The AMERICAN Spirit

[Yurt]

"We know fire officials don't have the manpower to secure our properties," Gafill said. "There are a lot of people in this community not following evacuation orders. Based on what we saw during Katrina and other disasters, we know we can only rely on ourselves and our neighbors."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_us/wildfires

Happy Fourth of July :salute:

[Psychoblues]

Zactly, yuk.


"We know fire officials don't have the manpower to secure our properties," Gafill said. "There are a lot of people in this community not following evacuation orders. Based on what we saw during Katrina and other disasters, we know we can only rely on ourselves and our neighbors."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080704/ap_on_re_us/wildfires

Happy Fourth of July :salute:

But what are they supposed to do about it?

[diuretic]

That's bloody terrible. Big Sur is iconic. But we're sending over some firefighters to help, as are our Kiwi mates. Just like California/Oregon/Washington State/Idaho and probably a few other states I missed sent over firefighters to help us when we had the same thing in our summer. I just hope things work out for everyone there.

[Psychoblues]

Without our families, neighbors and fellow countrymen, just what would America look like?

[dan]

Without our families, neighbors and fellow countrymen, just what would America look like?

A very big Indian reservation? :D