Heroes and Refugees

Posted on October 25, 2007 in Santiago Fire

Three Orange County Fire Authority firemen were dining at the local Memphis BBQ and I don’t know why people didn’t just stand up and applaud. I told them that they’d done a fine job. I guess most people hadn’t been watching from the heights like I and my neighbors had.

Portola Hills looked crowded tonight. A steady stream of lights ground up the loma, each one aiming for the home that had survived the conflagration thanks to the foresight of the Fire Authority. The defense of our homes had been well-planned: fire officials knew when they were going to wait while it burned the brush and when they would throw manpower to the line. Those who evacuated just don’t know how masterful the response was.

OCFA did good. It did real good.