Comments on: Fires rage throughout southern CA; Rob Lowe saves neighbors

By: mddesignhomes

mddesignhomes — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:13:47 +0000

Negligent people really needed to open their eyes wide and see the cause and effects of their actions. How many times have you driven down the road and seen an idiot throw their cigarette out the window? I don’t know about you, but it really makes me made and I want to track them down and give a lecture. Well, I have a few times but that can back fire if that person who threw the cigarette out the window is on the angry side.

So, as long as we have idiots, wind and burnable fire areas, we will have disasters.

Gail
Mddesignhomes.com

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By: california hard money lenders

california hard money lenders — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:27:40 +0000

I saw the smoke from my house that day!

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By: Jane Rice

Jane Rice — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:39:30 +0000

I work at Xella in Adel, Ga, and we produce a product called AAC. Please anyone thinking of rebuilding check out AAC-it has the industry’s highest fire rating. Just take a few minutes and research before rebuilding with any other material. You can take a torch to one side of an AAC block and hold your hand on the other and not feel the heat. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone touched by the wild fires. God Bless!

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By: Bronwyn

Bronwyn — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:24:18 +0000

I think it is wonderful that Rob Lowe helped people during a time of extreme crisis.

It is a tragedy for ANYONE to lose their homes. Shame on those who find stars “spoiled”… they work, hard, for the things that they have and losing what they’ve worked for is also devestating for them. I feel bad for anyone who has been affected by these fires.

mojoman ~ good luck moving to Alaska. Alaska is (also) on the Pacific Rim and is very prone to earthquakes and ptsunamis.

Interesting choice to run to for “safety” reasons…

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By: mddesignhomes

mddesignhomes — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:38:55 +0000

Over the last few days I have read many opinions about the fires in Southern California, and some individuals feel the rich don’t deserve compassion or sympathy since they have “multiple homes” and are “rich”. First of all, it must be clear that to have compassion and feel sorry is not the same. You can feel compassion for the memories that were lost in the burnt homes that cannot be recovered, such as a baby was born in that house, or maybe they raised their children in the home that burnt down. Think of the markings on the door jam for each year of age for a given child has grown, or the nicks in the kitchen drawers because their kids played drums on the drawers while putting the knives away. Every house acquires its own memories no matter how many homes you have or don’t have, when it burns down you cannot recover those memories.

When I walk through a big city like San Francisco I see all of the homeless people on the street asking with humility for help, and people walk by them as if they are invisible. Some people feel they do not serve compassion as the homeless man or woman must have done something to put themselves in such a position. If someone asked the homeless person what happened, you might find most are homeless because of a lost job, or a spouse died and the surviving spouse couldn’t do it alone. You would find that chances are there was no other option for them, and you might just find that there were homeless people displaced in the areas that burnt in the fires, and they must find a new place to be homeless at.

To here such disdain about the rich or poor is troubling to me as we all are God’s children, we are all brothers and sisters, we are all dependant on our community to stand in unity as one in a disaster. Have we forgotten 911 and how it brought us together? Have we forgotten how precious life can be? What would you do if put in a position of any kind of loss? Would you feel hurt if no one cared about you?

Give the rich a break because they have multiple houses, they still built memories in those houses. Remember the rich like Opera and other stars in the area donate enormous amounts of money to the poor, and volunteer their time to help the less fortunate. When you walk by a homeless person, try a little compassion you might someday need some yourself.

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By: Ter

Ter — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:11:47 +0000

The canyons are beautiful to live in in LA but hell trying to battle flames or flee in an orderly fashion. People know that and still build every year. More often than not homes burn down before services can reach them.

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By: mojoman

mojoman — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:43:56 +0000

Fire, earthquakes, quicksand?! That’s it, I’m packing my bags and move to Alaska!

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By: LisaB

LisaB — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:59:44 +0000

wow…that makes up for all the bad things his done in the past.

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By: lindsay

lindsay — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:36:44 +0000

what? quicksand? SHIZZ!!
I have always wanted a home in Cali… but QUICKSAND?!?!?!?!?!?!

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By: doodahs

doodahs — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:15:29 +0000

@ geronimo: There are certain areas in LA where it is mandatory to have fire insurance before a lender will offer you a mortgage and the premiums can be high… There are also areas of LA where there is no fire risk, so it’s not an issue.. But then there are the earthquake zones – the liquefaction factor is an issue where the ground under houses will turn to quicksand under certain earthquake condition (my home is in a fire, fault line and liquefaction zone).. So there are many issues to consider when buying a home in LA

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