Fire started this morning with no warning, and all of Arrowhead/Big Bear/Running Springs firefighters are nowhere in sight. They must be helping with the San Diego fires or trying to save Pauly Shore's and Rosie O'Donnel's houses in Malibu.
While I had him on the phone, he was watching TV at a tire store down the mountain and saw the news helicopter widen their video shot and realized that he was looking at his whole neighborhood under the smoke.
They barely got out of there this morning with fire on the ground about 150 yards from the house and the wind blowing directly at the front door. They packed up what they could and split.
Right before I called, my brother says that he got a call from someone that's still up on the mountain saying that as of 1pm PST, his home is still standing but is surrounded by fire on three sides. Twenty-two homes the next hill crest over from his are all gone.
If his home survives, and I hope that it does, it will be like a solitary home in the middle of the planet Mars once this fire has run it's course. This is the fire that probably should have happened back in 2003 with all the dead pines from the bark beetle infestation.
Anyone who would care to offer special prayers for my brother's family in particular in your next chat with the Lord, you have my thanks.
You got it.
It seems like a lot of us have family and friends in the area. Maybe one of our prayer warrior freepers can start a thread and we could all add our loved ones?
Prayers up for your brother and for his house. I hope somehow it’s spared.
Well, I think I will start up a chat now and mention it. :)
I am trying to update the San Bernadino fires on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914650/posts
The news media is just now starting to focus on Arrowhead. The fires there are burning out of control. House after house is just going up, nothing can be done. County/CDF is stretched super thin and the wind is so bad that they can get water drops in it.
This area has been declared the number one priority in the state for whatever that means (no one has resources to help)
God... tears spring to my eyes, and prayers to my lips...
ABC7 is showing footage of Arrowhead now. It’s awful.