[finch]

My family has lived there since the 60's with no threat of fire until now. There are in excess 2700 firefighters from 23 states. All are praying that the fire doesn't jump the Feather River since it flows directly below the ridge in Paradise.

[tabor]

Best wishes to you and yours.

[caseinpoint]

We’ll pray for you and your family. I have a friend who lives just south of you on Falcon’s View, also pretty much overlooking the ridge. I really hope he doesn’t lose his home. He’s getting up there in years and has a model railroad layout to (almost) die for. He’s a WW2 vet, though, and is being smart. He evacuated to a friend’s house in Chico.

[444Flyer]

Prayers up for you all in Paradise, Finch!

Having been within VERY close distance of one of the largest Southern California fires last fall, I can say that prayer works. Pray for the safety of those firefighters, they are a rare breed and I’ve never seen anyone work as hard as they do and risk their own lives to save a complete stranger’s home. God bless them all!

P.S. If you have any firefighter outcamps/stations near you, buy as much foot powder as you can afford and drop it off for them (their feet sweat horribly in those boots and the foot powder will help keep them dry as possible). The firefighters down here were very thankful for it.

[InABunkerUnderSF]

We lived there in 1968. As Boy Scouts one of the things we used to do was clear underbrush to reduce the speed that ground fires spread. I hear they don’t do that anymore for “environmental reasons”.

Manzanita and scrub oak burn fast and hot.

It’s amazing what 30 years of bad forestry practices can do.

[arderkrag]

Immediate threat is the strongest word firefighters can say, CAL FIRE public information officers say. And in the State of California, firefighters cannot physically remove residents from their homes.

Good, they shouldn't be able to physically remove you for "your own safety". No government agency should be able to. If people want to burn, let them.