re: #130 darthstar

I loved the Electric Company. And I am a damn kid…in my mid forties.

Hey… fireman… give me your opinion… so, they are saying the fire is 50 percent contained… yet 1) From here, 3/4 mile from the top of the mountain where it was, I see nor smell ANY smoke. 2) I just took a car ride around my circle… at the top, there are about 3 fire/rescue trucks. 2-3 sheriffs cars, some ATV’s and misc vehicles… no smoke on the top, no smoke coming from over the top off the back side. 3) I ask sheriff deputy what’s up, he says he just came on shift, hasn’t been briefed yet (? on shift, doesn’t know what’s going on). 4) TV station says county turned off all electric up here… we’ve had electric all afternoon… 5) TV says 340 homes evacuated… most people are home… 6) TV and other sources saying there are staging areas for animals, horses etc. down hill in the country… hell, they were 5 horses grazing with in 100 feet of where the brush was burning this morning…

It’s almost like there is nothing going on anymore yet someone is trying to milk this for all it’s worth… local fire district lost a vote last week to purchase 2 new fire trucks… I wonder how much politics are going on today… I’m not saying there wasn’t a possible dangerous situation here, but I see more politics and posturing going on since the REAL problem was contained.