Mom and dad are just outside of Placerville. They’re waiting, too.
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A fellow ham out of the Placerville area has been going around with talks to groups regarding the total communication failure during the Campfire. I brought him to Oroville where he gave two talks...the end result is our “neighborhood” area has instigated a GMRS radio system to keep in contact and pass along information during this exact type of situation. ALan has been trying to get one set up in the Placerville area. I do not know today, what the success of that is....
We all know there is plenty of blame to go around...barring that, people have to take hold of the situation and try to mitigate it. They have to look out for their own safety...GMRS is not the total answer of course, but it is A tool. The communities all along the western slope of the Sierra all face this same problem of potential wildfires. Good luck with your folks this weekend, powered that be say it is going to be pretty bad winds...worse than two years ago when Santa Rosa and the town of Bangor here in Butte County burned to e ground...No one talks about that.
I remember watching the Oakland Fire interspersed with the Niners Game while living in the Bay Area at the time....real firestorm there.