The update is that the page should be active by Monday and I will share it at that time. Apparently they had so little notice, the only thing they escaped with was cell phones, iPads, medications and a change of clothes.
Karrie Reid
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On Jan 9, 2025, at 12:28 PM, Sean A. O'Hara <sean@gimcw.org> wrote:
Karrie -
Thank you for your response. Yes, please share the GoFundMe page. Our hearts go out to your friends.
I meant to add to my post that firefighters from the SF Bay Area where we live drove all night to So Calif. with fully equipped trucks to be ready to help with the anticipated fires. Because So Calif has receive a tiny percentage of seasonal rain, in contrast to us receiving far more than normal, the Santa Ana wind event forecast was assumed to be quite dangerous.
On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM reidkarrie <d*@freelists.org> wrote:
Yes, I just learned that friend and renowned rose breeder and curator of the Huntington’s Rose Garden, Tom Carruth and his husband Rob have lost their home and garden of 38 years. They are safe with friends, but their entire Alta Dena neighborhood is in ashes. A rosarian friend is setting up a GoFundMe page. If anyone is interested in contributing, you can email me directly for the information. Sean, if you think it is appropriate, I can share with the group as a whole. <image002.png> Karrie Reid
Horticultural Consultant UCCE Env. Hort. Advisor, ret’d. Mobile 209-670-4686 Email reidkarrie@gmail.com 119 Gold Creek Cir., Folsom, CA 95630 From: m*@freelists.org <m*@freelists.org> On Behalf Of Sean A. O'Hara
Sent: Thursday, January 9, 2025 11:42 AM
To: m*@freelists.org
Subject: [medit-plants] the current fires in California Yesterday, I participated in the international Zoom meeting the Mediterranean Garden Society (run by the Italy Branch), presenting Carol Borenstein of Southern California. Prior to her interesting and well illustrated talk, 'assembled' members from around the world discussed the devastating fires in the Los Angeles [LA] area. LA has a particular geography the can create the phenomenon of 'Santa Ana winds' blowing from dry inland areas towards the coast. These are well known to have a high potential fire danger, causing even a small fire to quickly build into a huge conflagration (what we are witnessing now). We live in the SF Bay Area and while we sometimes talk about the 'Santa Ana wind' effect locally, it is nothing close to that experienced in So Calif. Our heart goes out to many friends in our southland - hard to imagine their fear and loss during this crisis. Wildfires are well known in mediterranean climates, but such huge events of recent years even test our landscapes adaptation to seasonal fires!
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