Posted on 10/13/2017 6:25:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
Awful! Prayers!
Scary but pretty innovative. Beats the alternative
Who? Superman? How was "someone" supposed to get through the flames, if you couldn't?
I'm glad they're alive. Thank God and don't kvetch.
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As someone who has been through a wildfire, when they tell you to evacuate, DO IT!!!
Clever. And a blessing it was only 4ft deep.
What about the Cat???????????????????? Did he survive?
If you have a pool and live in a wildfire prone area, why wouldn’t you have installed a home fire pump system with roof sprinklers?
Here’s something for you all. If you ever find yourself trapped in a fire and your exit from the room is blocked most walls are sheetrock and can be kicked thru allows an exit. As a former f/f I’ve gone thru a wall in an adjoining apt to gain access
Every system has limitations. From the “after” photos, these fires would have been an over-matching threat to a home pump/sprinkler sytem. OTOH, living next door to someone with a pool is looking like a credible idea.
He was rescued by a kindly old Chinese guy.............
Good info!........................
Someone here on FR said they actually own a retired firetruck for their property.
I’m surprised they were able to breath as the air must have been super heated or too smokey to inhale.
They used wet tee shirts to breathe thru.............
God bless these poor people.
Jesus please send down Your healing grace and help our sisters and brothers who have been so damaged by these fires.
“God bless these poor people.”
Obviously He did but with them living there I doubt they were/are poor. They choose to live there, their decision making, in my humble opinion, is what is poor.
Im very thankful that these folks made it through this horrible ordeal....but, to say they had no warning ??? When the entire area has been under warnings for DAYS?? Even their own daughter warned them.
Then, to call 911 and ask the dispatcher if they should get into the pool? And, to (admittedly) assume LEOs would arrive at any minute - through the raging fires - to come get them??
Im sorry, but, to me this couple epitomizes the problem with Kali, in a nutshell.
An aside- reminds me of the lady who survived the high rise apartment fire by turning on her bathtub water. Cant remember which building it was, but it wasnt too long ago.
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