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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 01:23 PM Original message |
Couple survives fire by sitting in pool for 3 hours, watches home burn down |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. My sister put everything she wanted to save in the pool |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. and they watched all their shit burn that they had carefully packed in their car |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. It says all their escape routes were already on fire. |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Should have drove the car into the pool. nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. The other article indicates they couldn't get the garage door open |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. That's weird, all garage doors have to be able to be opened manually. |
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fed-up (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. read the articles-their neighbors died-"There's no way they could have seen it coming," |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:16 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. I don't understand why they didn't evacuate knowing the danger of the access roads. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I think most who've never witnessed a fire like that have NO concept... |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. oh my God... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Note that the fire was started by a downed power line. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Supposedly they are going to put all utilities underground, but |
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FreeState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:03 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. We keep hearing that as well |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. It's partly SBC's fault (now AT&T) |
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marions ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
9. OMG.... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. An unlucky couple in Descanso had their house burn down in the Cedar Fire of |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
14. Amazing |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:07 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I'm surprised they didn't suffer from hypothermia. Their pool must still be relatively |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Better to shiver than to Barbie |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-01-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I just checked my pool water (higher elevation in Phoenix desert) and it's 66. |
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