So Cal Racers?

[MGallagher]

Are you guys OK out there with all those fires in Southern California?

[Brew56]

I've heard Ernie Dawe & crew are fine. One new racer had to evacuate but everyone is ok.

[Dick Tyndall]

Fires.............

I'll bet Darren G. is glad that he moved up the coast! Hope everyone out there stays safe and the fires can be controlled by the brave and tireless firefighters. Most of us don't realize what these men and women go through until something like this happens. Don't forget these people in your area when it comes time to donate a few dollars. They just might get to YOUR HOUSE a little bit quicker if the time comes when YOU might need them...........

[Ron Hill]

Well, We Couldn't Test...

Sunday night we got home from The Blue Water Resort and Casino 300 Enduro and the mountains behind my CONDO were on fire...)Big mothe flames)...Chad, Corey and I went to dinner at a local Italian restaurant, and the place smelled like smoke. I did asked the waiter where the fire escape was and he didn't know...I said, "Bring more wine..."

On Tuesday, Lake Irvine is closed to fishing and we've actually been getting some pretty good testing in...If you saw the news, they said, "Santiago Canyon Road was closed." Well, that is the road that goes to Lake Irvine....

Crazy, but you sometimes wonder if all of Southern California could burn, forget earth quakes...

Talked to Ernie Dawe, today, he said smoke was just getting to Indio...

Hell, were were taking the engine off our Parker boat, looked like snow, eyes have crust on them....but what's new, this is California, Land of fruits and nuts...Darren got smart, he moved!!!!

[Brett L. Pruett]

GOOD equipment

.....ters. Most of us don't realize what these men and women go through until something like this happens. Don't forget these people in your area when it comes time to donate a few dollars. They just might get to YOUR HOUSE a little bit quicker if the time comes when YOU might need them...........

I know that it was in jest, but we know a donation will not quicken a response time to your house. I've seen the same firelighters bust their butts to save a cottage or the multi million-dollar business, It doesn't matter to them.
I watch as 6 pieces of equipment manned by crews from 3 different stations rotate shifts in 15-degree weather with 20-MPH winds, fight a fire at my house for 8 hours, & only wound up saving our 270 sq. ft. bedroom. Afterwards, many members of the crews came up and apologized to my wife & me, (for doing the best that I feel they could have done). It just didn't seem right to me, I don't think that there was anything more that they could have done. We found out that an electrical fire started in the basement & just had too big of a head start on the crews.
Not that there was any major problem fighting the fire at our house, but after watching something like that happens you become a little more educated about their situations, and while at the next Fireman's open house, I found out that our city had what they called "the spare truck", one that they didn't like to use, but it was there if they needed it. I was told that it usually needed some sort of repair after it went out on a run. Again, nothing that I considered major, a broken fitting, a leak in the pump gasket, a gage that quit, a valve that hung up ect.
I also remember there being millage that had been rejected by the voters a couple of times, & after our situation I went from an "on the fence" voter to a strong supporter for the couple of mills it took to get the people that poured their hearts into a volunteer job, that new piece of equipment that they felt that they needed to do a better job.
When the time comes, what those brave people need is GOOD equipment! They are putting their life & limb on the line, to save us & our monetary goods. They are so willing to take the chance with what they have, but think about it, the good stuff is a major bonus for all of us.
YOU WANT GOOD EQUIPMENT,,,,,, THEY NEED GOOD EQUIPMENT, AND FOR A COUPLE OF PENNYS A DAY WE CAN GIVE IT TO THEM.
Remember the people that help us in our time of desperate need this election.
PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT


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Thought for the day
Calling an illegal alien an "undocu.mented immigrant"
is like calling a drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist"
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