Hang in there, Christie! As a transplanted Californian and former
resident of San Diego and Temecula, I truly feel your pain. The house
my husband's family built years ago in Ramona went up Sunday...so sad.
What I learned from living in Cali I brought with me to Colorado. We
have a couple of containers handy, stashed with precious items, which we
could grab quickly in the event of an emergency. Other special things
and important papers we have off-site in a safe deposit box. Hard
lessons learned the hard way.
My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by the fires and
especially to the awesome, hard-working firefighters! (I believe
Colorado has sent some crews over to the Golden State.)
Stephanie McCutcheon, CRM
Denver, CO
-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Narver, Christie
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:05 AM
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Subject: Re: [RM] OT Arson In So. Cal.
I live at the foot of the Santiago fire in Orange County. My
home is in the flats, so it's only been covered with ash and the smell
is permeating everything. They have known this fire was arson since it
started. Yesterday there were over 100 FBI, ATF and local officials
combing the area where the fire started for clues. So far, only one of
my staff (and the only one in the office) has been asked to evacuate,
but her family home is safe and the fire has moved away. It is so dry
and hot and the winds were very high, even for a Santa Ana. Drought,
overgrowth of vegetation and the dying off of trees from insects have
set the stage for fire devastation. I'm sure there are many other
Southern California records people who have been affected but it's
amazing how 'close-knit' our communities become when something like this
happens.
To look out the windows of our office tower, 12 miles away from
the fire zone and see the orange glow, smoke pillars and then drive home
to see the devastation occurring is a humbling experience. We build
disaster plans for our companies, but how many of us have disaster plans
for our homes? The fire safe, given as a wedding present, seemed odd
but inside my husband and I have put all the 'paperwork' of our lives
and will soon be adding a flash drive containing pictures of our home
and its contents. Disasters like this put us on notice of how easily we
could be the ones facing devastation.
Keep thinking positive thoughts for the fire fighters and their
families as well as those whose homes are in the fire zones.
Christie Narver, CRM
Records Manager
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
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-----Original Message-----
From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Steven Whitaker
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 8:41 AM
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Subject: OT OT Arson In So. Cal.
I have been saying for several days that this many fires all at the same
time has to be arson.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21436901/
Best regards, Steve
Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
Records Systems Manager; City of Reno
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