Wildfire

[Rosi]

Hi,

I just wanted to share with the group an experience we had here in
Jamestown, CO yesterday. Actually it began Tuesday night, with 80mph
gusts of wind up here in the mountains. At around 5AM on Wednesday
the wind knocked down a tree, which knocked down a powerline and
began the day's activities.

On Tuesday, during the day, my partner and I were discussing the
California fires and remarking about the attachment people show
towards their "possessions". On Wednesday morning, we were being
advised that we could be forced to evacuate at any moment. Ironic,
isn't it?

Well, around noon, I believe, we were told to evacuate. The fire was
less than a mile from our tiny town of 200-300 people. To be
perfectly honest, I was excited. I only packed a few things...two
small backpacks and left the rest of my possessions to burn. I only
wish I had grabbed the video camera to capture what I saw the rest of
the day. Friends of ours had called us to let us know we could stay
with them, so we headed there.

When we got there, we found that we had seats to one of the most
remarkable shows of Mother Nature I have ever experienced. We
watched from a distance as the side of a mountain burned. The sun
was bright red from the smoke, and the fire looked like lava as it
poured over the mountainside burning everything in its path. I don't
mean any offense to anyone that finds fires like this devastating,
but I found it to be one of the most beautiful things I have seen in
my lifetime. A rebirth, if you will. I felt quite priveleged to be
witness to such a thing.

This fire started out at as a spark, and ended with 4,000 acres
burned. I think only one house burned, and it was someone's vacation
home. No one was hurt.

Yesterday, the day of the fire, I went to sleep watching flames out
my window. This morning I awake to find snow on the ground. Just
plain interesting it all is.

I wonder, perhaps, if the winds here had any relationship to the
flare. I also wonder if this was a test of sorts, to see how people
handle such powerful catalyst. Who knows, all I do know for sure is
that I feel blessed to have had this experience.

Rosi

[shemayet_3]

--- In asc2k@yahoogroups.com (/group/asc2k/post?postID=aA6W_6uvi9ta7g1v8oErqz3VmG-ivzRJJO7AB96UurEaeJta3m4LceM4v8PdOLMU4-LGeuEJtKyfmK17vg), "Rosi" <rosibuchanan@y...> wrote:

snip >>> Well, around noon, I believe, we were told to evacuate.
The fire was less than a mile from our tiny town of 200-300 people.
To be perfectly honest, I was excited. I only packed a few
things...two small backpacks and left the rest of my possessions to
burn. I only wish I had grabbed the video camera to capture what I
saw the rest of the day. Friends of ours had called us to let us
know we could stay with them, so we headed there. <<< snip

Me: > What a catalyst this must have been, for you! I'm very glad to
know that you and your family, and home are okay!!! :)

snip >>> When we got there, we found that we had seats to one of the
most remarkable shows of Mother Nature I have ever experienced. We
watched from a distance as the side of a mountain burned. The sun
was bright red from the smoke, and the fire looked like lava as it
poured over the mountainside burning everything in its path. I
don't mean any offense to anyone that finds fires like this
devastating, but I found it to be one of the most beautiful things I
have seen in my lifetime. A rebirth, if you will. I felt quite
priveleged to be witness to such a thing. <<< snip

Me: > Now that, must have been a sight, to behold.

snip >>> This fire started out at as a spark, and ended with 4,000
acres burned. I think only one house burned, and it was someone's
vacation home. No one was hurt. <<< snip

Me: > :) That's good news!

snip >>> I wonder, perhaps, if the winds here had any relationship
to the flare. <<<

Me: > Yes, I wonder as well. It's to bad, we will never know, for
sure.

snip >>> I also wonder if this was a test of sorts, to see how
people handle such powerful catalyst.

Rosi <<< snip

Me: > Well that, would certainly be the case, in your situation,
would it not?? :) You seemed, to have handled it very well, if you
ask me! What an experience it must have been for you!
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Me: > I also wanted, to send my Love and Light, to all the firemen,
in California. They are facing huge catalyst right now and need all
the Love and Light they can get!!

They are very brave....... ---<---C@ ---<---C@ ---<---C@

Blessed Be!

Shemayet~*

[mawk]

Hi Rosi,

Last summer in Australia, we also had some pretty bad fires. In our little
town of 300 to 400 people, including the surrounding area, we came under
threat with the fire getting to within a mile twice over the week that our
area was under threat. The day Canberra lost over 500 homes I was left at
the service station (family business) with my mother. Our local bushfire
tanker called in with a couple of people I knew really well. Amazingly
exactly a year and 3 days prior to this I had a dream that played out the
exact same scene with the same people in it. Also in the dream I was told
that all would be OK in our area, with little damage occurring. This
provided me with a quiet confidence on the day and with many people calling
me to find out what to do I am sure this helped to instil confidence in them
as well. In the final wash only a couple of sheds got damaged (in our area)
but no one got injured. In the end over a million acres of forest and
grassland was destroyed.

I fully understand your comments about the surreal aspect to the experience.
On the positive side it was great to see a small community pull together
under such catalyst. Given the appropriate catalyst it seems that STO can be
an innate quality and it certainly instilled a renewed faith for me in the
potential of my fellow man/women.

One final thing, I remember when I was up on the roof watering down the
burning embers and looking into this wall of luminous red/grey smoke that
blacked out the sun, the word "purification" came to mind. This word just
came into my mind out of nowhere. When I get these kind of left field ideas
I pay heightened attention to them. In retrospect I do believe this whole
experience for our community provided some great growth.

Sadly in the last 10 months since the fires it has been a bit of a witch
hunt to find who to blame. To my mind this comes down to the issue of wisdom
verses hierarchies, but that is a topic for another day. Wishing you both
protection and positive growth from the catalyst.

Cheers,

Mawk