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She lives only a few miles from Whatsisname, the Father of My Children. As of Thursday, he said the fire was 15 miles south of them and a "spot" north of them. Their power was going to be off again starting Friday. Today I read that there's mandatory evacuation in part of their county. Question is, which part?
 

Thank you for that update GeorgiaXplant. I've been worried about Mrs. R.

I was also worried about my daughter in Santa Monica with the Los Angeles Getty fire. I wasn't worried (yet) about the flames reaching her but she was inhaling smoke this morning and the lack of power threat is so hard to hear when you fear losing alerts and communication with family.

She has no friends yet as she's only lived there a few months. Also no car (rides her bike and occasionally uses Uber and Lyft). It was dark and businesses were closed so she couldn't even call for a rental car. She was alone in her apartment. The window broke as she tried to shut out the smoke.

I knew LA would be a traffic jam of epic proportions if they all had the same plan that we had to evacuate early so we wanted to exit asap before rush hour. They had already shut down the 405 to one lane.

Well she found a rental car, headed south, and got an Airbnb at her destination...so all is well now. Winds are suppose to pick up in a couple of days so we're waiting to see what happens with the fire spreading...or not.
 
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Lara said:
Thank you for that update GeorgiaXplant. I've been worried about Mrs. R.

I was also worried about my daughter in Santa Monica with the LA Getty fire. I wasn't worried (yet) about the flames reaching her but she was inhaling smoke this morning and the lack of power threat is so hard to hear when you fear losing alerts and communication with family.

She has no friends yet as she's only lived there a few months. Also no car (rides her bike and occasionally uses Uber and Lyft). It was dark and businesses were closed so she couldn't even call for a rental car. She was alone in her apartment. The window broke as she tried to shut out the smoke.

I knew LA would be a traffic jam of epic proportions if they all had the same plan that we had to evacuate early so we wanted to exit asap before rush hour. They had already shut down the 405 to one lane.

Well she found a rental car, headed south, and got an Airbnb at her destination...so all is well now. Winds are suppose to pick up in a couple of days so we're waiting to see what happens with the fire spreading...or not.
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@Lara, thanks goodness she's safe at this point.
 
I’m ok except my husband and I realized we don’t have bad colds, we are getting sick from breathing in the air from the fires. None are close to us but the smoke is coming from different directions and settles here in the foothills of the mountains. My son drove by the Getty yesterday and saw a lot of smoke and a few flames pretty close to it. My kids in LA are having smoke problems but so far haven’t had to evacuate.

Any of us might lose our electric power about anytime. The gas stations need electric to run their pumps. We have a hand crank radio to use in emergencies.

They are advising babies and seniors and anyone with breathing problems to stay indoors if they can.
 
Lara said:
Thank you for that update GeorgiaXplant. I've been worried about Mrs. R.

I was also worried about my daughter in Santa Monica with the LA Getty fire. I wasn't worried (yet) about the flames reaching her but she was inhaling smoke this morning and the lack of power threat is so hard to hear when you fear losing alerts and communication with family.

She has no friends yet as she's only lived there a few months. Also no car (rides her bike and occasionally uses Uber and Lyft). It was dark and businesses were closed so she couldn't even call for a rental car. She was alone in her apartment. The window broke as she tried to shut out the smoke.

I knew LA would be a traffic jam of epic proportions if they all had the same plan that we had to evacuate early so we wanted to exit asap before rush hour. They had already shut down the 405 to one lane.
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''OMG the windows broke as she tried to shut out the smoke'':eek:..it never occurred to me that smoke could cause a window to break..!! I'm so relieved your daughter has got out safely Lara, but if the smoke was so dense and intense, I hope she goes and gets her lungs checked out, I fear she may have breathed in enough smoke to cause damage to her lungs ..!!..thank goodness you're all safe and out of harms way..🥰
 
Linda said:
I’m ok except my husband and I realized we don’t have bad colds, we are getting sick from breathing in the air from the fires. None are close to us but the smoke is coming from different directions and settles here in the foothills of the mountains. My son drove by the Getty yesterday and saw a lot of smoke and a few flames pretty close to it. My kids in LA are having smoke problems but so far haven’t had to evacuate.

Any of us might lose our electric power about anytime. The gas stations need electric to run their pumps. We have a hand crank radio to use in emergencies.

They are advising babies and seniors and anyone with breathing problems to stay indoors if they can.
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Linda... is there nowhere you can go to out of the county?.... I am worried about you, and the ''Kids'' ..!!..🥺
 
hollydolly said:
''OMG the windows broke as she tried to shut out the smoke'':eek:..it never occurred to me that smoke could cause a window to break..!!
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Oh holly, no, the smoke didn't break the window🤭. The apartment is old and has hand-cranks to open the window like open-book style. The crank broke so her window stayed open...but yes, she was breathing in a lot of smoke. Thank you for your concern.

Linda, I too am worried about you. Keep us updated.
 
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That reminds me holly, I need to call her to remind her to have the Landlord fix the window asap. All her stuff is going to smell of smoke. Will smoke kill her plants? She just bought two big ones.
 
I don't remember the details.

Some guy posted some years ago that there was a big wildfire in Colorado and after it went through his community, his house was the only one still standing. His house was built with non-combustible materials (blocks?) and his roof was steel or something. He had no trees or combustible landscaping near the house. He said most houses go on fire when hot embers fall on the roof.

Makes sense, but what about the inside, won't furniture etc get damaged from the heat and smoke of the fire nearby? I've always wondered about that.
 
PVC said:
I don't remember the details.

Some guy posted some years ago that there was a big wildfire in Colorado and after it went through his community, his house was the only one still standing. His house was built with non-combustible materials (blocks?) and his roof was steel or something. He had no trees or combustible landscaping near the house. He said most houses go on fire when hot embers fall on the roof.

Makes sense, but what about the inside, won't furniture etc get damaged from the heat and smoke of the fire nearby? I've always wondered about that.
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I would expect some smoke damage at least. I also wonder about the heat.
 
PVC said:
I don't remember the details.

Some guy posted some years ago that there was a big wildfire in Colorado and after it went through his community, his house was the only one still standing. His house was built with non-combustible materials (blocks?) and his roof was steel or something. He had no trees or combustible landscaping near the house. He said most houses go on fire when hot embers fall on the roof.

Makes sense, but what about the inside, won't furniture etc get damaged from the heat and smoke of the fire nearby? I've always wondered about that.
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My friend, who lives in Colorado, is not allowed to have any trees within 50 ft of his house for this very reason. As anyone who has ever burned a good size brush pile knows, embers can spark and there's always the dreaded "chimney"tree. My hub is a fire commissioner.
 
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