Glad you're OK. We had some issues with volunteer firefighters starting fires. Sometimes I wonder if the pyros are actually attracted to the volunteer depts.
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: > Many thanks to all for the thoughts, wishes, and prayers. > > We had the official all clear around 9:00 AM Thursday. The fire's not > out, just sufficiently contained where it's not running unbounded, > posing a threat to property. > > The closest it got was about a mile from us as it was cresting a > ridge. It was pretty much stopped there by fire lines and retardant. > At that point it was, I'm guessing within 25 - 50 yards of homes. > > That's the first time we've had a credible threat in 12 years. > > Many people have asked us how we could live out of town and doesn't > that scare us. My answer has always been that I'm not really scared of > nature or even of wild animals. What I fear more is potentially the > most dangerous animal on the planet, man. The fact that this fire was > started by the deliberate act of an 18 year old nincompoop, bears that > out. > > Thanks again to all. > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
