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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2006Emergency Purrs, Please
This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just called and told me my friend's house is burning. She was walking down the road and they won't let her near. I know she has animals in there. I have all the cats in their carriers. They are not happy but it won't kill them to stay there a couple of hours. I can't afford to have to chase them. I figure they will probably evacuate all of us if it gets any closer. I can see the helicopters trying to put the fire out. The sun is completely occluded with smoke it looks so eerie. Like the whole world is one fire. I will be fine, I have a car and the cats are trapped already. I don't know what we will do about the cows. I suppose if it gets that bad I should cut the fence. Purrs are appreciated! Sherry sridd...@aol.com wrote: > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry Steve, if you see this, look to your north and east. I'm sure you can see the smoke. Sorry I'm late sending purrs, but glad to hear the wind shift came in time for your home. What we really need is some rain - so purrs that the slim chance of rain over the weekend comes through. Unfortunately, that forecast also calls for wind, ranging from 10-30mph, for the next five days - something we could do without with everything a tinderbox. (Rant - and I still see people flipping cigarettes out their car window all the time!) >sridd...@aol.com wrote: >> This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >Steve, if you see this, look to your north and east. I'm sure you can >see the smoke.  SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html > I will be fine, I have a car and the cats are trapped already. I don't > know what we will do about the cows. I suppose if it gets that bad I > should cut the fence./// Many, many purrs and prayers that every thing is OK, and also many purrs for your friend and her animals as well as everyone else dealing with this horror. Helen M Oh NO! I'm so sorry to hear this. Wildfires are so, so frightening. Purrs for your friend and her animals. Purrs for you and your animals. Be safe. We'll be thinking of you. Please report in when it's all over. Hugs, Tish >This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have >broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Sherry > I will be fine, I have a car and the cats are trapped already. I don't > know what we will do about the cows. I suppose if it gets that bad I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Sherry Scary, scary stuff! Sending our best purrs your way. Please keep us posted. Dan >> I will be fine, I have a car and the cats are trapped already. I don't >> know what we will do about the cows. I suppose if it gets that bad I [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Sherry Sherry many, many and so many more purrs and prayers for your family bare and furry. I hope that you and DH can resolve the issue with the cattle. I am going to a meeting this evening and will bring you all, extended family and friends, to my group in prayer. Charleen Oh God Sherry. Emergency purrs coming. > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry Purrs on the way that the fire is contained and you don't have to evacuate. SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ Purrs and prayers on the way. Ann Signatureread Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ see pictures of Sam at http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ann791/my_photos > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry > I will be fine, I have a car and the cats are trapped already. I don't > know what we will do about the cows. I suppose if it gets that bad I > should cut the fence. Lots and lots of emergency purrs on the way. Victor news:1137103612.812364.24270@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry>> Lots of purrs and prayers for you all. It must be very frightening for you. I hope the cows and all the other animals in the area will be ok. Alison > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. Purrs that you and your crew are safe! Even more purrs that the firefighters put it out before it goes any further. I'm so sorry about your friend and her pets. This is eerie for me because last night I had a vivid dream of being surrounded by fire. No matter where I went, thinking I was escaping, I would emerge into another place where there was also fire. Eventually it became clear that everything was on fire, and it was slowly closing in. Joyce Purrs and prayers are on the way. SignatureJoy **Don't believe everything you think** > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry On Thu 12 Jan 2006 05:06:52p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:1137103612.812364.24270@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com): > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires > have broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry Super strong emergency purrs coming your way. I've thought of you guys a lot since the outbreak of all the fires out there. Please keep us updated! SignatureCheryl Wet anti-fire purrs on their way. Suz&Spicey >This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have >broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Sherry Emergency purrs are on the way for all those in the path of the fires. Sherry, how close are you to Tulsa? I have an aunt and a cousins in Tulsa. Purrs and Hugs, Nan and the furkids A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. > Emergency purrs are on the way for all those in the path of the fires. > Sherry, how close are you to Tulsa? I