If anyone needs a place to shelter their horses due to the Walker & Wye Wildfires

[Why Syzygy]

If anyone needs a place to shelter their horses due to the Walker & Wye Wildfires in Northern, Calif. Lake County, ask to join this page.

They have a very comprehensive list of offers. https://www.facebook.com/groups/150381311669004/

[Arugula Latte]

1. Stuff like this makes me love the Internet even more.

[niyad]

2. during the waldo canyon fire, the internet was often the best resource, because the local "news"

was somewhat less than stellar. I talked with one of our council members, who told me that the internet was invaluable in keeping updated. it was amazing.

[Why Syzygy]

4. So true ..

And while I was over here at DU, I saw a link about a missing person I can share on facebook!


The Network rocks

[niyad]

3. how bad are they?

[Why Syzygy]

5. Bad!

And I'm glad you asked that, because when I did a search to answer you, I determined there was a misspelling in the name!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-california-wildfirebre87c0zr-20120813,0,6759379.story
Fire officials said the Wye Fire in Lake County was 25 percent contained. A second, smaller blaze known as the Walker Fire, near the border of Lake and Colusa counties, is now 30 percent contained.

[niyad]

6. thank you for that link. that is certainly a monster up in oregon, too.

[truedelphi]

7. Thank you for giving this publicity. Here in Lake County Calif

We are all amazed that these two local fires are getting publicity.

Back in July, while the Colorado fire was raging, we had a fire of BIGGER size raging as well, just north of here in the Mendocino National Forest.

Sacramento and SF Bay area news media were offering up live feeds from their affiliates in Colorado - with NO mention of the fire that was right here.

Apparently the news teams are given so little funding from the parent companies that they cannot afford to send reporters the three hours north to get a bit of the news.

But now both SF Bay Area and the Sac news media are covering these fires. I don' t know what happened to turn the tide at station management, but what ever it was, thank goodness!

Some 400 people had to rely on a Red Cross shelter last night, after being evacuated from their homes. And today, some 45 households relied on the Red Cross and other local volunteers to provide meals.

I have my fingers crossed that the fires will be contained soon.

[NV Whino]

8. Here's a link to the CalFire site

The Walker and the Wye have now been combined as one.
http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/incidents/incidents_current

Thanks for posting that link. I wish we would have had the Internet during some of the Agoura fires many years ago. Everybody made out alright. A friend donated her barn by the freeway, horses and people roomed together for a night. Sure would have been easier with an Internet link.

[Why Syzygy]

9. Glad

to do anything. I had no idea; although I know horse people, and they care deeply.

[Why Syzygy]

10. kick

for exposure