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Originally Posted by fingpilot
My extended family owns all of Sulphur Mountain above Ojai.
It's all gone. 7 separate houses, some dating back to pioneer California, some as new as 2016.
The new ones (built to latest fire resistant standards) burned just as easily as the oldest. Winds when they all left yesterday afternoon were 60 to 70 miles an hour at the top of the mountain.
So far, everyone is accounted for. Pets are with them, most of the livestock is unaccounted for, all were turned loose, and not in sight during flyover this morning.
I'm always a last minute shopper for Christmas, but this year, it's all going to local church charity and the Red Cross.
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Wow Flingpilot, so sorry to hear how this disaster has made such personal impact on you and your family. The family property you describe sounds like a special place for y'all .
It's hard to come up with anything of comfort in the face of such loss.
But I'm thinking of you and all that are being hit so hard by these fires.
So relieved to hear that your family and pets got out ok, hope the livestock shows up ok in time.
What a mess these fires are creating. I hope your family are doing ok now, and plotting their recovery.
Aloha Richard