Nearby Wildfire Brings Out Good People

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Another wildfire was ignited by lightning yesterday afternoon, burned and spread throughout the night. It is about 12 miles from me as the crow flies. Latest estimates say it is 700 acres and 0% contained. Evacuations are ongoing in that area, which is mostly ranches and farms. I am amazed at the people who have posted that they have barns and corrals available, with trailers hooked up and ready to go to move animals, etc., and will help relocate livestock if anybody needs it. There are still some good people in this world.

There is plenty of vegetation between here and there; I am keeping a close watch on this. If it gets this far, lots of people will be affected. Orchards aplenty here, apples, peaches, cherries and right now is harvest time for cherries and peaches. It would be a huge loss.
 

I hope you and yours will stay safe and the fire doesn't come any closer to you! It's amazing and wonderful how adversity brings out the good in people (or perhaps brings out the good people). We always see stories about people, neighbors and strangers who rise to the occasion and help others when a catastrophe hits. Why can't we as human beings behave like that all the time?
 

OneEyedDiva said:
I hope you and yours will stay safe and the fire doesn't come any closer to you! It's amazing and wonderful how adversity brings out the good in people (or perhaps brings out the good people). We always see stories about people, neighbors and strangers who rise to the occasion and help others when a catastrophe hits. Why can't we as human beings behave like that all the time?
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I think it does Diva, just in smaller ways like: a teenager helping a senior load their groceries into their car, a small town (like near me) who sets up a community "Give Away" cabinet and people put diapers/formula, canned and boxed goods, etc in it for others to take as needed. I see people helping people in those small ways nearly every time I am out. It's just the big catastrophes that are news worthy. There will always be the other side too, History sure proves that.
 
Teacher Terry said:
OP, are you in California? I know they’ve got a few really bad fires there.
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.. and an abnormally large number of lightening strikes in the northern part of the state from what I'm hearing.

I used to think living in suburbia with our grids of asphalt and concrete would prevent wild fire here. But after the L.A. fires that is obviously not true.
 
There was a fire that almost surrounded the home of some friends of ours (it started in a shed on their neighbor's property); luckily they got it out in time. And until they got most of them put out, there were 6 fires going in or around a nearby town (the county seat); I'm starting to wonder, since they were all kind of close to each other, if some nut was running around setting them; that happened near here back in the late 90s, maybe early 2000s.
 
MarkD said:
.. and an abnormally large number of lightening strikes in the northern part of the state from what I'm hearing.

I used to think living in suburbia with our grids of asphalt and concrete would prevent wild fire here. But after the L.A. fires that is obviously not true.
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There’s a big fire in Santa Barbara and another big one not that far from there. We had three little brush fires out by cold Springs, which is a rural community in 30 hours. They are wondering if some nut job is setting those.
 
There are plenty of good people in the world. They are usually quiet in the backround and come forward when needed.
 

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