Posted on 11/14/2018 6:50:37 AM PST by Red Badger
A horse was found in the backyard pool of a Paradise, Calif. resident, after the animal apparently tried to find a safe space as the Camp Fire moved through town.
Paradise resident Jeff Hill shared photos of the horse Sunday on Facebook. The photos showed the horse in a pool, but entangled in the pool cover. Recommended Video
"There's no telling how long she was there but she was shivering uncontrollably," Hill wrote. "She was all caught up in the pool cover but her being suspended by it prevented her from drowning."
Hill said he and a friend undid the pool cover, then helped the horse out of the shallow end of the pool.
Well among all the sadness I had a glimpse of happiness today! As I was checking to see if someone’s house was standing... Posted by Jeff Hill on Sunday, November 11, 2018
The horse got out and "loved on us for a few minutes as a thank you," Hill wrote, before walking off. The men waited until resources could help escort the horse out of the fire zone, CNN reported.
Law enforcement and firefighters have all been helping to round up many of the animals found wandering through the area. One such animal rescue showed California Highway Patrol officers attempting to round up a potbelly pig that was roaming Paradise, while Sacramento firefighters found two donkeys, pausing to feed the animals apples while they awaited animal control to take them in.
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The excuse I’d give the owner is he didn’t own a trailer.
And that’s the ONLY excuse.
Even that is not a good excuse..................
Could be the owner as with many of the owners weren’t home when the evacuation orders came and were not allowed to return.
“Could be the owner as with many of the owners weren’t home when the evacuation orders came and were not allowed to return.”
Most likely answer. Smart horse.
Excuse? You people are talking about excuses?
Was he even home? If he was home, was his vehicle full, with trailer hooked up and pointed in the right direction?
How about this excuse; at its peak, the Camp Fire was burning at 80 football fields a minute. A horse, free, could not out run it. So far, evidence suggests 48 people did not out run it. Listen to the stories of people abandoning their cars and fleeing. Many of the dead were found next to their cars.
Cut the horse loose? No way. You do not know how many animals we nearly run over let alone how many get hit during one of these events. It is not worth putting a piece of equipment out of service because it struck a horse.
And yes, I own horses. We never had the chance to decide if we were going to leave during our fire, but if I lived in a bad place and could not evacuate the horses and was fairly certain they would die, I would not put others at risk, I’d put the horses down and then flee, or at least leave them to suffer their fate. Sad as that is, painful as that is, I cannot risk the well being of others for the sake of a horse.
Excuse? We have no idea what went on with this horse’s owner that night. trust me on that one.
As fast as this thing was going there may not have been time to get back in. Just sayin’. Glad the horse if okay though.
That is a beautiful horse!!!
I think it’s closer to 8 football fields a minute, about half a mile. Still, that’s bad enough. Some of the people were in cars being convoyed by law enforcement and ordered to abandon their cars and run for their lives. I regret the loss of any animal, but this was the apocalypse showing up in your front yard
I have a picture of my friends little chevy suv that has melted side panels and bumpers as the fire licked around them as they tried to escape.
At its peak, the Camp Fire was burning very fast. 90,000 in 24 hours. That’s 3,750 acres an hour or 62.5 a minute. A football field is 1,32 acre. For the first few hours, when it was really ripping, it was dang close to 80. Remember, it did not burn at a steady rate. Like a motorcycle averaging 100 MPH around a mile track, it may slow to 80 or 90 in the corner but just before entering the turn may be 130 or 140. When it was ripping at its peak 4-6 hours in, unless you were in a very fast car on a very straight road with no one else on it, you would have had a difficult time out running it. Put everyone in slow cars on a winding road in smoke and confusion, it’s amazing anyone got out.
I’ve read that many roads had horses running down them fleeing the fire, owners regretfully had to just let them loose as they fled themselves, the fire came too quickly for anything else, they fled with the clothes on their backs. Don’t automatically assume neglect. Leaving them penned would have been a death sentence for sure and there was no time for anything else.
Good looking animal. Poor thing. I’m glad the rescue seems to have gone well.
And, smart enough to evade the fire.
When the fire is visible is when it’s time to leave.
Smart horse indeed...and a pretty horse as well. Glad he/she was found, and is safe. The horse has more sense than most Democrat voters.
Ride em out or turn em loose
If you lack rransport
Sorry I miss read you. I thought you were talking about the speed at which the front was advancing. Your math as to the rate of acreage being consumed seems correct
No worries. It is very hard to wrap your mind, or at least my mind around. These things are awesome.
I was on the Geyserpeak fire years ago. When I pulled into Knight’s Valley, I could see the sun coming over the hill, the browns, tans, and greens of the hillsides, the orange, yellows, reds, of the fire, the black, grays and whites of the smoke all cast against a blue sky (smoke had yet to obscure it). It is rare to be in a position to see things clearly on one of these but it was one of the most beautiful, awe inspiring things I had ever seen. Much like a tornado. It is a rarity to see one clearly, but when you do, though I never have except for video, it can be quite beautiful. I’ve certainly seen thunder storms like that.
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