FIRESTORM 2007/ Mudslide 2008?

[Kala]

I just got off the phone with Stephie... We realized that there's a fire in Foothill Ranch  ^7
Anyone know if Dan & Cathy are OK?

I have a truck and a 20' car hauler if anyone local needs help moving. Call me 805-231-8333

[Kala]

I just got an e mail from JonB...

Dave Cawthorne,  Dan & Cathy have stored their cars, and have evacuated their homes.

I'm so glad to hear they are all OK.

[NK BREKR]

Wow!  Thanks for the update Kala, glad to hear they are okay.  Yesterday during the 10 o'clock news I heard that the fire was around Foothill Ranch and they immediately came to mind. 

[Kala]

Hey Art

Its so surreal watching the news... Talking to Stephie, we both got it about the same time that Dan & Cathy were near the fire. KCAL then scrolled the streets at the bottom, the Prez's street was one of them... Stephie tried to call and didn't get thru...

Some how "Live From Washington State" JonB knew the score!  ^1 

Even when we didn't know S**t here...  ^8

I hope everyone makes it thru this unscathed. We've had to evacuate a bunch of times... I feel bad for those evacuating right now....

[PCH VIPER]

I talked to Cathy yesterday morning and they were in the process of moving out the vipers and valuables.....Haven't heard from them since.

I also talked to OGO early yesterday and he had already been evacuated out....his cell phone was out of battery and I haven't talk to him since.

I talked to Race Yellow Richard in Fallbrook yesterday afternoon and he was in process of moving out his cars as his area was under voluntary evacuation.


NOT GOOD 

We are all crossing our fingers for EVERYONE affected.

[Kala]

Thanks for the report Lance. Hopefully you will hear today that all are OK. Please let us know when you know.

A fire just started somewhere in Rancho Cucamonga. Do we have any members there?

[ViperX]

Hey Gang,

We're just getting "back in the saddle".  Cathy is re-connecting her computer as I write this.

Had to evacuate the house.  Took the computers, records, jewelry, photos and some other collectibles.  Filled the back of my truck and our car's trunks.  Fire came down the hillside behind out neighbors house.  Real hot, real fast.  Embers and ash everywhere in 40 to 60 mph winds.  Nasty.

We'll post some photos later.

Stored the 3 Vipers at Greg Killingsworth's commercial building along with Greg's ACR.  Thanks to Greg for the assist.  Greg is not out of the woods yet so to speak as the fire is going his direction.  He spent last night on his boat  We hope he is a lucky as we were.

At our house we were surrounded by fire and the smoke made breathing difficult.  One queen palm caught an ember and burned a bit.  We were a bit concerned as we have 17 big queen palms around the house.  Small sections of our wooden fences on each side of the house caught fire and we lost a storage shed.  All fires were extenguished and our house is a bit messy and smoky smelling with ash everywhere, but still standing.
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Thanks for the help and concern.

We should be back working again later today.

Looking forward to Hearst Castle.

Dan

PS  Hope Dave Cawthorne and Paul Hawker are OK as they both have homes in Rancho Bernardo.

[Kala]

Great to hear from you Dan!

Hopefully Dave, Paul & Greg come out of this as you guys did! Images on TV looked really bad in your hood.

[Vypr Phil]

Hi Dan & Cathy,

Glad to hear that you are allright and got away with minimum damage.

I called Lance yesterday evening and he told me you talked to him earlier in the day.

We were all very concerned about you.

I have seven other friends across SoCal who also evacuated their houses, from Malibu to Castaiac.

Does anybody have an update on Dave Cawthorne and Richard?

Phil

[NK BREKR]

Hey Mr. President,

Happy to hear your family is in good spirits.  Let's keep all of the folks affected by the fires in our thoughts and prayers.

[PCH VIPER]

I talked to OGO this morning....he and his family are safe.....but worried about their home.  He was going to try and make it back into R.B. this afternoon to check it out. When they left yesterday morning, houses a few blocks away were on fire.  

I talked to George Dauphine today, ( he is in Poway)....His home was thankfully ok, but the fire was right there and went on by.

I just talked to Richard....He and Charlene are at Paul and Pam's house in Vista.  They are just waiting it out and crossing their fingers.

[admin]

We thought you might like to see a few of the pictures we took yesterday during our evacuation.  These pictures were taken from our balcony, and garage/driveway.

This firestorm has hit many Viper Members – Greg Killingsworth lives in Modjeska Canyon.  Dave Cawthorne and Paul Hawker both live in the Rancho Bernardo area. 
Race Yellow Richard lives in Fallbrook.  I'm sure there are others I am unaware of. 

We're keeping our fingers crossed for you and your families.

Keep us posted friends,

CathyE

[admin]

These pictures are after we're evacuated, our house is on the hill with/behind the palm trees.

[admin]

We've now got all the Vipers and less important vehicles in a "safe zone" a mile away.

[admin]

Late afternoon we're allowed back into the neighborhood on foot - 1-mile hike, uphill. 

The terrain and our view for some time has definitely changed.