| Bullitt |
09-11-2009 10:23 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by smoothmoniker
(Post 591676)
If we get the evac order, we are gone.
There are no things that are more important than me being around to raise my kids. I honestly don't understand the people who stay, at all. Idiocy, and false heroics. It's dangerous, and worse, it causes other people (firefighters and parademics) to risk their own lives 12 hours later to come get you when you're trapped in your own burning yard.
There was a half-dozen people who ignored the evac order in Acton (north of the fires), and they put a whole fire crew at risk trying to pull them out of harms way.
Here's the updated map of the fire path. We live in Monrovia, and the southeast corner of the fire is about 10 miles from us.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UT...0&source=embed
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I'm glad you understand the importance of and are willing to follow evac orders, too many knuckleheads don't. And quite honestly they should be held responsible for any injuries or deaths of emergency workers coming to their aid as a result of their selfish choice to stay. Last I read about the arson issue is that they found evidence of an accelerant (gasoline, diesel, etc., some kind of fluid or gel that burns well) at the fire's point of origin.
@Case, classicman, shawnee, griff, and MTP: No wildfire for me this year, maybe next year but who knows. Just signed up with my local volunteer EMS and am taking EMT classes at night while finishing my BA History this Fall. I was planning on moving out to Southern Cal for a job with the Orange County Fire Authority or the LA Fire Department, but due to state budget issues those opportunities evaporated. Looking for something local now, but city budgets are tight here in the rust belt. |
