Marek Fire
October 13, 2008

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A fire truck is driving up the road to our home.
This was about six in the morning of October 13.
  Our home is about 1/4 mile ahead of the fire trucks.
The hill burning across the canyon had burned several times in
the past 20 years but not with 60-80 mph winds driving the fire.

Somewhere on the road to
  our home.



Neighborhood about 1/2 mile
from our home.



  Our home is somewhere over
there in the fire.


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Helicopter headed for a water drop the day before our home burned.
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Entrance to Sky Terrace. Note burned hillside in background.
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Our home was at the top of this hill.
Great view, quiet, and safe.
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We always worried about a wind- driven fire racing up this hill.
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12089 Lopez Canyon Road
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Our neighbor's home to the west survived.
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Living room.
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Television
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A terrible end for an old fire truck.
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Finding some scorched tools.
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Unimog tears.
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Back seat from our Tacoma.
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Jan finds the sword I purchased in Toledo, Spain and a pair of scissors.
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Jan searching the kitchen.
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  Bill cooked up a big batch of beef vegetable soup in that pot the night before the fire.
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Kitchen area with toaster and mixing bowls in the background.
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A lot of cheese was grated with this grater.
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Kitchen sink
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Microwave
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Mixing bowls.
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Jan's grandmother's muffin tin.
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Meatloaf pans and crockpot.
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Where is Jan's birthday present?
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Jan searching the closet area.
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The remains of Jan's favorite t-shirt.
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Bought this blouse on our summer vacation.
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In the master bedroom.
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Masked and gloved as we continue searching.
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Pine cone from the tree that shaded our home from the summer heat.
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Sifting through the ashes.
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Unimog transmissions.
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Jan find something that sort of survived.
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Emergency rations.
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