Posted on 09/11/2020 3:20:09 PM PDT by AuntB
I got a call from my son in Calif about 1 pm Tuesday. He was listening to police scanner.. said a fire was coming my way... didn't make sense, this area has never had a fire. It's the city!
I went outside in our beautiful peaceful Sr. retirement village to a bank of thick smoke and saw a raging fire. It seemed 10 miles away. The wind was whipping in every direction and took me off my feet several times.
I've been through this before living in the woods of No. Calif. I was prepared then. This home was in the city... I prepared for that. Not for this.
I immediately ran to the neighbors homes to warn them. They mocked me. No one would budge. I tried to water my house and house next door who were gone camping. NO one ever warned anyone. There was NOTHING on local radio and TV. NOTHING.
Was I being silly? I am disabled and in pain, not to mention being 70 years old and weighing 95 lbs. So I decided to grab Bugs the cat and what I needed for 2 or 3 days of evacuation. The cat can't go to a shelter. I was met with a 4 lane wall of evacuees when I tried to get on the main street. It took me 5 hours to drive 25 miles. Finally spent the night in the car in a parking lot in Rogue River, Oregon, then drove to a friends where I can stay a few days near Eugene, Or.
On my way, the manager of our park called to say my home was gone. Nothing left. Only 5 of 55 homes were standing. No firefighters were available, but the manager finally got there and got the people to leave. I had called him first and he was stuck in evacuee traffic. He had no warning either. 100 old people plus several more parks were left to burn with NO warning, but he finally got them all out. We have no rentals in this area, no motel room left, one full shelter, and NO one is providing any assistance to anyone.
I got out with the clothes on my back and Bugs the cat.
It looks like Dresden. But the insult of losing everything isn't enough. I remembered Facebook and the pictures of my ancestors and long gone family was still there!! I tried all night.. no facebook without passwords....I didn't even take my computer. I lost it all.
The post office charges you and demands a credit card to forward mail. My bank even burned down.
I pray my neighbors all survived. But I have no idea where we all will go. You can't even rent without 'papers'.
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My heart goes out to you and your loved ones.
You should be able to get access to your Facebook again with your Driver’s License.
I am glad you are safe. There’s no explanation that makes sense for not sounding alarms.
Deepest sympathies and prayers. Good that your son was alert. Hope that you can recover you electronic life, there are probably ways but what a pain! Grateful for YOU reminding the rest of us that we too can find our own disasters! Thank you for this warning. God Bless!
Oh my goodness, Aunt B.
I just now saw your post, and it so hurts my heart to learn about all that you’ve lost.
I remember you from the early FR days. My beloved 1John and I always enjoyed your posts. John died in 2002, but I am still in the Medford area—living in a small apartment in Grants Pass—and want to know how I can help.
Don’t know how to do freepmail, but if you do, send me one and I’ll give you my phone #, if that’s ok with you.
That is unbelievable.......
And inexcusable.
Someone needs to be held accountable but even then that will never make up for a tragedy of this scope.
Prayers up. I have no doubt people died, and a very horrible death, too.
I’m so glad you and your kitty are safe! You didn’t lose it all. You have what’s important and the rest will come with time
Hi again,
Just sent you a private message.
Prayers for you.
Prayers for you.
Man accused of setting fires near Oregon homes during the Almeda Fire:
Thanks for your feedback.
Oh no, how exhausted you must be. What a comfort to have your kitty with you. I am praying God provide you with all the things you need, to open doors for you and ease your physical distress.
We had a thread going here for days on the fires- it’s truly hard to grasp the amount of damage they’ve done.
God be with you...
Prayers for you and your neighbors out there. We just heard from my brother in law he’s headed to Oregon from Cali as they need more EMTs. Must be really bad there. Again, prayers up.
AuntB
I’m so thankful to God that you are OK physically...
I’m sorry to hear that you lost your home and everything in the fires. Is there anything we can do for you ???
Please let us know...
Prayers for you AuntB.
Please update as things progress.
How an we help you?
A prayer for you from the great white north. Blessings in this difficult time.
Let’s figure a way to get money to AuntB.
Us 1999 folks aren’t wimps...
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