Stay safe, thoughts go out to you.
"One difference between pessimists and optimists is that while pessimists are more often right, optimists have far more fun."
Prayers for the best outcome for you
I live down the hill 90 miles west from Tahoe (in Folsom) and I'm sorry to hear about your situation. Please stay safe, and if you get the order to evacuate, get out quickly. Hopefully CalFire will get this put out soon.
Jeff B.
That is frightening news. I hope the outcome is a good one.
Take Mark's advice and take photos of everything, just walk around the house snapping away. Even open the cupboard/closet doors and take a photo. Even if you don't have insurance, "sometimes" there may be money available through Government disaster relief programs. But showing what you lost can only help the process.
You know what is valuable to you and should have it in the car ready to go. As far as trains go it would be the big-ticket items for me (locomotives) and the models I have built. I would pack them in a big Tupperware tote. Photos are usually high on the list and for most people computers are a must as they have so much info on them. Don't forget medication.
I have never had a wildfire threat but have helped those that have. We have not lost one yet (knock on wood) I don't know the procedure of where you are, but here we touch base with the B.C. Wildfire Service and when the fire gets close enough they will send in a structure protection crew and set up sprinkler systems and douse the entire area with fire retardant.
Up at the ranch we had pumps and would pull water from the river with 4" hoses. All structures and the surrounding 100 metres got soaked. We left with all the pumps running the sprinkler systems and three days later went back and the area was unscathed. Some trees around the edge of the pastures had been crowned from fire, but the Fire Service did an amazing job.
Fingers crossed, good luck.
Brent
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MetrolinkFanHello all just want to inform you all that I may be evacuated today or.Next few days here in Tahoe,We have abad wildland fire heading our way not,Looking good at all.Just wanted to let ya know I hope the fire dose not.Burn our house and beautiful Lake Tahoe. I hope I do not loose all my trains and my layout,I will keep you up too date.
I hope it works out that you don't have to evacuate, but in any case make sure to take care and be as safe as possible.
If you have a chance, you might want to take some photos of your trains, especially rolling stock and locos (and everything else in the house!). Without special insurance the trains are probably only covered in the general household contents clause of your policy, but it never hurts to have documentation.
Good luck - let us know what happens!
Mark P.
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Live in the bay area and was wondering how close the fire really was. News is so canned today. Recently went to napa and we were going to go to a specific winery and even though the entrance was on the valley side the winery itself was on the other and burned down.
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Hello all just want to inform you all that I may be evacuated today or.Next few days here in Tahoe,We have abad wildland fire heading our way not,Looking good at all.Just wanted to let ya know I hope the fire dose not.Burn our house and beautiful Lake Tahoe. I hope I do not loose all my trains and my layout,I will keep you up too date.