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Post by AquarianM on Nov 10, 2018 11:24:21 GMT -6
Where There is Smoke...
The scenes look like a fire-breathing minister went to confront the rattlesnakes in the desert brush,
Probably with a can of gasoline.
Paradise is totally in ashes,
Just gone like the title of an old book,
Malibu is completely evacuated under smoke clouds the size of Texas thunderstorms.
It's on a biblical scale alright.
Ninety thousand acres here,
Three hundred thousand acres there,
Top off with people fleeing walls of flame doing eighty.
AquarianM
By: Daniel A. Stafford
© 11/09/2018
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Post by QueenFoxy on Nov 10, 2018 18:28:48 GMT -6
This is absolutely devastating to me, Dan. I see these horrid flames raging out of control onTV and I pray. Oh, how I pray....for rain, blessed life saving rain....to crush the flames and allow the earth to begin to heal. I am so sorry and wish I could do more. |
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Post by AquarianM on Nov 11, 2018 2:55:36 GMT -6
This is absolutely devastating to me, Dan. I see these horrid flames raging out of control onTV and I pray. Oh, how I pray....for rain, blessed life saving rain....to crush the flames and allow the earth to begin to heal. I am so sorry and wish I could do more. The pragmatic reality is that long-term, California must adopt building codes that mandate fireproof building construction. In the short term a lot of people are going to need help. Thank you, QF. I feel sorry for my Northern and Western neighbors here in CA. The entire town of Paradise burned to the ground. 27,000 people lived there. My God. Dan |
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Post by lostineternity99 on Nov 11, 2018 6:45:01 GMT -6
I have seen photos and videos of the horrific damage in California, so many houses vaporized ... terrible.
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Post by QueenFoxy on Nov 12, 2018 0:11:11 GMT -6
And even sadder is the loss of 31 lives that I know of right now and I fear that the death toll will continue to rise.
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Post by AquarianM on Nov 12, 2018 2:22:25 GMT -6
I have seen photos and videos of the horrific damage in California, so many houses vaporized ... terrible. Thank you, Rick. It's not just homes, however. Many places of business have burned down, rendering many unemployed, and some both homeless and unemployed. Dan |
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Post by AquarianM on Nov 12, 2018 2:23:01 GMT -6
And even sadder is the loss of 31 lives that I know of right now and I fear that the death toll will continue to rise. QF, I couldn't agree more with you. Dan |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 14, 2018 2:36:20 GMT -6
yeah.  Wish I could send the rain we have here in Washington there. |
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Post by AquarianM on Nov 14, 2018 8:07:59 GMT -6
yeah. Wish I could send the rain we have here in Washington there. Mike, ditto that! Thank you. Dan |
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Post by QueenFoxy on Nov 15, 2018 13:17:48 GMT -6
This has been and still is so sad.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 5:43:36 GMT -6
I loved your poem but I didn't mean to send you roses Dan....hope you liked 'em though  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2018 5:44:03 GMT -6
damn..now I bought you a drink too!
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Post by goldenmyst on Dec 3, 2018 11:22:39 GMT -6
Dan, you write this scene with the authenticity of a writer who faces this terror without flinching. Truly a tragic poem of grand proportions.
John
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Wish I could send the rain we have here in Washington there.
