Bone dry brush, hot & furious Santa Ana Winds reaching up to 100 MPH and Arsonists, seem to be the “Perfect Storm” for raging blazes in California, year after year after year! More than 1500 homes have burned to an ash; 8500 more are still an immediate threat; mandatory evacuations are in force, hundreds of thousands of acres have been destroyed; MANY people have been left homeless and have to seek churches, schools, stadiums, The American Red Cross and other sources for shelter, food and clothing (at the very least).
What’s really disturbing, is witnessing nonchalant people carelessly flickering cigarettes out of their car windows, as if they are clueless to what is going on around us! There should be a law for such stupidity! Supposedly, the authorities have caught one or two arson suspects. However, they are not yet sure if these men are linked to the 15 wild fires that caused such a horrible mess. A $70,000 reward is being offered for information resulting in an arrest for this case.
Rumor has it that Hurricane Katrina victims (who are still suffering from their massive destruction ’til this day) are not very happy with how quickly the Government responded to the fires in California; yet, when the levies broke, they did not receive the same treatment. The response was slow and delayed, far too many lives were claimed, an abundance amount of people had to do without ANY support (no food, no shelter, no clothing, no supplies, no way out and no idea when help would come to rescue them). According to the Officials, “Unlike many of the poor neighborhoods flooded by Hurricane Katrina, some of California’s hardest-hit areas were filled with upscale homes, with easy access and wide streets. Authorities used reverse 911 calls to warn residents to get out.” We can absolutely understand the frustration and outrage of the Hurricane Katrina victims and can only imagine what they are still going through. When putting yourselves in their situation, how well does this scenario sit with you?
Despite the many counties that have been affected, the crops that have been damaged, the 500,000 people who were evacuated, etc., we have a LOT to be thankful for: Under the circumstances, we should be thankful that very few people were injured and not many lives were claimed; We should be thankful that we are pulling together to support one another, as we should in any disastrous situation ~ a great example of UNITY; We should be thankful for the Fire Fighters who take their jobs seriously and work relentlessly around the clock for our safety; We should be thankful for receiving immediate attention and for being assisted by herds of people who care and this is a time to remember that we should never take for granted, the things and the people that can so easily be taken away from us, at any given moment and change our lives forever.
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Here is some additional footage from CNN and Fox News covering the wild fires:
CNN Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzIboywhgU
Fox 6 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbRgAVIzVg
