Our thoughts are with you, Ron, and everyone else. Gook luck to
all. I hope the loss of life remains low, among first responders and
the public.
Tim
On Oct 23, 2007, at 4:38 PM, Ron May wrote:
> You might research fire insurance companies for info on equipment
> and water
> source construction. They ran fire fighting operations well into
> the 20th
> century.
>
> Just in case someone has been camping on Mars for the past week,
> there are
> 300,000 evacuees camping at Qualcomm Stadium, Del Mar Fair Grounds,
> and
> churches and schools all over this county. At least 1,000 houses
> have burned, about
> 250 commercial structures burned, and entire towns of Ramona,
> Lakeside,
> Julian, Santa Ysabel, Pine Valley, Guatay, and much of Poway,
> Chula Vista, and
> eastern San Diego are evacuated. Nearly all the highways and most
> of the
> Interstate freeways have been shut down for emergency service
> vehicles. Inspite of
> all this, only 1 person died and 24 have been injured, but a fire
> truck was
> overwhelmed in a fire storm and two fire fighters are in a coma.
> Just about
> everyone I know has been touched by this crisis. To cut the red
> tape, the
> Department of Defense has called San Diego a training exercise and
> Air National
> Guard and Navy fire fighting helicopters and C-130 air tankers are
> being rushed
> to the fire lines. We are at about 200,000 acres of forest and
> brush lands
> burning completely out of control right now. The evacuation has
> never been on
> this scale, and yet it stands in stark contrast to the panic and
> loss of
> control in New Orleans. Public outpouring of food, medicine, cots,
> blankets, and
> medical help has been just phenomenal.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
>
>
>
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Timothy Scarlett
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