Fire Update
Irradiated by Stingray
We aten’t dead.
Immediate danger has not passed, but has been mitigated. Latest report says the crews got a good backburn in between the fire and the town that seems to be holding, and that the main danger is on the west side of the burn, which is the side not containing us. It’s by no means a sure thing, but the fire chief seemed reasonably optimistic, with the caveat that the wind can still kick us in the nuts.
Bugout lines have been drawn, and we’re packed to within a 20 minute launch capability, and we’ve got a target to land at with all critters and vitals.
Reports that I intend to deal with this situation by climbing on the roof with a bottle of whiskey, a garden hose, and hurling profanity at the fire until it goes away are mildly exaggerated, but not ruled out as a plan.
Update: Evac on. Play nice while we’re gone.
June 27th, 2011 at 11:55 am
Wait, you’re not always at 20 minute alert status?
Maybe I have gone a little far with the prepper thing…
June 27th, 2011 at 1:06 pm
I take it this was posted pre the rolling robocall evac thing.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
yes, we’re tossing and rolling now
June 27th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Best Wishes and thoughts.
Be careful
June 27th, 2011 at 1:13 pm
Good luck ! and let us know when you settle inn at sekret location
June 27th, 2011 at 1:18 pm
Fingers crossed!
June 27th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
I’m surprised the profanity trick didn’t work.
Best of luck nonetheless.
June 27th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
*fingers crossed for y’all*
June 27th, 2011 at 2:24 pm
Best of luck for you both. I’m sorry the whiskey and profanity didn’t work. I really thought it would have.
B
June 27th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Be safe.
June 27th, 2011 at 2:38 pm
Take care of yourselves.
“Reports that I intend to deal with this situation by climbing on the roof with a bottle of whiskey, a garden hose, and hurling profanity at the fire until it goes away are mildly exaggerated, but not ruled out as a plan.”
There’s a part of me that would have loved seeing that.
June 27th, 2011 at 3:11 pm
Good luck and be careful!
June 27th, 2011 at 3:36 pm
The reason the whiskey and hose on the roof didn’t work wuz becuz you didn’t get NEKID! That always works for me.
June 27th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
A well-laden wall of profanity will consume all of the oxygen in a space, thereby depriving a fire of one of its constituents. But house-sized walls of profanity are hard to set up effectively; you’d have to yell for a long, long time. And the whiskey doesn’t really help the vocal cords, despite making them feel better.
I’m glad you’re bugging out. Having seen the Katrina refugees, I’ve seen two distinct groups: Those Who GTFO, and Those Who Were Rescued. The former group fared far better than the latter group, by multiple orders of magnitude.
You two (four) are of the Survivor Class.
June 27th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Stay safe, be smart, and good luck. In that order!
June 27th, 2011 at 4:01 pm
Stay safe. Keeping you in our thoughts
June 27th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Good luck. Try to check in every once in a while so we know you’re safe. We worry, ya know.
June 27th, 2011 at 4:12 pm
Having gone through two fire evacuations in the last six years, I know the feeling. Here’s hoping that it misses your town.
June 27th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
God speed, in the original nobody’s-died-today sense.
June 27th, 2011 at 7:54 pm
Best of luck, I sincerely hope the Nerd ranch is still up when you get back.
June 27th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
Stop standing in the fire. That’s a job for a DK.
June 27th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
I heard the fire was started by byciclyists.
June 27th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
I feel better that you are removed from that immediate area, and I’m awaiting news that you are safely returned home.
June 27th, 2011 at 9:39 pm
good luck, be safe
June 27th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
Just because you’re removed from the area doesn’t mean that you can’t sit sit screaming, whiskey in hand, from the rooftop.
Seriously, here’s hoping all ends well.
June 27th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Matt, there are FIVE of them. Are you some kind of ailurophobe, or what?
June 28th, 2011 at 4:04 am
Good luck!
June 28th, 2011 at 5:21 am
Hope it’s all there where you left it when you get back!
June 28th, 2011 at 6:22 am
Best of luck guys! Glad you bugged out. Although, I was sure the profanity plan was going to work.
Let us know when you’re settled. We’ll be thinking about you. Might even spare a prayer for our favorite heathens
June 28th, 2011 at 7:01 am
The Nerds are at the bugout location safely but i don’t believe they have convenient access to internet at this point. Any other updates/info i will leave to them as they can
June 28th, 2011 at 7:07 am
good luck guys!
June 28th, 2011 at 7:36 am
Glad y’all got out okay. Y’all can’t be replaced… Just sayin…
June 28th, 2011 at 7:38 am
Here I’ll say my thoughts are with you. (Over on Jenn’s site it is a prayer.)
Best of luck to you!
June 28th, 2011 at 10:37 am
Prayers are with you. If you need a crash pad at any time, come down to Rio Rancho and you can land with us. We have room.
June 28th, 2011 at 11:12 am
Glad to hear you guys landed safely, and hope your house is just fine when you get back!
June 28th, 2011 at 11:31 am
Glad you’re all okay! I look forward to tales of Horror Cat V. Evacuation upon your return, hopefully to a fully intact Fortress of Science.
June 28th, 2011 at 12:57 pm
Holy Smokes….
No pun intended….
Sending positive vibes and juju out your way….
June 28th, 2011 at 2:10 pm
omg you are in Los Alamos? That’s my adopted home-I-always-miss-no-matter-where-I’m-living-currently.
I hope everything turns out okay. And I hope you’ll give a nicely detailed update when you return home. I have so many memories of Los Alamos, and right now I can only see them on fire in my brain.
June 28th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Be well, all y’all. My sister is one of your co-workers ‘huddled in Sante Fe, eating blue corn tortillas and yearning to breathe free - in her own home.’
June 29th, 2011 at 5:11 am
Lords of Kobol protect you.
June 29th, 2011 at 5:48 am
glad to hear you folks are safe. I hope you are able to return to you home soon and it remains safe too.
June 29th, 2011 at 6:08 am
Had a friend who stayed in Nutrioso, six days, no power; friend brought a genset. I belive it was the Crown Royal, Tecate, that got him through the Wallow fire.
June 29th, 2011 at 6:37 am
Hope everyone/everything makes it through safely. Good luck!
July 1st, 2011 at 4:43 pm
I left a suitably fretting answering machine message on your little digital secretary. Only today did I think to check atomic nerds. Don’t I feel like a dork.
Anyway, miss you guys, worried but that’s nothing new anyway since I am powered by fretting. Gimme a ring when you’re back in town, maybe run over some bicyclists for me.