Wildfire evacuation

[h2oratt]

I'm so happy for you and Henry! My heart aches for everyone effected by these terrible fires. Everyday I have one more thing to be grateful for. I'll be keeping yall in my prayers. If you'd ever like some nice climate move to Georgia.

Georgia is nicer climate than California?

 

[SweetTea&Chicks]

Georgia is nicer climate than California?

Oops well I didn't wanna seem like I was bragging. I also don't wanna be rude but where I live in Georgia we don't get a lot of extreme weather. It gets pretty humid and hot and we get the outskirts of hurricanes sometimes. We had a fire pretty close to where I live but it was practically non existent compared to California fires. We had a bad tornado pretty close too. Maybe I change my mind Sorry..

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Henry's rescue team:

Two cowboys
An Igo (small town a few miles up the road) volunteer firefighter
A new Twitter friend who saw my Henry tweets
A family with a spare coop and attached covered yard

This is my new Twitter friend's tweet from tonight:

"OMG!! this is EXCELLENT #CarrFire Rescue news!!! thank you to everyone involved!! i'm so happy this worked out! I can't wait to meet Henry! All i did was see a tweet of someone in need, and a tweet of someone trying to help, and linked them together! other's did the hard part."

Just so incredible people care this much to reach out and help complete strangers. And the Twitter friend doesn't even live here, and we only just "met" a day ago.

 

[Sunshine Flock]

Georgia is nicer climate than California?

I wanted to thank you for offering to let Henry and the gang stay on your farm. That was so generous of you, and I was earnestly trying to figure out how to get them from Redding to Stockton.

It ended up being too far to coordinate, but you really lifted my spirits when you gave me this option. Thank you!!

 

[MROO]

The tote idea is what I was planning to do.

I was going to take two super long, supersized totes, stack them with the top one upside down, drill holes all around where the lips of the containers meet, wrap wire through there to hold them together, saw out the top, drill more holes, attach 1/2" hardware cloth and make a top-entry access door, toss in a bunch of shavings, and that's that. A deluxe whole-flock chicken taxi!

But man that fire moved fast. In anticipation of future fires (God forbid), I'm pre-prepping everything as soon as I get home.

Great idea! On a more positive note, in a pinch, you'd have a quick chicken-hospital coop or brooder ... and it would break down to store easily, too. I love it! In all that spare time we always seem to have (I know, smack me, now) maybe you could put up an article - or include it in your evac-plan article.

 

[Mimi13]

Showing my age here; we had 'atomic bomb safety drills'. Even more useless, but it made everyone feel better, or something.
Mary

Was that where you’d get under your desk? If so, so did I.

 

[Mimi13]

Oops well I didn't wanna seem like I was bragging. I also don't wanna be rude but where I live in Georgia we don't get a lot of extreme weather. It gets pretty humid and hot and we get the outskirts of hurricanes sometimes. We had a fire pretty close to where I live but it was practically non existent compared to California fires. We had a bad tornado pretty close too. Maybe I change my mind Sorry..

Where do you live? I’m originally from Dalton. Such a small world.

 

[SweetTea&Chicks]

Where do you live? I’m originally from Dalton. Such a small world.

Oh my goodness! I actually live in Dalton.

 

[Folly's place]

Yes, under the desk, or into the basement of the school. The praying helped more, IMO.
Mary

 

[Mimi13]

Oh my goodness! I actually live in Dalton.

What about that.