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On Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:46:10 +0000, PatM wrote:

> On Oct 21, 4:42 pm, Daniel Mahoney <d... DeleteThis @catfolks.net> wrote:
>> [quoted text muted]
>
> Our fires are over for the year here, thank God, but we're still
> dealing with the aftermath. I know what you're going through on
> this. Prayers that you get some rain, that the fires are controled
> before they threaten your mom's house. Prayers for your mom too, with
> the tumor that's been discovered, and for the whirlwind of things
> going on around you and Nancy with health and work. Let us know what
> the surgeon says on tuesday.
>
> PatM

Thanks, I will.

I can't understand what kind of mental imbalance would cause a person to
start a fire in windy conditions. Last night another fire broke out in San
Bernardino; this one was on Little Mountain in the northwest part of town.
The fire department immediately evacuated 40 families whose homes were
threatened.

It's still about 3 miles from mom's place and 4 or 5 from Pat's place.
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> Many fires burning now in southern California. In the Palmdale fire, one
> civilian has been killed and three firefighters have been badly injured.
> Interstate 15 is closed though Cajon Pass (just northwest of my mom and
> brother), and another fire is burning near Cal State San Bernardino,
> moving south (towards mom's house). Electrical power is out in north San
> Bernardino.

Mom's neighborhood is now under voluntary evacuation. We're keeping
fingers and paws crossed that it doesn't become mandatory evac.
Meanwhile she's getting stuff packed up in her van so she'll be ready to
bug out to my brother's place if the mandatory order is issued.
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I am saying a prayer for them right now Daniel. I hope everyone will be ok

"Daniel Mahoney" <dan.DeleteThis@catfolks.net> wrote in message
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>> Many fires burning now in southern California. In the Palmdale fire, one
>> civilian has been killed and three firefighters have been badly injured.
>> Interstate 15 is closed though Cajon Pass (just northwest of my mom and
>> brother), and another fire is burning near Cal State San Bernardino,
>> moving south (towards mom's house). Electrical power is out in north San
>> Bernardino.
>
> Mom's neighborhood is now under voluntary evacuation. We're keeping
> fingers and paws crossed that it doesn't become mandatory evac.
> Meanwhile she's getting stuff packed up in her van so she'll be ready to
> bug out to my brother's place if the mandatory order is issued.
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On Oct 21, 3:42 pm, Daniel Mahoney <d... RemoveThis @catfolks.net> wrote:
> Man, so many unrelated things to ask for purrs about..

> Mom went in for a ultrasound on the tumor found on her ovary. >

Many, many, many purrs that your mother's tumor is benign...my sister
had an ovarian cyst removed last Tuesday that was the size of a small
watermelon! (Sister says "I just thought I was getting REALLY fat...")
She got the news yesterday that it tested non-cancerous. Whew!

> Many fires burning now in southern California.

I thought about your move away from this area and wondered how the
family still here were doing. It is predicted that the devil-winds
will subside this evening, making the fires more easily
controlled....I certainly hope so!

> Nancy is dealing with a work situation that is turning bad.
....I've been pretty much immobile for the last couple weeks
after screwing up my knee. >

Job and healing purrs for you and Nancy. Marietta is revving up her
motor!

Gennie in, cough-cough, So Cal.
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Jack Campin - bogus address <bogus.DeleteThis@purr.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> > I can't understand what kind of mental imbalance would cause
> > a person to start a fire in windy conditions.

> No mental imbalance at all, just plain old all-American business
> sense. Most of the major fires in Greece in recent years were
> started by property developers wanting inconvenient forests out
> of the way of their plans.

I asked this very question at work today in the lunchroom, and the
answer I got was, "The same kind of people who fly planes into buildings."

Well, maybe. But if it is terrorism, the terrorists are being awfully
quiet about it. Economic damage and loss-of-life notwithstanding, if
people don't know it's a terrorist act, they (other than those in the
direct line of fire) are not going to feel *terror*, and isn't that the
point? I was terrorized by 9/11 and I'm 3000 miles from ground zero.
But, although I'm disturbed by these fires, and concerned for people
and animals, I certainly don't feel *fear*, for myself. So no, I don't
think terrorism has anything to do with this.

