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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:02 AM Original message |
Why is it every damn time there's a wildfire, people must |
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...of J.Temperance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. I'm sorry you're all going through this |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. natural disasters doesn't deserve to happen to anyone... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Wow, I guess you can say the same thing about people |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Actually, you can say the same thing |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:21 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Amen, cboy. How dare human beings live on the planet Earth? Midwestern flood plains... |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:01 AM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Wait a second.. |
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stranger81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #16 |
76. as someone who grew up smack in the middle of tornado alley, |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:19 PM Response to Reply #76 |
112. I grew up in tornado alley, too. |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
146. I lived in tornado alley for 10 years and had storm damage to my house and/or car |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:10 PM Response to Reply #146 |
151. That's anecdotal. |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:40 AM Response to Reply #151 |
165. Anecdotal??? Here are some facts for you: |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
26. people have to live with their choices... |
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lapislzi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. There are areas NOT prone to natural disasters? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #45 |
69. people have to adapt to live with their chosen environments |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #69 |
173. ...except those whose finances make the choice for them, yes? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #45 |
90. There's a difference in degree that I think is lost here. |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:34 PM Response to Reply #45 |
96. Don't forget volcanoes. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:32 PM Response to Reply #96 |
127. don't forget Lassen, Shasta, and our local Konocti |
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misanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:14 AM Response to Reply #96 |
188. Volcanoes seem to be that safest on the list... |
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Pathwalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
65. I don't think we could all fit in Vermont & New Hampshire, though. |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Natural disasters happen everywhere... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Do you live in California? First, I know people whose modest community was taken out by a mudslide |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Half my life is there |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:40 AM Response to Reply #15 |
48. Pretty much agree. And I lived in Southern Calif for over 25 years |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:13 PM Response to Reply #48 |
80. When you put it that way, havocmom, yes I agree. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #48 |
97. Why aren't houses in CA built with tin roofs or non combustible material? |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #97 |
172. Actually a lot are |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #10 |
82. Here here |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
58. "Who do we feel worse for? Who should we feel worse for?" |
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ronnykmarshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
110. So when the fires jumps into the Hollywood hills |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:04 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. if you're serious then you are a strange thinker... |
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lligrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Every Place Is Prone To Natural Disasters |
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Baby Snooks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Living on the edge... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
28. and people have to learn how to live within their chosen environment |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
49. When I was young, many of those areas REQUIRED clay tile roofs |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Okay, well at least all of us are aware that there are |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:00 PM Response to Reply #28 |
79. Round houses? That's not how you do it |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:49 PM Response to Reply #79 |
83. i didn't say concrete block..i said concrete. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #83 |
148. Whatever. I've read the same article... parents live in Florida |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Well that would include everyone who lives on Planet Earth, right? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. lots of peopl live their entire lives without becoming victims to natural disasters |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:56 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Name one area of the world where absolutely no one had to survive natural disasters... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. my aunt lived her entire life in east dundee illinois... |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Apparently there was some flooding this year in her area... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #36 |
41. nowhere NEAR her area. |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:11 AM Response to Reply #41 |
161. I lived in Southern California for many years. I didn't have the option... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #161 |
169. You lived in Southern California and you're not wealthy? |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:02 PM Response to Reply #169 |
178. You know, there are people who live in Beverly Hills, in small apartments... |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #178 |
181. I posted this in another GD thread about contempt for CA: |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #181 |
184. That's right: "I haven't read the book, but..." nt |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:10 PM Response to Reply #184 |
185. .................. |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #185 |
187. But I am writing a book, actually! :) nt |
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Kaylee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Then she was lucky during that small time of 80+ years... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:44 AM Response to Reply #33 |
73. Ah, I see we finally have an answer from you. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:56 PM Response to Reply #73 |
84. convoluted logic and lots of hostility in one package... |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. Yes, I was thinking the same about you ass |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:27 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. and yet you're the only one resorting to name-calling. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:32 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. How is calling you an ass name calling? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:01 PM Response to Reply #95 |
120. i understand that you seem compelled to resort to name-calling... |
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Touchdown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
