Posted On: October 24, 2007, 2:32 pm CDT

Posted By: DJ

To Ohioan ... You really have no clue what you are talking about and your comments reflect that. Even the best laid plans are sometimes not enough. There are plans in place but when things are happening so fast and furious and over such a large area ... well, enough said. I'll never convince you - after all, I've only lived in CA for 49 years and know what I'm talking about ... how long did you live here ????? I guess all Californians deserve what we are currently enduring. Don't worry, Ohioan, we won't ask you for help or to even feel bad for us - we just prefer that "if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". People here are in pain, we just ask that you respect that - that's just plain old decent behavior.

And to Californian - you are right on AND your analogy is too !!!!!

I just thank God that injuries and deaths were kept to a minimum - guess something went right !!!!! With the magnitude of these fires, the number of people working them and the number of civilians affected by them one would think there would have been far more injuries - but, guess saving lives is just "throwing good money after bad".