Wildfire evacuation

[GoldenChooks]

How many more animals are left at your house that need rescuing? Is that all of your chickens? I'm sorry I just got confused

 

[1muttsfan]

Yay for Henry and his Girls !!

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

Praise God, and all His mercy!

I am so happy and relieved for you Sunshine Flock!

 

[speckledhen]

That's great news Gary!

Sunshine, @speckledhen had a fire at her house, they lived in a trailer while the whole place was renovated. Maybe insurance covered it? I'm sure she will check in with more.

And Henry may have been out foraging with some of his girls.

Yes, insurance rented the 30' motor home for us to live in during the 4 month renovation.

 

[lcwmt]

There was a person in the Carr fire that did not evacuate when told to. They are now Dead.

People need to leave when they get an evacuation notice

Absolutely!
However, sometimes folks in crisis have agendas or considerations that those of us on the outside do not understand.
Not the same situation as the Carr Fire but one of my sisters was in New Orleans during Katrina. She had a "marginal" lifestyle, few resources and dogs that meant the world to her.
She chose not to evacuate when she could, because she could not take her dogs.
When she was airlifted out, her dogs were left behind.

She spent time in the horrible holding area and was then relocated to East Texas.
After some months, a volunteer organization found her dogs, and arranged for them to be reunited with her.

My sideways point is that those of us looking in do not always know why people choose as they do. It is hard and it is sad but we simply do not know.

Many of us on this forum are privileged in quite a few ways, even if we struggle economically or otherwise. We are reasonably educated, have internet access (and that implies all sorts of things that a lot of other people do not have!) and we are able to form relationships, even if they are on-line.

Mr. Rogers said his mama told him "Always look for the helpers.".
I will add, if you do not see a helper, be one.

 

[lcwmt]

Prepare yourselves for the most amazing Henry Conquers the World and Lives Yet Again news ever, folks.

He survived a horrendous coyote attack and kidnapping into the deep woods on BLM land.

And now he has survived a massive 110,000 acre firestorm that the awesomely fantastic firefighters worked tirelessly to keep on the other side of Placer Road, a barrage of fleeing wild animals looking for food, extreme heat and monstrous smoke and ash.

If you don't believe me, well, here he is. Look closely and you'll see a little Henry poking out from one of the hens!

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Yay and Hooray! Breed that bird! Raise his sons... He's a keeper.
and so are you. hugs.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

They said they got all eleven chickens, including Henry's mini me flock. That leaves our mostly outdoor cat Jasper, who's very smart and savvy and moves with the shadows of night. He has lots of food and water and is probably resting in the deep refrigeration under the deck.

They're taking the flock to a private property in Anderson, where they'll have their own secure coop and covered yard. It's amazing how this all came together. Cowboy 911 was contacted by someone on Twitter last night who saw my tweets. She's a volunteer firefighter in Igo and has been helping with animal rescue.

And someone else, a young student I think, created a #SavingHenry hashtag and did his own research and found a place for them to be sheltered in Anderson while we wait for the evacuation to lift and determine if our house is inhabitable because of smoke damage.

Just incredible. But boy am I exhausted.

 

[ronott1]

Absolutely!
However, sometimes folks in crisis have agendas or considerations that those of us on the outside do not understand.
Not the same situation as the Carr Fire but one of my sisters was in New Orleans during Katrina. She had a "marginal" lifestyle, few resources and dogs that meant the world to her.
She chose not to evacuate when she could, because she could not take her dogs.
When she was airlifted out, her dogs were left behind.

She spent time in the horrible holding area and was then relocated to East Texas.
After some months, a volunteer organization found her dogs, and arranged for them to be reunited with her.

My sideways point is that those of us looking in do not always know why people choose as they do. It is hard and it is sad but we simply do not know.

Many of us on this forum are privileged in quite a few ways, even if we struggle economically or otherwise. We are reasonably educated, have internet access (and that implies all sorts of things that a lot of other people do not have!) and we are able to form relationships, even if they are on-line.

Mr. Rogers said his mama told him "Always look for the helpers.".
I will add, if you do not see a helper, be one.

Very good points!

The elderly and invalids could not get away from the fire too.

The original post was about people that chose to ignore the evacuation notice and say. they have resources because they are helping with animal care now. That is very nice of them.

They did put themselves at risk though.

 

[lcwmt]

Very good points!

The elderly and invalids could not get away from the fire too.

The original post was about people that chose to ignore the evacuation notice and say. they have resources because they are helping with animal care now. That is very nice of them.

They did put themselves at risk though.

true that.
And when (we) make those choices and put ourselves at risk, the "helpers" are also put at risk, sometimes to their detriment. There's no automatic action.
I live in Montana. For the last 6-8 years much of the state has been under high fire alerts. We know a lot of people who fight fires here or in Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, California --- wherever the need/emergency is.
The firefighters are at high risk when civilians, for whatever reason, choose to not evacuate.

 

[chickisoup]

Absolutely!
However, sometimes folks in crisis have agendas or considerations that those of us on the outside do not understand.
Not the same situation as the Carr Fire but one of my sisters was in New Orleans during Katrina. She had a "marginal" lifestyle, few resources and dogs that meant the world to her.
She chose not to evacuate when she could, because she could not take her dogs.
When she was airlifted out, her dogs were left behind.

She spent time in the horrible holding area and was then relocated to East Texas.
After some months, a volunteer organization found her dogs, and arranged for them to be reunited with her.

My sideways point is that those of us looking in do not always know why people choose as they do. It is hard and it is sad but we simply do not know.

Many of us on this forum are privileged in quite a few ways, even if we struggle economically or otherwise. We are reasonably educated, have internet access (and that implies all sorts of things that a lot of other people do not have!) and we are able to form relationships, even if they are on-line.

Mr. Rogers said his mama told him "Always look for the helpers.".
I will add, if you do not see a helper, be one.

Very well said indeed.