass doors, trying to watch the service on the TV in the overflow room. As the winds picked up, they zipped up their jackets and hugged their arms to their chests, but they didn’t leave — a show of solidarity with a city touched by tragedy.
Nearby, a group of mourners linked hands and sang “Amazing Grace” under oak trees strung with lights. Inside the auditorium, people gripped battery-powered candles and wiped away tears as they talked about the 12 people who had been killed the night before at Borderline Bar and Grill.
It was the kind of quiet moment we have come to expect after something horrible happens, a respite after the worst is over. But in Thousand Oaks, another disaster loomed.
During the vigil, many people’s phones’ pinged with emergency alerts about a fast-moving fire, fueled by the same winds that had whipped their faces as they headed from their cars to the vigil. It took effort to walk upright in those winds, and they were howling.
Over the next several hours, the fires would become unstoppable, destroying many homes and forcing the evacuation of hundreds more, including my family’s.
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Two horrible events conversed.
Could be worse... they could get an earthquake too
Poor thing got her name all mangled into something unrecognizable.
It’s moved fast to the west.
Going to burn out Malibu.
Earthquake has to be really really big to do much.
Barbara Streisand’s house would be karma. Cher’s house is close to being whipped out. I guess it’s gokd she lied about taking in refugees during the last free for all.
Evil is like that - always cooperating with other evils....;-}
Sorry - couldn't help myself....
Read that Caitlin Jenner’s house was destroyed. Oh the humanity! I’m sure he/she/it will be ok.
How did the fire start exactly?
‘Soumya Karlamangla’
Is this person California Irish? WTF?
A caravan of indigents and criminals is heading for SoCal too.
This is worse than an earthquake in many ways. The number of families I know here who are evacuated is getting close to 20. And these areas are peaceful and beautiful and people have horses, goats, other animals. I’ve almost forgotten about politics dealing with all this. Today the winds stopped pushing everything to the sea so everything even indoors smells like an old bbq pit. Kids can’t go outside and play. But we are lucky, not evac.
How did the fire start exactly?
There have been some social media posts that insinuate it was an electric co. If so they should be ruined and lose their stranglehold. But that could be just rumors.
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