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Master and Commander
Posts: 1322
Location: Oxnard, CA | Subject: California brush fires
I tried to call Tim Spoon this morning. The phone number I have has been disconnected or is not in service. I don't know specifically where he lives, or how his home is affected by the fires. I also don't have his cell phone number so can't contact him that way.
For info about the fires, this link is the Cal-Fire info page. There are further links embedded.
http://www.fire.ca.gov/current_incidents/
Here's the URL for the National Interagency Fire Center: https://www.nifc.gov
And for the fire incident web page: https://www.inciweb.nwgc.gov
You may have to copy and paste. Sorry.
Wish I had better news about Tim Spoon.
Edited by JrKrup, Skimmer 2017-10-10 1:40 PM
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COMSUBBBS
Posts: 6180
Location: Summerville, SC | Subject: RE: California brush fires
He posted a couple of times today on Facebook.
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 539
Location: Palm Bay, Florida | Subject: RE: California brush fires
Tim lives a few miles NE of Sacramento. He's in one of the "Diesel Boats Forever" Facebook groups. |
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Plankowner
Posts: 9163
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: California brush fires
Patti just heard from Tim. He's OK but says a few boat sailors have been evacuated from some areas. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 561
| Subject: RE: California brush fires
Checking in.
Thanks for all the concern. I do live between Sacramento and Folsom in an area I don't think would suffer the types of wild fires now going on.
I was gone most of today as on Tuesdays I volunteer in the Homeless Veterans Clinic at the Mather VA Hospital. We did have one young veteran come in today looking for help as his home was destroyed yesterday in one of the fires on the east side of the valley. He has a wife and two very young children. When I left they were trying to find him some emergency housing for tonight and a get him hooked up with other assistance. He had a look of defeat on his face and said the only clothes he had left was what he had on. He will be taken care of.
There are a couple of members of our local USSVI Base who live in the area of the fires on the east side of the state. They have notified us that they were evacuated but don't know how their homes have fared. As you can imagine communication is difficult and confusion is a by product of this.
I have a number of friends in the wine country where has been a lot of destruction. They had to evacuate the Kaiser Hospital over there. The news showed pictures of that fire and the flames were going sideways due to some very strong winds that also was blowing burning embers fast and furious. Sort of like a huge blow torch. The fire spread faster than some of the people could evacuate. One story said a 100 year old man and his 99 year old wife were overtaken and died.
Please keep them in your prayers as most of the fires had zero containment today due to the wind and it is supposed to blow again tomorrow.
T.Spoon
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Plankowner
Posts: 9163
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: RE: California brush fires
Thanks Tim. Glad you're safe. |
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