mantisman51
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One of the fires they been talking about here in Az is 2 miles from my house. State is calling for forced evacuation. Well, no such thing as "forced evacuation". I'll stay and watch the show.
Fire's Coming This Way
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Uh, it's now within a mile. I'm not sure about this. That damn fire is moving super fast. I'll keep you updated.
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It's within a half mile. I've always said evacuations are for sucks, but we can now feel the heat and are choking on the smoke. Maybe we should leave.
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OK, I feel like a girly man. We got a huge wind from the south and the fire went due north. I had a bunch of crap in the truck. Time to start unpacking. They still want us to evacuate, but no point now. If there's a bizarre wind change I guess it could come this way, but it's pushed about 2 miles north. I climbed on my roof and saw 6 houses the next road over go up. It really is sad. Now what were we saying about gun control?
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When my daughter finds my USB cable I'll have some pretty good photos
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My wife is still packing crap. She says she's going to be prepared. What's a little(er huge) wildfire anyways? Evacuating is for sucks!
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Wow, that was really dodging a bullet. If that strong south wind hadn't blown in suddenly, I'd probably be looking at the metal frame under my wobbly box.
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Of course my good fortune came at the expense of 15-20 houses that burned just north of us. If you have never seen a wildfire in 30-40 mph winds, it's hard to explain. It just moves so fast. I was laughing it off until the fire moved a mile in like 10 minutes. Then there would be big black puffs of smoke and another house would erupt. I really feel for those poor people. I can't find my usb but I have ordered another. Can't wait to post the pictures.
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I just remembered the pics are on my SD card-DUH! I can't figure out how to link them. I get a message that "a path cannot be found".
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I have them here on my FB profile but can't figure out how to copy them here.
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This is a rainforest compared to where I'm building my house. The tractor work you can probably see is there.
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You mean the closest Mediterranean? If so, that's a retired rancher.
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I live in a redneck mansion, for now.
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Yeah, that's the rancher's house. It is a nice house. Glad it was spared.