Re: mopar collection narrowly avoids disaster

[Jimmie <jimmieam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neal,

I think perhaps you should invest some of your "moparing time" in providing 
clearance and defensible space around your buildings.

I'm VERY glad you did not lose anything more than some grass.  I understand how 
scary it was.

Take Care,

Jimmie      in Northern California
Retired CalFire Firefighter
1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 340-4spd, Go Mango in color (original paint)
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1965 Plymouth Belvedere Station Wagon  360-Auto/To be a 440 (Current Project)
2001 Chrysler Concorde LXI  "Rose" (Wife's car)
2006 RAM 3500 4X4 Mega Cab Cummins Diesel Pickup

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "neal zimmerman" <neal.zimmerman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "1962to1965mopars" <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:26 PM
Subject: mopar collection narrowly avoids disaster


> wow, what a day.
>  Had a grass fire here on the ranch and the flames got 20 feet from
> the Mopar barn. I was out there trying to fight it all with the garden
> hose when   the  pumper trucks and the fire chief showed up .  Found
> out the cause was two live wires dangling  on the adjacent tractor
> shed blowing around in the wind. apparently hanging there live for
> years and just the right conditions of  dry grass  and  heavy winds
> to   make them cross and throw sparks .
>   I was alerted by  thirty screaming cows all bellering it up, all
> upset. I  came outside to see what all the commotion was and " what
> the f.......Oh geeez".
>   somebody down the road must have called it in, i was mighty glad to
> see those guys.
>
>    The tractor barn  got a  corner burned out of it , and lots of
> scorched earth.
>  and to think I decided to not go in to work today, Had I  gone the
> whole place would have burned .
>  My Mopars live on to fight another day.
>
>   And lets not forget to be grateful for fire fighters , we talk
> about veterans a lot,  but often overlook those guys.
>  neal zimmerman, eugene oregon 


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