Originally Posted By Disneymom443 Oklahoma, Mid West City winds are so bad that a fire started, and is destroing so many homes. The news just said that it is worse than our May 3rd Tornado.(F5) It's so sad to see these homes, so far there are not near my house.
Originally Posted By rtjl72 that is so scary! stay safe. i wasn't sure where you were located, but i have a little idea now. my point of reference is from our tribal offices in miami. o am here in iowa, so i am not real sure of the towns down your way. but again, stay safe and out of harm's way!!!!
Originally Posted By friendofdd We've had fires within just a few miles of us in the last couple of years. It is scary. I pray the winds will die down and no more property lost. Have lives been lost?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 The total that is on the news this morring is 100 homes gone. Thankfully no one has died. 34 with smooke inhalation, and 3 with burns,1 is a firefighter. It is so sad, These people are in so much need of the little things that we take for granted. Like personal items ie:deordant, ravors, toothpast, toobrush and diapers. It's just so sad.People are already putting up places for us to drop stuff off. There were also some fires in the Stillwater ares. This Oklahoma state Unversity area. They luckly didn't get it as bad. I am just 20 miles Northwest from Midwest City, it was scary to now that we were so close and yet so far.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 It so scary when you are watching the news and can identify the areas they are talking about. It really get you thinking of how prepared you are to evacuate. Overwhelming. I hope the winds die down and no more homes are lost. It's really so sad and random.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin As a so cal resident my best advice is if you are ordered to evac, leave immediately. Ahead of time put whatever heirlooms and photo albums you have in the car, keep the kids and pets on a short leash (so to speak), pack 3 or 4 days worth of clothes for each family member and put everybody's meds in one small storage bin so you can grab it easily as you head to the car. GO when the authorities give you the word, and if you even think the fire is going to come your way be prepared to make the decision yourself, fires move fast and create their own winds. And once you've been evac'd DO NOT come back into the area until the fire department officials have cleared the area for reentry. If you prepare early you won't be rushing around at the last minute. I should have changed my screen name to "Smokey" for this post.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I've looked at a map and I think my friend's family is quite a bit to the South and West of the fires (Lawton area, I think). Although I never had to evacuate we had 2 wild fires within a couple months of each other that were pretty close. The first one was close enough that I actually did pack the irriplacables and had the next to the door ready to throw in the trucks and run. That was a scarey couple of days!
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 All the fires were out by Friday. No more homes were burned. Thank goodness.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Thank you for the update Disneymom443. How sad for those who lost their homes or had damage. Autopia Deb, I remember your posts. That reminds me that I need to back up my computers/pictures!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I asked my roomy and apparantly he has family all around Midwest City, but not actually in the area.
