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Forums :: Dan Peek Fan Blog :: Re: OT: Message #2 ... The Shemitah - The Rise and Fall (?) of America (The Country) ... Another Must-View

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Good Evening KoG! Life has been most interesting for me these last 2 days. I am "blessed" with 2 new tires on my car. Ahem. I will NOT say any more at this point, because I'd like to end my day on a positive note??? The tire episode was NOT positive! Made a Walmart run this morning. Difficult to see much of the destruction in Weed from I-5, going north. On the way home, I went through part of the town and then northeast out US Highway 97, maybe 2 miles. I was shocked at what I saw! The destruction is TOTAL, where there's destruction, and like you say, right next to it, everything's cool. There's a black community on the north side of Highway 97 and it was completely untouched; a miracle. It would've meant the loss of 2 more churches and probably 30-50 homes. From time to time, I attend one of the churches and know many of the people. Anyhow, they've got quite a nice park on the south side of the highway and trees were burned right up to the park and then, wham-o, beautiful green grass and kids playing at the skateboard park! Stark contrast. I also saw that if the fire had burned just 100-200 feet to the west, the whole town would've been lost! It appears there were 2 slight shifts in wind direction. The first blew the fire to the northeast. The second shifted it to the northwest - AFTER it passed the crucial point that would've sent the whole town into ruins. It SMELLS horrible! You could see huge holes where they had to take out burned power poles. The new ones were nearby. I couldn't tell how far to the north of Highway 97 the fire burned. At this point, I don't want to be a gawker. The people aren't on display. They've suffered enough. I heard rumors at WalMart this morning that people might not be able to rebuild, because the lots are substandard size, by today's regulations. I should think it would be grandfathered in! Perhaps this is why the state department of emergency services has broken precedent and said they will reimburse the city 100% of the costs of temporary housing??? The Pilot gas station south of town was having issues today. The clerk I spoke with said she stayed with her parents during the fire. Their house was saved, but a cousin, up near my friend's house, lost everything. She's expecting a baby and lost all the shower gifts she'd received. I heard bits of stories about carpetbaggers. UGH. Anything to turn a buck, eh? To answer your question, Weed is about 10 miles north of Mount Shasta, the town. The mountain, Mt. Shasta is kind of the hub. Weed is on the northwest side. Mount Shasta, the town, is on the southwest side. McCloud (where Konwakiton Glacier melted and made Mud Creek overflow its banks) is on the southeast side. Dunsmuir is due south of Mount Shasta, the town. The other towns are all about 10 miles from Mount Shasta, the town. We're ALL in heavily forested locations, Weed being the least forested. Still, there was a lot of heavy timber that burned. I had an interesting night last night! Woke up with a vivid sermon in my mind (delivered by the Man Himself) on faith, coupled with a nifty phrase from a worship song I've never heard before. Hmmm. Wonder what's up. Anyhow, pondering it all was a good distraction from the tire episode. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Come Monday the fur's gonna fly, and I don't mean mine!


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