Southern California Giant Schnauzer Rescue, Inc. - I'm Glad To Say We're Now Safe . . .

Friday, 26 October 2007

I'm Glad To Say We're Now Safe . . .

Thursday:

I'm glad to say that we're now safe from any fire danger from the current fires burning across the state. We may expire from smoke inhalation -- all the schools were on "inside activities only" alert. We have health alerts here when the air quality is not good. Today was a Stage I, the highest for bad air quality. You can walk outside and look up to figure that out. No matter what direction you look it's smoke and haze.

I used to think that living in the desert some where meant you were going to hell. It was pre-Hell and you were getting your practice for it. Now I know the truth. . . livng in LA means your going to hell. These fires are our preview of it. When you are surrounded by orange and heat, you know that isn't normal. It's hard to imagine the horrible beauty of fire. The terror overrides your ability to appreciate the beauty -- and the destruction it leaves is all you remember. Charred remains of entire houses make you realize that someones' life has been forever altered.

The reward for information on the arson(s) has been upped another $100,000.00 dollars. Some of the fires were truly accidental, but some were arson. The feeling that someone purposely did this is awful. I can't imagine how anyone could do this to others -- innocent people they don't even know. If they catch the arsonist, they get charged with murder among other things -- if someone dies as a result of the fire. Nothing they do will be enough to punish someone like that.

The many selfless acts of kindness by strangers gives us hope. The heroic efforts of all gives us hope. The response of others to help those affected gives us hope. We all need hope, it keeps us going when nothing else can. In the next few days they will have all these fires contained. Hopefully they will be out in a weeks' time. There is a sense of relief in the air, along with the smoke. I doubt there are adequate words to describe how thankful we all are for the firefighters and pilots who worked endlessly to save homes and get the fires contained.

Marshmallow and hotdog prices are also returning to normal. Gas prices are again the highest thing around.

It's good to be back to the status quo.

POSTED BY: Rachel Morgan AT 01:29 am | Permalink | E-mail this

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