Topic: Fire

[miraclepieco]

The town of Weed, California burned up today. Weed is just south of me; I drove through there just a few days ago when picking up my '49. The fire destroyed 150 homes, the elementary school, two churches and a lumber mill. Half the town's population has been evacuated. The fire was really hard on classic cars. Here's some pics from the news media:

[miraclepieco]

PS: A big fire also started the day I got picked up my '49. You can see it burning in the background here. We've been engulfed in smoke for days here from a fire just to the SW. Maybe some of you recall the photos I posted last year of our 145,000 acre forest fire that almost burned down my town - the glowing sky and the neighborhood so smoky you couldn't see across the street.  I am really growing weary of entire summers being lost to smoke.

[radford46]

That sucks, but damn glad to see you back at it. Nice truck. You've been wanting one. Slam it down.

[hotwheels]

Damn that is horrible. When i was in oregon for vacation, the gulch fire was near my uncles mountain property. As we were driving around ashland, a dry thunderstorm rolled in and the lighting started a fire.......Scary stuff

[obama]

Tough times, interesting that in just those photo's there are that many nice old cars.  Hope you stay OK.

[miraclepieco]

When i was in oregon for vacation, the gulch fire was near my uncles mountain property.

WTF - you were in Oregon and didn't call to introduce yourself? 

[lowboy]

Wow thats sad for the owners and for the town of weed. Around here the forest department does controlled burns in the Shawnee forest. several years ago 1 got away but didn't really do much if I remember correctly Prayers for all involved

[oldskool49]

That is really sad. Just looking at 2 of the pictures the 2 older cars are salvageable. Sucks.