Posted on 10/13/2017 6:25:50 AM PDT by Red Badger
Jan Pascoe and her husband, John, were trapped. The world was on fire, and Jan was hyperventilating from fear. Then they remembered their neighbors pool.
Youve got to calm down, Jan, she told herself. You cant go underwater and hyperventilate.
At 12:40 a.m. Monday, Jan called 911. She reached a dispatcher.
We are going to get into the neighbors pool, should we do this?
The dispatcher said, Get anywhere safe.
Please. We will be in the pool, Jan replied. This is where we are.
In my naivete, all night long, she would tell me later, I thought someone would come to get us.
Jan, 65, and her husband, John, 70, debated when to get in. She wanted to right away, but John said, Hold off. The waters cold. Lets see what happens.
As they stood at the edge of the pool, the neighbors house caught fire. A big tree next to the pool went up in flames. The railroad ties framing the concrete steps leading to the pool ignited.
The heat was whoa, John said. He stripped off his pants and jacket, and wearing only a T-shirt, turned to Jan and said, Jump in now.
She was wearing a thin tank top and lightweight pajama bottoms. Her glasses had disappeared.
They submerged themselves in the blackened, debris-filled water. They had grabbed T-shirts to hold over their faces to protect themselves from embers when they surfaced for air.
They moved to the part of the pool farthest from the house. John was worried about having to tread water, or hanging on to the side, which could be dangerous with all the burning objects flying around. Blessedly, the pool had no deep end. It was about 4 feet deep all the way across.
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I must have missed that part thanks. Very sad they did not take better care of the cat.
“They choose to live there,”
Did I read the article wrong? Eleven floors in 1800 square feet? Seems odd.
“Very sad they did not take better care of the cat.”
Really. Although I don’t see how Kitty could’ve survived with them as they had to go under water from time to time. A cat wouldn’t do that. And there’s smoke inhalation. I expect he is waiting for them at Rainbow Bridge now.
Of course, ideally they’d have left at a reasonable time, kitty in tow, in a CARRIER.
We have six cat carriers standing at attention in the garage in case of emeegency. You never know...
Might be my cousin’s house... his father was a forester, so he knew to clear the trees in an area prone to fires. Even so, his garage door melted. Rest of the house was okay amidst total desolation around them.
“”If you have a pool and live in a wildfire prone area, why wouldnt you have installed a home fire pump system with roof sprinklers?””
The neighbors had the pool.......
You can get a tidal wave if the strong sustained wind first blows from land to ocean lowering the water level and then quickkly reverses itself as the hurricane eye passes.
If they loved that cat they would have evacuated before it came to the mess they were in. I too have my cat carriers in a spot easy to access in case of the unthinkable. MEOW!
Sort of like when the wind blows and makes snow drifts? One would say there were 4 ft snow drifts. The wind blowing after the main storm. right?
Does a storm surge flow water over the land like a big wave?
and it could be 8 feet deep water flooding the land?
Yes, if the land is say only 4ft above normal water level, an 8ft surge will spill over onto the land and only stop after the land gets to an 8ft altitude.
The surge is rather like the everyday tide, which is water pushed around by the moon's gravitational force, instead of the wind. Both will also be higher into a bay that narrows as one goes in further. See "Bay of Fundy".
I realise this is not the same couple but I thought it would balance your assertions.
Yes, that’s a different location.
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