Ridgetop
Herd Master
During wildfire alerts we try to keep the stock trailer hitched. If we are evacuated the dogs go to the local shelter which will keep them for evacuation victims, the fairgrounds take in the horses and some sheep and goats.
Last evacuation fire we had we were not in the state and DS1 took care of everything. DD1 and her family were staying at our home while they waited to move into their rental, so was DD2. DS1 picked up children from school, had them pack bags, then loaded up the dogs. DD1 and DSIL1 knew nothing since they were at work. DS1 called them to notify of the fie and evacuation. DD1 came home and drove the children to her friend's home. Our truck was in the shop so DD2 and her boyfriend haltered the horses and led them down the road to the park where they were temporarily tied up until they could be trailered out. DS3 drove 3 hours down from Nipomo through several other wildfires to pick them up in his stock trailer and brought them to his place. The sheep remained until DS2 (who was working 3 hours south) went to his friend's house, and borrowed her truck and trailer, loaded them up and hauled them out. We had no phone or TV reception and knew nothing for 3 days! Worst fire ever - if we had not had our sheep to scour the ground and reduce all vegetation to dirt, we would have lost our barn, house, al our possessions, etc. As it was the dire hit our fences ad the bare ground within them and burned around our place. The fire department were able to stage on our flat area to fight the fire raging in the 100 acres + of empty brush behind us. Winds were 60-80 mph! Fire wasn't just traveling by burning, it was jumping large areas blown by the winds and traveling fast. Crossed the freeway, the wash, and came so fast into Shadow Hills it caught people with cars in driveways and horses still in corrals that didn't get out. Horrible.
So glad that the fire s contained. Sheriff Woody Wallace sounds just like the sort of sheriff you want to have.
Last evacuation fire we had we were not in the state and DS1 took care of everything. DD1 and her family were staying at our home while they waited to move into their rental, so was DD2. DS1 picked up children from school, had them pack bags, then loaded up the dogs. DD1 and DSIL1 knew nothing since they were at work. DS1 called them to notify of the fie and evacuation. DD1 came home and drove the children to her friend's home. Our truck was in the shop so DD2 and her boyfriend haltered the horses and led them down the road to the park where they were temporarily tied up until they could be trailered out. DS3 drove 3 hours down from Nipomo through several other wildfires to pick them up in his stock trailer and brought them to his place. The sheep remained until DS2 (who was working 3 hours south) went to his friend's house, and borrowed her truck and trailer, loaded them up and hauled them out. We had no phone or TV reception and knew nothing for 3 days! Worst fire ever - if we had not had our sheep to scour the ground and reduce all vegetation to dirt, we would have lost our barn, house, al our possessions, etc. As it was the dire hit our fences ad the bare ground within them and burned around our place. The fire department were able to stage on our flat area to fight the fire raging in the 100 acres + of empty brush behind us. Winds were 60-80 mph! Fire wasn't just traveling by burning, it was jumping large areas blown by the winds and traveling fast. Crossed the freeway, the wash, and came so fast into Shadow Hills it caught people with cars in driveways and horses still in corrals that didn't get out. Horrible.
So glad that the fire s contained. Sheriff Woody Wallace sounds just like the sort of sheriff you want to have.
maybe they can be more certain once the immediate infections are resolved
and it can be good news!
