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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHad to evacuate my home this morning. Big industrial fire down the street.
Currently chilling at my sisters place a safe distance away. Firefighters are still at the scene.
Anyone else having an exciting weekend?
Ocelot II
(115,676 posts)Aristus
(66,316 posts)Just got home. The evacuation order was lifted about an hour ago.
We're all fine. Thanks!
Ocelot II
(115,676 posts)Lulu Latech
(29,098 posts)Makes you wonder what the heck is being stored close to home. I remember freaking out when I heard there was a nuclear reactor at the UW. (Long gone now). The toxic cloud by you is awful and has gone on now all day. Stay Safe.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Home with all the doors and windows closed...
Mme. Defarge
(8,027 posts)mon ami. Quite literally. Please keep checking in with your DU family.!
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Home and chilling with a much-needed tumbler of bourbon...
Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mme Defarge...
Mme. Defarge
(8,027 posts)Stay well and safe. 😎
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Phentex
(16,334 posts)just such a scary thought!
niyad
(113,265 posts)Aristus
(66,316 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)We've been evacuated twice, in '15 and '17. My grandson was evacuated a few weeks ago, and my brother is currently evacuated, but should be home soon. All for wildland fires in Northern California. I hope all goes well for you as it eventually did for us. It is a feeling like no other.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)So this one was better than a lot of unfortunate people in California experienced. I'll be thankful if it doesn't happen again.
But I live on the Puyallup River floodplain, so who knows?
Mme. Defarge
(8,027 posts)is that I have earthquake insurance, which is no longer an option for those without it.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Good thing, too. The last couple of winters, the Puyallup River has come close to breaching. I'm a quarter of a mile from the river, with several blocks of buildings acting as an effective barrier, but still...
Mme. Defarge
(8,027 posts)Im hoping my insurance policy remains a peace of mind benefit and that Ill be long gone if, or when, The Big One hits.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)I'm hoping it won't be until many years after I and my loved ones are gone...
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)Both fire and water can kill, but there is usually some advance warning. Although in our first evacuation we were awakened at 7:00 am and told to leave immediately. The fire had started the day before but didn't appear to be threatening to where we were. It had advanced overnight. When the police are telling you to get out immediately, you don't have have time to investigate the danger factor. We were out of there in about ten minutes, and returned two days later.
Look around your house and think what you would grab in ten minutes. You find out what is important to you.
I think I would rather be flooded than burned. Many structures can be saved after flooding. Even if they can't, you can salvage some things. With a fire everything is gone.
Then the other excitement we have to deal with here is earthquakes. They have no warning at all. The next one could be 100 years from now, or start ten seconds from now. I've been through several signifigant ones, and came away without much if any damage. The TV media sensationalizes earthquake damage. Watch a few hours of news coverage and you will notice they are showing pictures of the same handful of damged structures over and over again. I don't want to minimize the damage from a big earthquake, but most structures survive with little to no damage if they were built to proper standards.
Then, I live about 15 miles from an "active" volcanoe. But that's not too bad since it last erupted about 60,000 years ago.
Aristus
(66,316 posts)Mrs. Aristus's jewelry, for example. We grabbed everything this morning and headed out.
The smoke plume from the fire was so huge, it looked as if a volcano had erupted, as one did in my own living memory (Mt. St. Helen in 1980.)
Mr.Bill
(24,282 posts)And if I leave the house for more than a few hours, I will take it with me. The only thing worse than getting evecuated for a fire is to have it happen when you're not home. I have two dogs that can't always go where ever I'm going, so we rely on neighbors for their safety. If we go somewhere for a few days, we have a relative house sit for us.
Laffy Kat
(16,377 posts)That is inconvenient and downright frightening.
LuckyCharms
(17,425 posts)Stay safe!