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OldMt Woman 1 year, 6 months ago.
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That’s a really great article and it reflects the California I know and love. There are so many wonderful, independent, rugged people there, but you’d never know it because the news only covers the folks who want the government to take care of them.
This being said, after living in wildfire country, I’d never, ever try to ride it out. I’d evacuate.
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Agreed. EVAC while you can….ahead of everyone so you get to the resources you need. Like a place to stay. [not the shelter] I keep enough camping stuff permanently in my truck to have a campsite. Fairgrounds if I’m bringing out livestock animals.
I’d just have to add food…which I’d bring from my house if I had the time. If not, the first bags to go over the railing and land near the truck would have some E-food anyway. I always park front-end-pointing-out. Habit. Given time, there are more things just inside the garage to be able to camp along side the road [out of danger zone] if I couldn’t get any further.
Here’s a wildfire EVAC question: If you have spare [filled] gas containers….and it won’t fit into your already-filled gas tanks….what do you do with them?
Obviously get them away from your house/bldgs. But do you take them out with you? Depending on the situation…Paradise for sure….it would be an awful risk. Other times, it would not be and would get you further from the whole messy area without stopping for gas.
OldMtWoman ….still gives me goosebumps to think of wildfire
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The article vaguely mentions propane tanks. Those propane tanks people use for their grills, those things are like small bombs. Serious hazard to firefighters.
Unless it is black powder, ammunition does not “explode.”
As for spare gas you could not take with you, It might be a environmental issue, but I think dumping it, rather than risking it igniting is better.
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We were told the leave the red heavy cover off the large propane tank [ feeds house furnace] if we’d turned off the valve. Those lids blowing sky high were the reason ….as well as signalling that we’d shut the valve to the house before we EVACed. Fortunately, that tank is well away from the house….cuz propane trucks can’t get UP our driveway in winter.
Yes, we also had 3 of the BBQ propane tanks which I think we repositioned down near the pond…along with “ladder fuel” branches we’d had time to cut off. Hmm…gotta remember we still have those small tanks …tho the BBQ is dead by now. Currently under a tarp…under the porch. [note to self] At this point, they would be used for the Buddy Heater if the elect. goes off in winter here. [renting all-electric house…not a great prep plan, so that’s an alternate heat].
My truck is low on gas so it’s really time to use up those stored gas containers [with fuel stabilizer] and refill with fresh again. Less of a fire danger for us in snowy winter. Dry spring is our bad time….usually.
If we had a clear shot AWAY from fire danger, I’d bring the gas with us….mebbe the BBQ tanks too. In our case, the wildfire was definitely in one direction and our exit was in a different direction. And….we got out BEFORE they called for official EVAC. Got our horses out the day before that cuz had to use friend’s trailer. But….you don’t always get that kind of time…
Would BBQ tanks sink to the bottom of a pond and thus stay cooled? Attach rope to retrieve them? Just brainstorming here…. Helicopter did suck water from our pond…scattered lawn furniture across the acreage!
Here are some other fire accelerants: Kerosene/lamp oil for lamps and the space heater….[for pipes running thru garage..NOT great design] 🙁 Coleman fuel for camping stove/lantern. Butane canisters for the BuddyHeater device. All of these are preps for if the electric goes off for more than a few hrs in winter. All of them are now located away from the house or forests but….not that far away. There isn’t room to be that far away.
Just a thought for anyone who keeps camping fuel in your house/garage… 🙁
OldMtWoman
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