The fires in the San Fernando Valley are still raging. We are 30 to 60 miles away from these fires and 1/2 of the horizon was filled with smoke this morning.
The Marek (Sylmar) and Sesnon (Porter Ranch)fires are ruining peoples
lives. Of these two fires, one was suspected arson and the other
is still under investigation.
So far we do not have ash falling on us from these fires, but if the
winds shift enough we will.
Our Fire Story
We lived up a rural and
beautiful Los Angeles canyon. It was far from neighbors. The
night skies opened to a million stars. It was an idyllic
life. Then our landlord almost double our rent, LUCKILY.
If we were going to pay over $1600 a month for rent we would
move to where we WANTED to be instead of where we HAD to be due to
finances. We moved from a remote inland canyon to within 1
mile of the beach in Ventura California. Our move was in mid 1999.
That landlord did us a huge favor. If he kept the low $875 a month
rent , we would
have been there in 2002 when a Los Angeles County wildfire roared
through the canyon. Below are pictures of before and after.
The "Old Restaurant" was our business storage building. The
small house with the U-Haul truck in front of it was our small home.
The bigger house was our neighbors who we shared the 32 acre
property with.
Everything was destroyed in the fire except the tiny "garage".
The neighbors had used it for a goat and chicken barn. The
neighbors also had moved before the fire swept through destroying
almost everything in its path.
This is why I highly recommend check out the inventory system
I talked about yesterday. If we had been in the canyon you can
see what would have happened to everything we owned. A greedy
landlord and luck are all that kept this from being us.
Home Inventory System
The Marek (Sylmar) and Sesnon (Porter Ranch)fires are ruining peoples
lives. Of these two fires, one was suspected arson and the other
is still under investigation.
So far we do not have ash falling on us from these fires, but if the
winds shift enough we will.
Our Fire Story
We lived up a rural and
beautiful Los Angeles canyon. It was far from neighbors. The
night skies opened to a million stars. It was an idyllic
life. Then our landlord almost double our rent, LUCKILY.
If we were going to pay over $1600 a month for rent we would
move to where we WANTED to be instead of where we HAD to be due to
finances. We moved from a remote inland canyon to within 1
mile of the beach in Ventura California. Our move was in mid 1999.
That landlord did us a huge favor. If he kept the low $875 a month
rent , we would
have been there in 2002 when a Los Angeles County wildfire roared
through the canyon. Below are pictures of before and after.
The "Old Restaurant" was our business storage building. The
small house with the U-Haul truck in front of it was our small home.
The bigger house was our neighbors who we shared the 32 acre
property with.
Everything was destroyed in the fire except the tiny "garage".
The neighbors had used it for a goat and chicken barn. The
neighbors also had moved before the fire swept through destroying
almost everything in its path.
This is why I highly recommend check out the inventory system
I talked about yesterday. If we had been in the canyon you can
see what would have happened to everything we owned. A greedy
landlord and luck are all that kept this from being us.
Home Inventory System
Copper Fire
San Francisquito Canyon
Saugus, California
June 2002
For those who know this area, this is next door to the fire camp.
It is between the two DWP housing areas. Going up
the canyon it is beyond the Saint Francis Dam
It is between the two DWP housing areas. Going up
the canyon it is beyond the Saint Francis Dam
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 Satellite View |  Driveway in |  The Old Restaurant |  Burned |
 Inside Restaurant 1 |  Inside Restaurant 2 |  Pump House |  Main House 1 |
 Main House 2 |  Main House 3 |  Main House 4 |  Main House 5 |
 Main House 6 |  Main House 7 |  Main House 8 |  Main House 9 |
 Small House 17 |  Main Propane Tank |  Garage |  Main House Before |
 Pool 1 |  Pool 2 |  Pool 3 |  Pool 4 |
 Small House Before |  Restaurant Downstairs |  Restaurant Upstairs |  Christmas Main House |
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