have an aunt and a cousins in > Tulsa. > Purrs and Hugs, > > Nan and the furkids Hi Nan-We are a long way from Tulsa. Not sure how many miles, but it takes over two hours to get there from here. We are in the south central part of the state. I don't think they have had as much of a problem as other parts of the state. The climate there doesn't seem to be as harsh as it is here. I've always thought the lay of the land there was much prettier than it is here. If you ever visit though, give me a call! Sherry >> Emergency purrs are on the way for all those in the path of the fires. >> Sherry, how close are you to Tulsa? I have an aunt and a cousins in [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Sherry Thanks, Sherry. I haven't been to Tulsa since before I was married many moons ago, but I'll keep you in mind if I ever get that way. Purrs and Hugs, Nan and the furkids A wise man talks because he has something to say; a fool talks because he has to say something. > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > know what we will do about the cows. I suppose if it gets that bad I > should cut the fence. Lots and lots of purrs. I can remember what its like for the sun to be occluded with smoke (or is a blood red colour from the smoke), and be on evacuation alert so you have my utmost sympathy and many many purrs. We're also purring for the other people in your area that they leave instead of trying to fight the fire. I'd hate to have my house burnt down too, but my family (two and four foot) are far more precious than any other thing in the house. Yowie Tons of purrs and prayers that you and all the animals will be safe. Lily & her mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we come to the stars we return from now until the end of time > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time the fire was about five miles from us. So everything is fine here. Thank you all so much. Unfortunately, when the wind changed it blew toward my inlaws house. They almost lost their house, did lose their barn. My DH & son went out there to help; DS had no business going because he has mild asthma. DH called earlier and they have him in the back of the ambulance giving him oxygen, tried to get him to go to the hospital but he won't. But DH said he was much better, thank God. It is pitch dark now so it will be hard to tell how much damage there really is till tomorrow. Thanks again, so very much. Sherry Whew... I'm so glad the wind changed when it did for your sake. And that your in-law's house was at least spared. I am sorry to hear about your friend's house burning, though. I hope her animals are okay! Melissa >We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and >the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Sherry Thank goodness!! I read this post at work and worried about y'all all afternoon! We've been very lucky here, too. One small burn about 2 miles up the road, but apparently someone was on the ball because it didn't get very far. I've also put out all the cat carriers and, at the first sign of trouble, all cats WILL be popped into their carriers until we're sure it's safe. They can complain all they want! Sorry about your inlaws barn and your friend's house, though. Damn this drought!!!! --Kim and the CRC > We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and > the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time the > fire was about five miles from us. So everything is fine here. Thank > you all so much. What a relief! i was late with the purrs, but they'll be going to others who suffered worse damage friom the fires. And purrs for your son. Had to play the hero, huh? SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki > We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and > the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry Purrs that the damage is minimul. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk I'm so relieved. I'm sorry about your in-laws barn. Will purr that the wind behaves. Suz&Spicey Gosh I wish you would get some major moisture down there. How about your friend? Was she able to go back home? > We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and > the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sherry > Gosh I wish you would get some major moisture down there. How about your > friend? Was she able to go back home? I don't know. I lost track of her, I don't know where she ended up spending the night. DH said her house and barns are burned to the ground, as is four other houses on that mile. DH's parents lost their barns and chicken house. I think they are pretty upset about that, they were pretty attached to their laying hens. They had names and everything. They weren't locked up but I guess didn't have the sense to get out, and the firefighters wouldn't let FIL go down there. One of their barn cats is missing but the rest are accounted for. This was a shy one. I still think she is probably scared and hiding somewhere and will be found. I hope so anyway. Sherry On Fri 13 Jan 2006 06:23:54p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes (news:1137194634.395105.307980@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): > I don't know. I lost track of her, I don't know where she ended > up spending the night. DH said her house and barns are burned [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > one. I still think she is probably scared and hiding somewhere > and will be found. I hope so anyway. Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear this. I was especially sad and mad to read Steve's comment about seeing people still throwing cigg butts out the car windows. I never know what to say about someones loss. Words are not enough. Purrs and prayers. SignatureCheryl > On Fri 13 Jan 2006 06:23:54p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes > (news:1137194634.395105.307980@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > -- > Cheryl Little Boots, the missing cat, turned up this afternoon. It's not just the careless smokers. They have caught people welding too. Mindboggling. Sherry <snip> >Little Boots, the missing cat, turned up this afternoon. Glad hear Little Boots is safe >It's not just >the careless smokers. They have caught people welding too. >Mindboggling. True. At work we listen to a scanner and heard a couple complaints about someone welding yesterday or the day before. I don't know about your county, but we're under a red flag fire alert in Comanche County. So far I haven't heard about a ban on outdoor welding, but it's common sense that when the wind is gusting to 20-30 mph, you don't want sparks flying around all these dry weeds/grass. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Spot with loving memories of Rocky (RB) stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >> On Fri 13 Jan 2006 06:23:54p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes >> (news:1137194634.395105.307980@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Sherry I'm glad, Little Boots turned up. I wish they could lock up the idiots and throw away the key, the problem with that is , they'd soon run out of space. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> On Fri 13 Jan 2006 06:23:54p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes >> (news:1137194634.395105.307980@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Sherry We've been having the same problems here in Texas. The last big brush fire was started from sparks when someone was mowing a lawn and hit a bit of rock or metal. SignatureHugs, CatNipped See all my masters at: http://www.PossiblePlaces.com/CatNipped/ >>On Fri 13 Jan 2006 06:23:54p, wrote in rec.pets.cats.anecdotes >>(news:1137194634.395105.307980@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com): [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Sherry I'm so glad to hear Boots is safe and sound! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek >> Gosh I wish you would get some major moisture down there. How about your >> friend? Was she able to go back home? [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Sherry Oh man how horrible :( Just makes you sick :( > We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and > the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Sherry Geez, Sherry - I am so glad your house was spared, and that of your ILs - I hope they didn't lose animals. Give DS a kick in the pants for me, and a hug too. This all has to be terribly frightening! -L. >We just got very lucky this afternoon. A cold front came through, and >the wind changed direction out of the north abruptly about the time the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Sherry Glad you're okay, Sherry. Purrs continuing for everyone else in the area to be safe, furred and bare alike. Ginger-lyn Home Pages: http://www.spiritrealm.com/summer/ http://www.angelfire.com/folk/glsummer (homepage & cats) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~summer/index.htm (genealogy) http://www.movieanimals.bravehost.com/ (The Violence Against Animals in Movies Website) > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry Emergency purrs are on the way for everyone in the path of the fires. Purrs and hugs, Nan > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. ... > Sherry That's terrible about your friend's house. I hope you and your animals stay safe. That was a good idea to crate the cats in advance. I assume you have your drivers license and car keys handy. Just in case, you should also gather up your check book and any other bank books you might have. If your book is low on checks, take a box of checks with you. Also passport, credit cards and keys to safe deposit box. Add your address book. Remember the catfood and some food dishes. If you've got some feliway, keep it handy. I hope all of this turns out to be totally unnecessary. Annie > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry OMG, that sounds so scary! I'm glad you're prepared to leave but I'm sending many purrs that it won't have to come to that. Purrs for your poor friend too. SignatureBritta "There is no snooze button on a cat who wants breakfast." -- Unknown Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > sun is completely occluded with smoke it looks so eerie. Like the > whole world is one fire. This is horrible. Many purrs on the way for you and the cats, and the cows. And everyone else affected by the fires. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/ Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki >This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have >broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >Sherry \ Oh no! Purrs on the way. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Make Levees, Not War > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry Purrs on the way. We forget how lucky we are in England, we don't get the extremes of weather etc. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) A House is not a home, without a cat. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > This is exactly what I have been afraid of all winter. Wildfires have > broken out all around us. DH went to check on his parents and just [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Sherry How horrible! Lots and lots of purrs and best wishes, Polonca and Soncek YOU ARE IN OUR PRAYERS |
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