Clear Lake - Valley Fire

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Some of you may have seen coverage on the news about the Valley Fire in north Napa County near Clear Lake. It started early yesterday and has now burned over 50,000 acres and is 0% (yes Zero percent) contained. In just 24 hours it has already burned over 1000 homes.

A friend of a friend posted this evacuation video from last night. Watch and imagine driving through your neighborhood and how scary this would have been. Crazy!



It has been a horrible fire season here in CA and the Clear Lake area has been hit especially hard. This fire has already done more structure damage than the other 3 major area fires combined. Yesterday we could hear sirens heading up valley non stop for several hours but didn't realize how bad things had gotten until seeing the news and Facebook this morning.

We've had a few friend loose homes and many friends of friend impacted. A good buddy lost his home along with a 66 Mustang fastback and 65 Fairlane but at least he and his family are all safe. Another was on vacation and wasn't able to get anything before loosing their home. We all know its just stuff and the stuff will be replaced but it sure sucks. Fortunately, there have been no deaths.

On a positive note, the community response has been amazing. Napa and the surrounding communities have really rallied together to offer support in the way of supplies and support for those displaced along with boarding for animals. In fact, the Red Cross has asked that no more supplies be delivered today because there was so much. Our kids were touched being able to help others in need and it was overwhelming for many having it be so close to home.

Friends posted these on Facebook today. There are so many others that were just amazing but very sad showing all the destruction. But, as with other events like this, they will stay strong, rebuild and life will eventually return to normal. Please pray for those effected.

Unfortunately, many of the large animals like horses & cows had to be left behind. Some, did what they had to do to save them and get them to safety.