After posting my blog about the 3 raging wildfires in the County
of L.A.
I opened up Fox News on the internet to see if any containment
was displayed
Hoping the firefighters were making progress on the wildfire
Whack-A-Mo game
Instead of being put out and contained
2 more areas in So Cal are going up in flames
The Tyler Fire in Riverside County and the Woodley Fire in
L.A. in today’s early morning hours have joined the list of fires that need to
be tamed
Over 30,000 people have had to evacuate
Some abandoning vehicles and running for their lives to the
approaching fires escape
Over 200,000 residents are without power a number along with
evacuations that should grow
The devastating forecast that for at least another day
hurricane force winds will continue to blow
These are fires that make no distinction among their victims’
houses being burnt to the ground
Regardless of residents’ wealth or fame their cries of woe
as their homes in the path of the flames
are drowned out by the howling wind sounds
The only good news so far from the raging wildfire scenes
Is that so far no deaths only some injuries from the
wildfires have we seen
When the wildfires are finally put down for the count and
the hot spots and embers put out
We need a concerted effort to learn how to build and where
to build homes so in future fires they are not added to the homes destroyed
count
© 1/8/2025 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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