Fire in San Diego

To All:

Some of us here in San Diego county are having a rough go of it right now.

I'm sure you've all seen the media eagerly keeping score of the deaths, lost
structures and acreage burned. I'd like you all to know that real people,
while regretting the losses, are far more aware of the number of SAVES and of
the people doing the saving.

-Robert S. Hoover

keep the faith !
Sean Trost


Veeduber wrote:
To All:

Some of us here in San Diego county are having a rough go of it right now.

I'm sure you've all seen the media eagerly keeping score of the deaths, lost
structures and acreage burned. I'd like you all to know that real people,
while regretting the losses, are far more aware of the number of SAVES and of
the people doing the saving.

-Robert S. Hoover

Did the large San Diego country wildlife area burn up?

Larry

On 29 Oct 2003 22:43:16 GMT, (Veeduber) wrote:

To All:

Some of us here in San Diego county are having a rough go of it right now.

I'm sure you've all seen the media eagerly keeping score of the deaths, lost
structures and acreage burned. I'd like you all to know that real people,
while regretting the losses, are far more aware of the number of SAVES and of
the people doing the saving.

-Robert S. Hoover

I have friends in San Diego county (and just added one to my list).
Not a good time to be a homeowner in the hills. Take care of yourself
and your loved ones.

--
dillon

Life is always short, but only you can make it sweet

On 30 Oct 2003 05:17:07 GMT, (Fitzair4) wrote:

id the large San Diego country wildlife area burn up?
:
:Larry

If you mean the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, it hasn't been
touched so far.

The Barona tribe's land is just about burned out, I doubt the casino
survived.

We haven't been let back in to see our house yet, but we're told only
a few in our area survived. Ours was pretty fireproof, clay roof,
stucco, double glazed windows, lots of grass and iceplant. No trees
next to the house, all the landscaping is low and very well watered.
Maybe we'll get lucky. But the answering machine voicemail started
picking up on the first ring, so it's not looking good.

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On 30 Oct 2003 05:17:07 GMT, (Fitzair4) wrote:

id the large San Diego country wildlife area burn up?
:
:Larry

If you mean the San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park, it hasn't been
touched so far.

The Barona tribe's land is just about burned out, I doubt the casino
survived.

We haven't been let back in to see our house yet, but we're told only
a few in our area survived. Ours was pretty fireproof, clay roof,
stucco, double glazed windows, lots of grass and iceplant. No trees
next to the house, all the landscaping is low and very well watered.
Maybe we'll get lucky. But the answering machine voicemail started
picking up on the first ring, so it's not looking good.

As of now, none of the casinos have burned, including Barona. They
lease out a small dirt strip to an ultralight bunch and most of their
hangars burned down with loss of a lot of ultralights. Luckily no one
got trapped out there. It's pretty remote with only one road in and
out. Knowing the guys out there from a few years ago, they'll come
back strong, rebuild and help each other. The fires are still mostly
out of control as the winds are horrendous, around 20-50 m.p.h. I
live closer to the ocean, so we're O.K., but those in east county are
caught in a hell of having had their homes burn down or not knowing if
their's is next. It's just too overwhelming for the fire-fighters who
are doing a hell of a job trying their best to steer the fire around
homes. Today is foggy and mixed with the smoke, it just about grounds
the tankers and water-dropping helis until later in the day.

Ken J. - Sandy Eggo

"Veeduber" wrote in message
...
To All:

Some of us here in San Diego county are having a rough go of it right now.

I'm sure you've all seen the media eagerly keeping score of the deaths,
lost
structures and acreage burned. I'd like you all to know that real people,
while regretting the losses, are far more aware of the number of SAVES and
of
the people doing the saving.

-Robert S. Hoover

If it bleeds, it leads. It pains me that in our 15-second soundbite world,
there's no time to report the good news. Unless you count the last five
minutes of the evening news which is usually dedicated to the silly "feel
good" stories.

Please take care of yourself. I want to enjoy many more Veeduber stories.

Best wishes,

-Trent
PP-ASEL

On 29 Oct 2003 22:43:16 GMT, (Veeduber) wrote:

To All:

Some of us here in San Diego county are having a rough go of it right now.

Good Luck!

I hope all goes well, but if the acreage reported can be believed the
fires have burned something nigh onto a 1000 square miles.


I'm sure you've all seen the media eagerly keeping score of the deaths, lost
structures and acreage burned. I'd like you all to know that real people,
while regretting the losses, are far more aware of the number of SAVES and of
the people doing the saving.

Too bad they don't concentrate on that, but once people are far enough
away to not be involved it's the sensationalism that grabs the
listeners and viewers.

Again,

Good Luck.

Roger


-Robert S. Hoover

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
www.rogerhalstead.com
N833R World's oldest Debonair? (S# CD-2)