I will be getting a first hand look at the devastation on Friday. My parents and my wife are in Simi Valley right now for my mother to have surgery. We are hoping the fire keeps going away from the hospital!
We have family in San Bernadino that lost their home. They had enough warning to get some irreplaceable items out and all their animals. Their father also lives in the area. No one knows if his house is still there
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It really gets me mad when I think of all the homes lost and the fact that there are 3 BIG firefighting planes sitting here in town that can't help fight the fires because the government red tagged them from fire service.
They were red tagged because of their age, even though all 3 had recently been rebuilt at a cost of a million each. I wonder how many homes could of been saved if those 3 were flying?
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of those who lost so much to this terrible tragedy.
Steve