For those of you in towns. Prep now & place by door. Park your car so it's facing out to the street. [you toss in & go] Keep cell on for any new alerts b/c all it takes is just 1 spark. Alert elderly neighbors [they may not know].
Gather pet gear. Carrier, leash, food, meds? Put them in their carrier before opening the door. All animals smell danger & want to flee so even the more placid of pets will bolt out of your arms, if they smell smoke. #ValleyFire, #ElDoradoFire, #BobcatFire.
If no carrier...no problem. Grab a backpack, a pillowcase & stuff them in. No they won't like it but to bad. They can yell at you while you drive away. Cover birdcage & shove in car.
IF you know of a neighbor who works nights & will be sleeping? If an evac warning is given for your area, go wake them up. They may be groggy & grumpy but your action may be the difference of life or death.
Prep to go...
Charge cell phones, pack chargers
Include power pack/solar charger [if you have 1]
Pets! Take your pets
Gather meds, insurance papers, passport, vax cards... #RadfordFire#SnowSummit#BigBearLake#SanBernardinoCounty
If car is in garage, back it out & turn it around so you're heading out. Know how to open garage door manually. [power goes out when poles/lines go down] So know how to open it yourself. Throw in "to go" gear. #RadfordFire#SnowSummit#BigBearLake#SanBernardinoCounty
I hope the nets stays on awhile, b/cuz something interesting came out of it. I was looking at the Radford Fire on the web cam, & captured the screen. Over the next 2 hrs, when it came bk on I'd capture the images. #RadfordFire#SnowSummit#BigBearLake
Since there's currently 14 fires burning in CA, I think it's time we go over a reminder of defensible space. Once the heatwave eases, isn't it better to do it now, then to wish you had...later? #FairviewFire#Hemet#Riverside#RadfordFire
Plus, I'm always mindful that there are always people who are new to #California and have no idea what defensible space is. Here's what you need to know, and do to keep your property as safe as possible.
For those who'll be told to evac soon, here's some help of what to take.
Prep to go...
Charge cell phones, pack chargers
Include power pack/solar charger [if you have 1]
Pets! Take your pets
Gather meds, insurance papers, passport, vax cards...
If car is in garage, back it out & turn it around so you're heading out. Know how to open garage door manually. [power goes out when poles/lines go down] So know how to open it yourself. Throw in "to go" gear.
Have your pets ready to go. ALWAYS put them in a carrier/crate if you have'm never carry. Even the most placid pet will bolt when they smell smoke. Take food, leash/halter, bed/bankie, comfort toy & their meds. #FairviewFire#Hemet#Riverside
#EvacingAnimals
This is what'cha do in a fast moving fire. You grab whatever you can, load livestock in & get them out of there. THAT is the important thing...not how they're delivered to the evac location. #FairviewFire#Hemet
Whether it's chicks/ducks, sheep, calves to evac but all rescue groups are busy? If you have a pickup, van or even a car you can get them to safety this way... I swear! #Usewhatyouhave
But I can't say it's been a dull weekend. I pupper sat most of the day since the girls were at the state fair. Imagine my surprise when I got a text at 3 [something] a.m. asking if I could come help catch Holley. Errr...what? So off I went.
Show of hands - who's chased a dog who's chasing a opossum in the middle of the night? Especially since the opossum ran into the neighbors garage b/c he'd left the back door open? So now we have a barking dog, & a snarling, hissing opossum who's parked up on a cabinet. 🙄
And of course Holley is beside herself so she's running around knocking things over, she even crawled under the car to avoid being caught. In the midst of this the neighbor came out and said, what'cha doing? We explained, he saw the opossum said, oh ok, & went back to bed.