*The Fire ~ An Update on Our Family*

[flamepony12]

Hi, everyone... I don't know if any of you have noticed, but I've been gone for the past 3 days. Most of you probably know about the fires that were going around California. Luckily, no firemen were killed, and only one house was destroyed.

On Wednesday, the fire closest to us started at about 2:00 in the afternoon. After school, I went straight to the barn. When we got there, the smoke was almost covering the entire sky, so we decided not to have a lesson.

The decision was soon made to evacuate the horses to Malibu. We're lucky we made the decision when we did, as you'll soon find out. We had to evacuate all 30 horses in the barn via 3 trailers before 8:00 at night. Once we finally got all the horses into Malibu safely, We went home.

Well, we woke up at 3:00 in the morning to loudspeakers outside saying, "Manditory Evacuation! Please gather your belongings." So we packed some things, put the 3 dogs into my dad's car, loaded Freckles and Baybi into my mom's car, and left for my Grandma's house. Unfortunately we weren't able to take any of the fish, but they're all fine. So we left. At 3:00 in the morning.

Yesterday was also my big girl's birthday. I just feel bad that she had to spend it evacuating to an unfarmiliar place.... We still gave her lots of love, though, and hopefully will be able to buy her a couple "birthday gifts" as soon as we can.

Today, we finally heard that it was okay to go home. We've been here for about a half an hour, but at least we're safe.

Thanks for listening, it's been a long 3 days.

Devon

[slick]

I'm so glad you are safe Devon. You have been mentioned in the other fire thread and we were wondering how you were doing. Thanks for checking in.

[JenBKR]

Oh what a horrible experience! Thank goodness you all came out of it ok. ((((HUGS))))

[lvpets2002]

oh I am so glad you all are ok & safe now.. What about all your furr babies are they all ok?? That is some bad news on that fire stuff.. Keep us posted ok & take care..

[ramanth]

Glad ya'll are safe!

[Queen of Poop]

Thank goodness you, your family and your furbabies are all alright. What an awful experience.

[flamepony12]

Thank you for thinking of me. Luckily the fire didn't come very close to our house, but it was a bit too close for comfort when you look at pony club. Luckily, that wasn't destroyed either.

Originally posted by lvpets2002
What about all your furr babies are they all ok??

Yes, all of them are safe. We were a bit worried about the fish, but they were okay since we were only gone for two days. All of the other animals were safely away from the area.

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

OMG, that sounds pretty scary Devon!! I'm glad you guys are ok now though!! I just heard that the area we used to live in, in CA (Simi Valley, Wood Ranch) is evacuating as well!! Wow, and what IF we were still there...even though everything's probably ok, it scares me!

[sandragonfly]

hey there! *yay*

no, I noticed.. we live in the same state and my relatives is down there too. I was waiting for this thread! PMs/emails wouldn't do anything to rush you back.

I'm so glad you guys and fuzzguys, especially the bettas are okay! thank you for checking in, one less worry.

also FYI, in case you didn't know, see..pet talk is going to be down for twevle hours, starting 8PM(EST), 5PM our time. see more in new forum - town hall. glad you got to check in before our addiction shut-down!

be careful & take care, devon.

[popcornbird]

Glad you are safe Devon! I had been thinking of you, hoping you and all of the pets were safe. What a scary fire! It must have been scary to hear loudspeakers telling you to evacuate at 3am!! Thank God you're all well though.

[joanofark]

I'm glad your safe! That sounds scary!

[KYS]

I am so glad you and yours are safe.
(I do not live close to the fires, but
yesturday afternoon the sky was starting
to get dark and ashes were falling from the sky like
snow flakes.
My Aunt said she had to use her wind shield wipers
to see where she was driving.
I remember the fires 2 years ago that destroyed so much.

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Gosh, what a scary and stressful experience!

Glad you are all safe!

((HUGS))

[petslover]

Hey Devon,
I am glad you and your family is okay. All of us were really worried about you. I am so glad that your okay.

[Karen]

Thank goodness you, your pets, and the horses were all safe! Good thing you and they all got evacuated! Thank you so much for checking in! We were worried about you!