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[wazoo64]

Glad all turned out well for you and your family Frank. Hope you're not in the Hidden Hills area of Yorba Linda that didn't have any water pressure at the hydrants during the height of the fire. That had to be so frustrating for those fire crews trying to save houses and not having any water. Watched on TV as one house burned to the ground while the firemen couldn't get any water from the hydrant out on the street - and the house had a full swimming pool in the back yard but no way to pump it out to fight the fire. Suggest you get yourself a generator and portable water pump if you've got a pool.
Heard on the news today that they finally got the Brea/Corona fire surrounded today, but they're still battling a few hot spots under the ashes. We still get smoke smells every night about 8-9PM here in Placentia, gotta be an offshore breeze developing that's carrying the smell down from the hills.
Drove over to Savi Ranch area last Sunday and saw fire trucks and crews from as far away as central California. Those guys did a GREAT JOB with what they had to work with.

Ken,
Funny you mention the water pump. After the fires in San Diego last year I was going to buy one but put off the $1500 investment. I am planning on buying the pool pump now and will never evacuate my house again. The reason most of these homes went down was due to lack of support. The firefighters do a great job but with big winds it's not possible to have enough fire support to stop total destruction. Even if you are not up againt the brush small embers will find their way onto your property and unless you are there to hose them down you will run the risk of devestation.