Wildfire evacuation

[townchicks]

@orrpeople, I'm so glad to hear your home and animals also came through ok.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Great news! Is the coop undamaged enough for Henry and the gang to live in when they come back? I'm so glad that they are safe, you are an amazing, brave person, and we are all rooting for you

Everything is smoke damaged, but with a coop being so exposed like that, the best I can do is a light sanding inside and down the exterior. And some blueberries as an apology for all they've been through.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

We are not home, but our neighborhood has recently been repopulated. We had a "long planned for" trip that we couldn't cancel without losing a hefty amount of $.
We have a very good friend who is taking care of our animals and house right now. He said there were "lots and lots" of birds. No telling if everyone is present and accounted for until we return.

It's the perfect time for a vacation. So good to be away from all of this. If you need help with anything when you return, please let me know. It seems I'm a quick hop, skip and jump down the road!!

 

[MROO]

And some blueberries as an apology for all they've been through.

I don't know about your flock, but mine will forgive ANYTHING for blueberries!

 

[Sunshine Flock]

I don't know about your flock, but mine will forgive ANYTHING for blueberries!

Dip them things in chocolate and I'll forgive anyone for anything on the double!!!!

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Henry comes home tomorrow.

I'm thinking epsom salt baths for everyone. For the chicks it'll be more like dips. They're wiggly little buggers.

Oregano oil on some blueberries for a week.

Scrambled eggs once they start laying for me again, doused with turmeric and cayenne.

Electrolytes in the water.

Custom full body fireproof chicken suits with wing compartments and ventilators.

And lots of mama time, which they always get anyway. Any other ideas?

 

[MROO]

Let 'em live in the spare bedroom, within easy reach?

 

[micstrachan]

Fire suits! Love it!

 

[1muttsfan]

I'm so glad to hear that both your homes came through intact. I also understand the downsizing concept, although have not actually managed to do it myself .

You would miss your friends, I'm thinking, if you let them go.

 

[vivaciouswoman]

I am absolutely devastated to announce this, just totally crushed. I'm here in the forums, offering help where I can and encouraging preparedness, but did I prepare for the inevitability of wildfire and evacuation?

NO.

When we saw a massive wall of fire crest a ridge behind our home and rapidly burn down that mountain, and heard exploding propane tanks like we were in a war zone, we stopped what we were doing, grabbed five of our eight cats, the four dogs, and evacuated.

And now in this extreme heat and with a fire storm raging out of control, my darling flock is there all by themselves. They have tons of water and food and some shade shelter, but stupid me should have left the gate open so they can shelter under the deck from the heat. They've been doing that all summer.

I called the sheriff's office and requested someone go and get our cats and chickens, or at least open the door to the chicken yard. But with thousands evacuating, that's not going to happen. Somehow, so far anyway, our teeny dead end road has escaped fire. I don't know how that's even possible.

I'm near Simmons Road off of Placer. You can look that up on a map if you're interested in tracking this fire. The entire road above Buenaventura has been blocked. If you leave, you can't go back.

Please pray for my animals. I let them down. I had time to do something, but based on what I was learning about the fire, we thought we had time to prepare. We didn't.

Thank you.

In my prayers right now.

For the sake of all the rest of us, what would you do differently? You had enough of a warning to start a conversation, but for some reason when the time came, you weren't quite prepared.

I'm thinking that if I'm ever in enough trouble to post on BYC or FB or elsewhere for help, I should move beyond the planning into the setup, so at least I have the tubs and crates for the animals in the back for whatever I can grab...IF I can grab something. Or was there not even time for that?

Please keep us posted on how you're doing. I've looked up your location on Google Maps, ,but of course the satellite view isn't recent enough to tell me how your road is doing.

Prayer said. For you AND your animals. <3

AND this is an amazing community.