Thursday, November 02, 2006

Esperanza Fire


So the Esperanza fire is essentially under control, after "42,000 acres burned, $8.3 million in damages, 34 homes destroyed along with 20 other structures, livestock killed and tortured, and five firefighters dead from a fire engine crew caught by a surprise swirl of flames along Gorgonio View Road." One of the fire fighters was only 20, one 23. So tragic. These fires were about 45 minutes away from where we live... we pass through Banning and Beumont on our way to S.D and on our way to our temple in Redlands, so we go through there a lot. It is so scary that one lunatic (possibly) could cause so much damage.

1 comment:

Jlowryjr said...

That's why California is such a hideously dangerous place! What with Earthquakes and Arsonists and Oppressive Taxation.
Its not too late to move to Florida, "Where nothing bad ever happens."

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