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Date Posted: 14:56:46 11/03/03 Mon
Author: wwolfe
Author Host/IP: 161.149.63.106
Subject: There are three specific images that will stay with me.
In reply to: Maye 's message, "Re: The Firestorms of 2003: A Report From California" on 16:40:23 11/02/03 Sun

A husband and wife who owned a horse ranch in the hills. In the event of a fire, each had specific duties, hers being to load up the horses so they could be driven to safety. When the fires came last week, the husband went to load their household belongings in the car, while she went for the horses. She never came back. Apparently, the fire turned suddenly and unexpectedly and swept down the hillside, consuming the barn, with her and the horses inside.

A father was driving his two small children down a mountain. On the narrow mountain road, with the smoke and general confusion, he was unable to see which direction led to safety and which led toward the fires. Stopping the car and instructing his clidren to stay inside, he walked a short distance down the road, where he got directions from a police officer. No more than a minute or two after leaving the car, he returned to find that the fire had swept over the road, burning the car and his children along with it.

Lastly, one of the common sights on the roads leading down from the burning hills and mountains: cats and dogs, in flames, running.

Someday, our President will bother to say something about all of this.

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