I always thought these late summer/early fall fires in California were
started by morons throwing lit cigarette butts out car windows and so
forth.

Joyce
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> I always thought these late summer/early fall fires in California were
> started by morons throwing lit cigarette butts out car windows and so
> forth.
>
> Joyce

Unfortunately in the last few years investigators have found evidence
that a lot of the larger fires have been arson-caused. Evidence suggests
that 3 of the 4 fires now endangering my mom and brother were started
intentionally.

Law enforcement officials have also been going through neighborhoods
under mandatory evacuation orders, 15 to 30 minutes after the property
owners have evacuated, and caught looters going though the evacuated
houses. Sick, sick, sick people.
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Daniel Mahoney <dan DeleteThis @catfolks.net> wrote:

> Law enforcement officials have also been going through neighborhoods
> under mandatory evacuation orders, 15 to 30 minutes after the property
> owners have evacuated, and caught looters going though the evacuated
> houses. Sick, sick, sick people.

Then you wonder why people in endangered areas (whether fire or flood
or some other potential disaster) won't leave??

Joyce
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> Many, many, many purrs that your mother's tumor is benign...my sister
> had an ovarian cyst removed last Tuesday that was the size of a small
> watermelon! (Sister says "I just thought I was getting REALLY fat...")
> She got the news yesterday that it tested non-cancerous. Whew!

Thanks, I'll pass that along to her. She goes in for surgery Monday.

> I thought about your move away from this area and wondered how the
> family still here were doing. It is predicted that the devil-winds
> will subside this evening, making the fires more easily
> controlled....I certainly hope so!

I'm sure hoping so. Turns out the voluntary evacuation was due to smoke
and ash, not fire danger. So we're just hoping it remains that way.

> ...I've been pretty much immobile for the last couple weeks
> after screwing up my knee.

Ouch! I can appreciate that. Fortunately my knee is feeling a lot better
today than it has for the last two weeks. I go in for an MRI on
Thursday, then I see the surgeon again the first week in November.

> Job and healing purrs for you and Nancy. Marietta is revving up her
> motor!
>
> Gennie in, cough-cough, So Cal.

I hope your in a safe area.
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> I can't understand what kind of mental imbalance would cause
> a person to start a fire in windy conditions.

No mental imbalance at all, just plain old all-American business
sense. Most of the major fires in Greece in recent years were
started by property developers wanting inconvenient forests out
of the way of their plans.

They will presumably argue that reafforestation would risk a
recurrence so they should get the chance to concrete over as
much of the burnt areas as they can buy up

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Daniel Mahoney wrote:

> Man, so many unrelated things to ask for purrs about..
>
> Mom went in for a ultrasound on the tumor found on her ovary. It was
> found to be the size of a grapefruit. She sees the surgeon Tuesday. We
> could use purrs that this can be taken care of quickly and completely.
> After breast cancer twice, cancer on her spine, and cancer in one of her
> leg bones, she doesn't need this.
>
> Many fires burning now in southern California. In the Palmdale fire, one
> civilian has been killed and three firefighters have been badly injured.
> Interstate 15 is closed though Cajon Pass (just northwest of my mom and
> brother), and another fire is burning near Cal State San Bernardino,
> moving south (towards mom's house). Electrical power is out in north San
> Bernardino.
>
> Nancy is dealing with a work situation that is turning bad. New
> management is not supportive of the on-line part of the business (Nancy
> is the Web Coordinator) and is talking about taking a lot of web
> business away. It's looking like she's going to need to look for another
> job, and we're hoping it might be closer to home than her current job
> (60 miles commute each way).
>
> And finally, I've been pretty much immobile for the last couple weeks
> after screwing up my knee. My GP things I've torn a cartilege in my
> knee; I see the ortho surgeon Monday afternoon, and I'm hoping he's
> going to be able to restore my mobility quickly.


Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek
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Daniel Mahoney wrote:

> Mom's neighborhood is now under voluntary evacuation. We're keeping
> fingers and paws crossed that it doesn't become mandatory evac.
> Meanwhile she's getting stuff packed up in her van so she'll be ready to
> bug out to my brother's place if the mandatory order is issued.


Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes,
POlonca and Soncek
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