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23-Oct-2007, 09:24 PM #31
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Had to blow the cobwebs off of it did ya??
Well at least you got the "blow" part right!
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23-Oct-2007, 09:36 PM #32
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Well at least you got the "blow" part right!
...........and on that note............... goodnight
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23-Oct-2007, 09:37 PM #33
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About a million people have been evacuated from there homes in Southern California. Think about that--one million people.

It is insane.... Thats why I am hesitant to feel safe. If it can burn to Del Mar, it can burn form the east side of Chula Vista to the west.
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23-Oct-2007, 09:47 PM #34
WOW.............I'd have been down on my knees at that point........... Do you realize how lucky you and your family are

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23-Oct-2007, 10:10 PM #35
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We are fine--firefighters did an outstanding job saving our house. If you want to see some amazing video watch this:

http://video.knbc.com/player/?id=170541

The local NBC affiliate filmed this entirely from our backyard. Its pretty amazing--they interview us at the end. Make sure you watch it all the way through because they (the news crew) think the firefighters had fought off the fires, but it comes up again later in the video (about 12:20 to 10:45 counting down is the segment that is most amazing) and puts a firefighter on his butt. We were watching from inside the house. Once that happens you can kind of FF to the end (1:40 left) where they interview us. All this was going on in our back yard and was broadcast live--they actually broadcast from there for a few hours. I have video from earlier that shows the prgression of the fire from the ridges across from our house earlier in the day.

That low quality film does not do justice to the intensity of that fire. I have to tell you I saw several huge firewalls come up and thought there was no F-ing way the firefighters would hold that fire back. But I guess they knew they had a very defensible position. I'll post some before and after pictures for you guys later.
Just caught this

Glad you are ok for the time being are ok Chris.

and hope this spares your family.

My son is a firefighter so this kind of stuff hits home

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23-Oct-2007, 10:17 PM #36
Chris, I'm so glad you and your family are OK. It's amazing that you still have your place, considering everything.

The sheer magnitude of this unfolding tragedy is unimaginable, this will overshadow Katrina by a very large factor before it is all over. The human cost here is just beyond my imagination.

My heart goes out to all those affected by this.
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23-Oct-2007, 10:35 PM #37
I just watched the video and it's amazing and incredible to see that. Chris, I'm so glad you and your family are fine and your house was saved.
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23-Oct-2007, 11:38 PM #38
The only thing I can say is to, bad the fire didn't take out the white steel fence. Tacky tacky fence.
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24-Oct-2007, 12:12 AM #39
Chris glad to know you guys are safe.
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24-Oct-2007, 03:30 PM #41
I just watched the video, Chris. I'm pleased to see and hear all is well.

One question: With the intensity and proximity of the conflageration, was there any smoke damage to the house's interior?
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The only thing I can say is to, bad the fire didn't take out the white steel fence. Tacky tacky fence.
I agree; the lawn furniture is pretty cheesy too!
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24-Oct-2007, 05:12 PM #43
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I just watched the video, Chris. I'm pleased to see and hear all is well.

One question: With the intensity and proximity of the conflageration, was there any smoke damage to the house's interior?
There is no damage that I am aware of at this point. It was pretty smoky but we kept windows and doors closed. From my understanding, you need a fairly heavy saturation of smoke and soot to cause permanent smoke damage. Obviously, the entire area smells of smoke as does the interior of the house. If there was damage, I won't be able to tell until after the smoke clears, so to speak!
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I agree; the lawn furniture is pretty cheesy too!
Well in our defense, the lawn furniture you saw was just the skeletons--the padding was all removed and taken into the garage as were the unbrellas and anything else that would burn. So, as such, had moonmist been in the yard, she would have to have been removed as she is too hot and com-bust-able!!!
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