107. I can't live in Illinois. Sinus headaches with the humidity. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
35. You've made my point for me. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Not really... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:25 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. if people insist on living in disaster-prone areas in SUB-standard housing- |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:00 AM Response to Reply #43 |
55. The fact of the matter is that, especially when it comes to fire... |
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puebloknot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 04:15 AM Response to Reply #43 |
162. That's right! Let the idiots eat cake!!!! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
174. Well, yeah-- they do have a right. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
100. Building codes usually account for really , really heavy snows. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
75. Isn't it more about luck and less about choice when it comes to natural disasters |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:03 PM Response to Reply #75 |
88. in some cases that may be true- |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #88 |
101. So yeah-- it's not about luck IF you have the money... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #101 |
121. the people who build the houses and buildings have the money |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:19 PM Response to Reply #121 |
167. I wonder if you would react this way if the fire was in, say, |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:09 PM Response to Reply #121 |
175. Then blame it on the builders rather than the people living there... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
23. Where can all 6+billion of us live where natural disasters |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. people have to make choices about HOW to live WHERE they live. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:57 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. "i'm not going to waste any sympathy" - I'm not going to be stingy with mine. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
54. Because, as we all know... |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #29 |
142. How many of those 6+billion |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:35 AM Response to Reply #23 |
160. haven't you heard? Dundee, Illinois = whoops, there goes the neighborhood... |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Ah, knew the "I'm so smart for where I live and you are stupid to live where you do, look at how |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:06 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. HOW people live WHERE they choose to is the point. |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
129. nice idea, if you are wealthy |
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MaxPlancker (25 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-24-07 01:28 AM Response to Reply #34 |
186. My family and I were evacuees. I have a few questions for you. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
52. Is there any place in the continental U.S... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:38 AM Response to Reply #52 |
70. the point is that people can build houses better suited to their local environments... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #70 |
77. IF they have the money. Most don't. |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #52 |
98. Actually I think the Appalachian area is stable geologically |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:22 PM Response to Reply #98 |
111. Floods are a problem in the Appalachians |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #111 |
144. Floods are a problem in many areas. |
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Terran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #2 |
92. Congrats |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
108. I loathe fires. Hated/loved August in Oregon for this reason and my |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #2 |
171. LOL! Where do you suggest everyone live, then? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. It's really too bad isn't it? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:18 AM Response to Reply #3 |
60. Hey! Haven't seen you in forever! |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:59 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Thanks... I took a big break |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. Good post. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
12. Indeed. Why is a compassionate word so hard to conjur up for some? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
176. I don't think it's any more difficult... |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. You are so right |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. It's the same thing with the drought down South |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:23 AM Response to Original message |
17. often when they show pictures of the homes on TV |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:00 AM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I saw on the news that firefighters from five northern counties |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:49 PM Response to Reply #17 |
131. yes, in some places |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
170. Ugh |
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vssmith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:24 AM Response to Original message |
18. "We have to get busy there are a bunch of multi-million dollar homes down there" |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
53. I think you're onto something,there. nt |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
19. I heard that a lot on TV during Katrina |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
20. I see a lot who think these fires are historically "common" |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:25 PM Response to Reply #20 |
118. That might have to do with how the land is now managed |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
25. The victims are not always rich people. But the rich ones can recover from it, |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #25 |
94. Good point... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
37. Some of the reponse is a result of having to keep hearing about |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
38. The lack of compassion and empathy of so-called dems is shocking |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. Lack of empathy and rigid, willful ignorance. |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
42. Fire is an equal opportunity killer and destroyer |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
44. Remember 2004 here on DU? While hurricane Charley was bearing down |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:07 AM Response to Reply #44 |
57. I remember that. It sickened me. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:54 AM Response to Reply #44 |
66. I remember that I damn near got an ulcer from all that. |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
149. That was awful! |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. Perhaps we should remember what the rabbi said: |
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MedleyMisty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
47. Why do rich people always screw over poor people and make their lives hell? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
85. That's one hell of an implicit assumption you've got there... |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #47 |
145. Oh, FFS. Can I borrow that broad brush when you're done with it? |
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Beausoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
50. I live a comfortable life. I live in a forest. These people must be terrified. |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
