2001 Rodeo Chediski Fire, over 460,000 acres of PRIME timber lost along with 420 homes and 500 jobs. 3 communities, a total of 50,000 residents evacuated for 12 days........and with the way the weather is now, a fire larger than that is forecast this year.
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TexasStooge
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Just find the "Civil Emergency Message" topic in the Off-topic forum, and see the worst crisis Huntsman, TX is facing.
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The problem is a current one. An extremely low unemployment rate, which sounds good, but lots companies still looking for workers. The problem; no one can afford to live here anymore except for the rich, because wages have not increased while housing has more than doubled in value during the past five years. Pretty easy to see why there is a problem, and it is getting worse.
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For our small town it was clearly Katrina. We are a rural community with fewer than 5000 people. Our entire infrastructure went down. And nobody came to help.......no Red Cross, no MEMA, no FEMA, no National Guard. The first to arrive was a line crew from Pennsylvania......they immediatelty restored power to our community water wells, which allowed us sanitation. We were overwhelmed with evacuees from NOLA and the MGC.
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Hmmm...I have two hometowns.
In Bordeaux, France, there has been a very deep economic crisis due to unparalleled competition in the viticultural sector. Many places all over the world produce amazing wines that are as prestigious as those from Bordeaux, but also sometimes cheaper. This has resulted in a huge loss to Bordeaux's economy, not made any better by strict federal regulations on wine-making and classification. ...confidentially, I like California wines better...heh.
In Oakland, California, there was a huge fire in 1991-1992, I forget the exact year. Anyway, the fire began and spread throughout the hills above Oakland, consuming primarily ultra-dry grass, eucalyptus trees, and multi-million dollar homes. I remember evacuating down the narrow, twisty roads, looking back, and seeing my entire neighborhood engulfed. When the fire was over a few days later, and we were allowed to return, all that was left of our home was the brick chimney, and a refrigerator that had literally melted into ground. I think the fire caused around three billion dollars in damage, and killed a few dozen...sad. This was only a few years after a fairly damaging earthquake...so this is the worst that I can remember.
In Bordeaux, France, there has been a very deep economic crisis due to unparalleled competition in the viticultural sector. Many places all over the world produce amazing wines that are as prestigious as those from Bordeaux, but also sometimes cheaper. This has resulted in a huge loss to Bordeaux's economy, not made any better by strict federal regulations on wine-making and classification. ...confidentially, I like California wines better...heh.
In Oakland, California, there was a huge fire in 1991-1992, I forget the exact year. Anyway, the fire began and spread throughout the hills above Oakland, consuming primarily ultra-dry grass, eucalyptus trees, and multi-million dollar homes. I remember evacuating down the narrow, twisty roads, looking back, and seeing my entire neighborhood engulfed. When the fire was over a few days later, and we were allowed to return, all that was left of our home was the brick chimney, and a refrigerator that had literally melted into ground. I think the fire caused around three billion dollars in damage, and killed a few dozen...sad. This was only a few years after a fairly damaging earthquake...so this is the worst that I can remember.
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EDR1222 wrote:The problem is a current one. An extremely low unemployment rate, which sounds good, but lots companies still looking for workers. The problem; no one can afford to live here anymore except for the rich, because wages have not increased while housing has more than doubled in value during the past five years. Pretty easy to see why there is a problem, and it is getting worse.
That seems to be the problem EVERYWHERE you go nowadays.........more so in Florida and Arizona. Housing prices in Pinetop are BEYOND RIDICULOUS, I mean, the AVERAGE price for a 1100 sq ft. home is NOW OVER $360K
while 99.50% of the population just BARELY makes minimum wage............I'm so afraid we are fixing to see a MAJOR crash here and SOON, with gas prices climbing, housing prices are STUPID, SOMETHING has to give!
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I come from a small state, Rhode Island, and an even smaller town, not too much went on there... Anyways, I remember when I was a kid there was a sniper going around shooting into picture windows shortly after dark... I remember we had to keep the curtins closed after dark for a few days till they caught the idiot...
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Yankeegirl wrote:I come from a small state, Rhode Island, and an even smaller town, not too much went on there... Anyways, I remember when I was a kid there was a sniper going around shooting into picture windows shortly after dark... I remember we had to keep the curtins closed after dark for a few days till they caught the idiot...
That sounds like either a Son of Sam copycat, or was it the Zodiac?... think it was Son of Sam tho'...
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