G-d. It moves like a blizzard of snow, but it’s on fire.
A thousand thanks to everyone who worked so hard to get people out.
KerryDecember 1, 2018, 4:10 PM
It really is one of those scenarios where if someone didn’t film it, you wouldn’t believe it, because it’s just so overwhelming.
lynneDecember 1, 2018, 11:33 PM
A realistic picture of Hell on Earth, Gerard. Thank God that most people escaped. And that you escaped.
Adrienne JacobyDecember 3, 2018, 10:28 AM
On Sunday, November 4, five days before the Camp Fire, I had occasion to be in Paradise. Both of my children were born there in a small hospital that was licensed for ob/gyn before Feather River Sanatarium became a full service hospital. I drove by the little hospital which had become a nursing home. I took pictures. Four days later all was gone. That brings the fragility of life pretty up close and personal. .. . but not nearly as personal as the body cam footage. Even though I had been evacuated less than a month prior to this event by the Carr Fire a few miles to the north, nothing I experienced came close to the immediacy of that footage.
MacDecember 9, 2018, 1:51 AM
That video looks like a slice of time taken from entering the vestibule of Hell to walking toward one of the darker corners.
Real World Address for Donations, Mash Notes and Hate Mail
Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
APT 379
Chico, Ca 95926
Green Pants Interior by Klahn
Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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G-d. It moves like a blizzard of snow, but it’s on fire.
A thousand thanks to everyone who worked so hard to get people out.
It really is one of those scenarios where if someone didn’t film it, you wouldn’t believe it, because it’s just so overwhelming.
A realistic picture of Hell on Earth, Gerard. Thank God that most people escaped. And that you escaped.
On Sunday, November 4, five days before the Camp Fire, I had occasion to be in Paradise. Both of my children were born there in a small hospital that was licensed for ob/gyn before Feather River Sanatarium became a full service hospital. I drove by the little hospital which had become a nursing home. I took pictures. Four days later all was gone. That brings the fragility of life pretty up close and personal. .. . but not nearly as personal as the body cam footage. Even though I had been evacuated less than a month prior to this event by the Carr Fire a few miles to the north, nothing I experienced came close to the immediacy of that footage.
That video looks like a slice of time taken from entering the vestibule of Hell to walking toward one of the darker corners.