Oh those poor pets. I feel sorry for the people too...but with the winds...I can't imagine...
I hope some folks had their pets in carriers, ready to go at a moment's notice.
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Oh those poor pets. I feel sorry for the people too...but with the winds...I can't imagine...
I hope some folks had their pets in carriers, ready to go at a moment's notice.
:(
And I loved it when he grabbed that other reporter's hand and told her to stop looking for something bad. I believe his words were "it's all good." Yes sadly people look to criticize or blame at times like this. This time the media isn't even waiting until the fires are out. Let's put the blame where it belongs - on the arsonist/s. I hope he/they are found soon and punished to the max.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
It's sickening hearing people blaming Bush and republicans on the fire.
The arsonists and the dry desert is to blame.
Watch Fox to get some good coverage.
Thank You Richard for all your great coverage too.This thread has been great.
I hope you'll be ok.Prayers to you and your family.
Prayers for everyone in California.This is so sad.
Did you hear the guys on Fox - some morning show -- suggest terrorist to blame for the fires. And in my morning newspaper they are suggesting the difficulties in putting the fires out to be the fault of illegal immigrants!
Wow! And I though it was an evil arsonist and some strong winds.... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Nuts isn't it?I just heard that one too.Crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Edwina's Secretary
I saw some clips on CCN earlier. I was amazed to hear the tune they chose to play along with it - like it was an old cowboy film. :rolleyes: Is it neccesary with music at all in such a reportage?
Hope you're all safe and have your homes intact!
Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
RICHARD...perhaps they read it on a poster a number of years ago and reported it now -- incorrectly at that --as fact.
I've heard that is not the fault of the reporter!
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Originally Posted by RICHARD
Rick Sanchez is a certified nut job. Whenever I see him anymore, CNN
loses this viewer. He is an overbearing, jerk. :mad: I wish CNN would can
him.
News reporter: Tell us what it's like to have your home burned and lose everything you have!!!
Reply: You jerk! How do you THINK it feels???? :p
Amen to this....the winds have been HORRIBLE at our place. We live in the hills of Simi Valley - VALLEY. Valleys are NOT good places to live when windy, espeically when the place you live means - WINDY VALLEY (Simi = windy in Native American).Quote:
Originally Posted by gini
Luckily its died down A LOT since everything began, but wow. On Monday, my mom was so distraught - we had to give her 3 margaritas to calm her. My mom doesn't really drink - maybe wine socially. She was soooo upset to see her garden in ruins.
Her/their Gardens have been in 'Garden Tours', have won Awards many times over. Most weekends consist of at least one day in the garden and during the week after work I'd say about 2 to 3 days spent out there until it gets dark. My step-dad is retired, so he is out there additionally during the day. They spend a lot of time, money, energy, and LOVE on that garden. Its VERY important to them...my mom has been gardening since she was a little girl - taught by her mother. We have things in the garden that belonged to my grandma, from her garden, her English Garden.
Our Arbors came down - they were so top heavy with roses and flowering vines that despite being reinforced and cemented in at the bottom, the wind toppled over first. All the trees are so wind blown, are naked (leaves have been blown off), snapped off in the weaker areas, leaning or have snapped off because the 80 mph wind was too strong for our 2-year-old and younger trees (2 years is the very oldest...). Poor, poor trees and bushes. Even the tree stakes snapped - these are wooden poles thicker than the trees they support!!
I'll be back to write more, work is calling...
Do we really PAY these idiots????
:mad:
Can I get a refund?
FEMA workers masquerade as reporters
Employees asked questions at last minute California wildfire briefing ...
WASHINGTON - One way to get decent coverage in this rough-and-tumble city is to arrange to have your own employees interrogate you at your news conference...
FEMA scheduled an early afternoon news briefing on only 15 minutes notice to reporters here Tuesday to talk about its handling of assistance to victims of wildfires that were ravaging much of Southern California.
At the news conference itself, some FEMA employees played the role of reporter, asking questions of Johnson - queries described as soft and gratuitous.
"I'm very happy with FEMA's response," Johnson said in reply to one query from a person who was an agency employee, not an independent journalist.
Asked about this, Mike Widomski, FEMA's deputy director of public affairs, said, "We had been getting mobbed with phone calls from reporters, and this was thrown together at the last minute."
Johnson issued a statement Friday saying that FEMA's goal was "to get information out as soon as possible, and in trying to do so we made an error in judgment."
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Your Tax Dollars at Work ...
:rolleyes:
There Otta be a LAW!
:mad:
I just heard about this on tonights news. :confused: Who the heck
is in charge of FEMA? This really was a lame brained stunt. :mad: It's no
wonder the majority of people don't believe a word this administration's
officials have to say on any subject.
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=3782176&page=1
I saw one story/video of a happy re-union of a Golden Retriever with
his family after their house was distroyed by the fires. It's a great story.
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...dog.found.kusi
That was awesome. Major happy LES here. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
Great story. It made my day! :)
I'm glad you got to see it.That was one happy dog & happy family. :)
Wow. :D
Some other little stories about the CA fires.
During last week there was a big traffic accident on Pacific Coast Hiway....The last road until you hit Japan.
A tractor trailer lost it's brakes and hit two cars. Killing two and injuring a fire fighter in his personal car.
An older couple were evacuated from their home, when they went back, their home had burned down.
They lost everything.....Except for the photos that firefighters took out of the house and piled out of harm's way.
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One man has been arrested, another was shot and killed after he led the police on a high speed chase. He was acting suspiciously near an area of brush-he was shot after ramming a police car..
IN one case they have a vehicle description and want to talk to the driver as a person of interest.
There is also a 250,000+ dollar reward for info leading to the arrest of any arsonists involved.
A little post script on the fires....
A furniture company was offering free mattresses to fire victims and the people who make Tide laundry detergent have sent trucks with banks of washing machines to offer free laundry services for the people who lost their homes.
If you go to the website and purchase a t-shirt they will donate to proceeds to keep that service going!
Wow, how nice!
http://www.tide.com/en_US/loadsofhope/index.jsp
Tide web site!
My son lives in N. Hollywood and he's going home today to all that. He told me how scary it was out there. Prayers going out that you, my son and all others will be safe.....Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD