Re: [Chrysler300] Big Yellow has left the building - QUICKLY!

[Gary Barker <gbarker@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Louis,  I'm glad your safe and also Big Yellow.  I'm am a retired 
Fire Chief and have fought many of those big fires up here in N. CA.  
Most people have never seen and felt a fire of that magnitude ,And I 
know you will never forget it.   We sent several fire crews from our 
area down to help out.  I know they will do a good job.   I took my wife 
to a fire scene many years ago after the Fires were out so she could see 
the total destruction especially when homes were lost.
 She lasted about 20 minutes after seeing people coming back to find 
there homes gone. And the total destruction these fires cause.  She went 
back to my pickup and cried all the way home.  Again were glad your safe.

    Gary & Susan Barker   ( Across the table at Tahoe)

Louis M. Barrie wrote:

>As we watched the Topanga Canyon, CA fire rage last night, we had already
>packed and prepared to evacuate.  We got the word around 7PM the we need to
>get out.  Big Yellow fired right up and was taken to a friend's enclosed
>garage a few miles away and was covered and safely stored.  We finished
>grabbing a few clothes and the computers and took off as we saw the hills
>surrounding our house seriously ablaze!  ABC was doing live news from the
>cross street by our house!
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>By 10PM, the winds had shifted and we were able to return. The house was not
>smoky as we did not loose power as I had left the A/Cs running.
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>This morning, all is clear and we can see from our bedroom window just how
>close the fire was to us - about 300 yards (270 m).  The fire crested the
>ridges behind our house!
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>The CA local and state governments and especially the fire departments in
>the state (crews were here from all over CA) were well prepared and worked
>efficiently and correctly and are to be commended!
>
>Louis M. Barrie
>West Hills, CA
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