Thursday's Activities
October, 25, 2007, 19:04 Filed in: Community
I finally got some internet working this morning in our mini-condo room for about 30 minutes, then it died again. This is SO frustrating. It is not very reliable and Rose will have to use my computer later to do some work at the front desk area. (Then there was no hot water in the shower.) This morning, we are handling a lot of financial business. Sean went to the evacuation center last night since he had to see if he would be called in to work early this morning, but won't work until 4:30pm - midnight. Allie is calmer this morning watching her Nickelodeon/Disney programs on TV (she was excited because it has been awhile). We will try to do some activities with her today outside of this room and internet. Maybe some miniature golf.
I posted some resources on the teachers' blog set up by our school district. I know of a few teachers that have lost their homes. Our hearts go out to them.
Quite a few more online resources have continue to pop up, which is very good. This same thing happened in 2003 during the Old Fire. The biggest disappointment over the last 60 hours or so is toward big media. They forget that the Running Springs area is still having major issues, but the TV people seem like everything is so much better now. I also find it stupid how the precedent that Chuck Henry set in 2003, where he almost lost his life in SkyForest is now being mimicked by other reporters. What I mean by that is how media stands in the way of firefighters on live TV just to get the flames to lick their equipment. Furthermore, how is it ok to make a big deal out of people not evacuating as instructed, and yet keep the same people on TV for interviews? At this stage of circumstances, people need REAL information. Internet will eventually take over big media, and soon.
The Grass Valley fire is 40% contained (last night's stats), and the Slide fire is finally calming down a little. The weather in the mountain areas was in the 40's last night. The marine layer has returned a little in SoCal. Hopefully, significant progress is continued today.
We are back and have internet access for the evening.
From Other Sources:
Here are pics of upper Rose Lane and a heli in the lake, thanks to J.Jackson from Wednesday afternoon.
I posted some resources on the teachers' blog set up by our school district. I know of a few teachers that have lost their homes. Our hearts go out to them.
Quite a few more online resources have continue to pop up, which is very good. This same thing happened in 2003 during the Old Fire. The biggest disappointment over the last 60 hours or so is toward big media. They forget that the Running Springs area is still having major issues, but the TV people seem like everything is so much better now. I also find it stupid how the precedent that Chuck Henry set in 2003, where he almost lost his life in SkyForest is now being mimicked by other reporters. What I mean by that is how media stands in the way of firefighters on live TV just to get the flames to lick their equipment. Furthermore, how is it ok to make a big deal out of people not evacuating as instructed, and yet keep the same people on TV for interviews? At this stage of circumstances, people need REAL information. Internet will eventually take over big media, and soon.
The Grass Valley fire is 40% contained (last night's stats), and the Slide fire is finally calming down a little. The weather in the mountain areas was in the 40's last night. The marine layer has returned a little in SoCal. Hopefully, significant progress is continued today.
We are back and have internet access for the evening.
From Other Sources:
Here are pics of upper Rose Lane and a heli in the lake, thanks to J.Jackson from Wednesday afternoon.
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