56. Some people have the soul of an amoeba. |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. I think that's pretty insulting |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:20 AM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Heh |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
61. Hypocrisy |
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Throd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:06 PM Response to Reply #61 |
147. Unless that baby voted Republican. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:35 AM Response to Reply #147 |
163. Good point |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
63. Why are we only "one people" when there's a catastrophe? |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:05 PM Response to Reply #63 |
89. LOL! |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #63 |
134. ugh |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:08 AM Response to Reply #134 |
164. LOL. It's cute how you insult other regions while demanding "compassion" for California! nt |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #164 |
166. I didn't insult anyone, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #166 |
177. yes you did. |
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Tektonik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #177 |
179. Well his post demonstrated insanity or jealousy, |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 10:25 PM Response to Reply #179 |
182. You applied a broad brush while doing it and then you were incapable of perceiving that you were... |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
64. And now you have a little inkling of how people on the Gulf Coast feel |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:07 PM Response to Reply #64 |
135. We do have to consider hurricanes in building in vulnerable areas |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
68. Agree, Cboy4. Our county (Placer) sent some firetrucks down to help out |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
78. Yes I've heard Tandot. That's good news. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:02 PM Response to Reply #68 |
87. One nice thing about our fires is that fire fighters come from |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:53 PM Response to Reply #68 |
132. I imagine Medocino/Lake CDF folks have been dispatched |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:43 PM Response to Reply #132 |
143. I've heard on TV today that usually at the end of the fire season a lot of fire fighters |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
71. It's the liberal version of Falwell. I'm more thrifty than you, therefore you have little |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:37 AM Response to Reply #71 |
156. Thank you, DS1 |
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Fresh_Start (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
74. Clearly we have to clear cut all land in the USA to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
86. I think anyone who lives in Malibu and other parts of affluent LA County |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:25 PM Response to Reply #86 |
126. There are people who live in trailer parks in Malibu, not 2 Miles from the Getty - |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:12 PM Response to Reply #126 |
137. I agree with you and I apologize if I seemed snarky. |
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haele (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #137 |
141. 'sokay - it's just that every person I work with directly is being evacuated - |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
99. The sustained stress of this is nearly killing me |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 01:59 PM Response to Reply #99 |
102. Hang in there KitchenWitch. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:03 PM Response to Reply #102 |
105. Thanks - and thank you for this thread. |
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hisownpetard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:19 PM Response to Reply #105 |
153. Oh, good luck, and stay safe! nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #99 |
109. Good luck and all my... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
103. Hey bro, you know I love you. Hang in there. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:46 PM Response to Reply #103 |
113. Hey my friend! Thanks so much for the kind words. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #113 |
139. Gotta stick together. Be safe. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
104. I totally agree with you. |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 02:05 PM Response to Original message |
106. When you lose personal possessions it doesn't matter how much money you have |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
114. Good post |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
115. It's not just natural disasters. Look at the LaCrosse players, or lost mountain climbers. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #115 |
119. Exactly. And don't forget about the "rich" San Francisco |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:18 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. That goes both ways. I remember the contempt for the Katrina victims... |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:32 PM Original message |
Absolutely. That's why I didn't specify the rich, but whatever socioeconomic |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
116. Rich or po, doesn't matter; you're shit still burns. |
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RebelSansCause (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
117. i have no idea what is wrong with people sometimes.... |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
122. CA's inflated housing prices make others THINK we're rich |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #122 |
124. !!!!Exactly!!!!! My parents purchased their house in |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. And it's not like it should matter anyway. |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:56 PM Response to Reply #130 |
133. Yes. Thanks Mondo. |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #130 |
140. It does not. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
125. Any wildfire is a catastrophe, not just for humans but |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
128. haven't experienced the wildfire thing but |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
136. Stay safe my friend - from one Californian to another |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
138. I live in CA too |
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Melynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
150. This is a horror story, no doubt |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
152. I'm in Los Angeles but feel your pain |
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cboy4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
154. A photograph from tonight: |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-22-07 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
155. K&R |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:37 AM Response to Original message |
157. A resident of Rancho Bernardo (an affected area).... |
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Gelliebeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:53 AM Response to Reply #157 |
158. hey bliss |
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bliss_eternal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 01:32 AM Response to Reply #158 |
159. Hi Gelliebeans... |
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Mutineer (659 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #159 |
168. I agree 100% with the OP |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-23-07 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
180. You want the simple answer? |
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183. Addendum: |
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