In point of fact, feverent opposition towards John Smedley and SOE, and their detrimental effect on the online gaming genre does not make us trolls. Labeling someone a troll just because you don't understand, agree with or care about their arguement doesn't validate your point of view either. John Smedley through action or omission of action allows his company to seriously damage the image and accessabilty of this most progressive form of entertainment and socialization. His woes and false sympathy do nothing to change my extremely poor opinion of him.
Are you kidding me? Did you even read the entire thing? He and his family were in legitimate danger, just like everyone else in the San Diego area. He came close to losing his house, and presumably most of his possessions. This is really one of those things you have to experience to actually have any understanding about. For once, this really has nothing to do with SOE or any of that crap, but I have come to expect nothing more from the SOE Trolls.
What would have been ironic was him losing his house when he should have lost his job long ago. And personally I could give a shit about Smedley or his house going up in flames. He has the money , the power and the insurance to cover anything but personal items he could have ever lost. I have sympathy for the poor saps who have neither the money nor the power to get sufficient help.
pfff, danger. This guy can go anywhere he wants when he wants If his area was in immediate danger. When the guy has no car or cant afford gas, knows no relatives to go stay with till he is out of danger ....then maybe he was in danger.
I have no sympathy for Smedley. The inconvenience and frustration he is experiencing is only a fraction of what former SWG and classic EQ1 players still feel about the permanent loss of their beloved virtual homes. Smedley will be able to go back to his home soon enough, while the SWG and classic EQ1 veterans cannot because their beloved games have been detrimentally altered beyond recognition.
and lo, even in the face of disaster the trolls will out....I'm surprised some crass little monster hasn't come out wishing Smed had been burned up (I'm looking at you Cabal)
the cabal does not endorse death by fire. we use mountain lions.
My sympathies to the Smedley family and all who are affected by this tragedy.
To those so embroiled in their petty hatreds that they can't get past it because of the name involved to see such a serious issue as this with some humanity and compassion, you seriously need to grow up and give up gaming altogether if it affects you in such a childish and pathetic way.
I have no sympathy for Smedley. The inconvenience and frustration he is experiencing is only a fraction of what former SWG and classic EQ1 players still feel about the permanent loss of their beloved virtual homes. Smedley will be able to go back to his home soon enough, while the SWG and classic EQ1 veterans cannot because their beloved games have been detrimentally altered beyond recognition.
I had to read this twice to make sure it wasn't some strange attempt at humor. I lived through the entire SWG debacle and to see it compared to a real life disaster is ludicrous. You need to turn off your computer, or preferably blow it up, and never log into an MMO again if you take them THAT seriously.
My thoughts are with everyone in southern California, rich or poor, who have been touched by these fires. Some of the comments here directed toward people with money are sickening. Because you have worked hard and can provide a nice home for your family, does not make you less deserving of sympathy and assistance.
....BigBlackWook...your Cabal under yet another screen-name aren't you? He's the only person I know on here that would be so blind as to keep fighting when it's obvious he's lost and making himself look even more like the fool he is.
Cabal = Wildcat
Seriously, some people in this thread need to turn off the computer and seek professional help. Your "loss" of "your" game is trivial when compared to real world disasters such as this. Wishing death on people because "your" game isn't the way you like it anymore is psychotic. You're not cool, you're not trendy or any other high rank in the society you think you may be - you're plain psychotic.
I have no sympathy for Smedley. The inconvenience and frustration he is experiencing is only a fraction of what former SWG and classic EQ1 players still feel about the permanent loss of their beloved virtual homes. Smedley will be able to go back to his home soon enough, while the SWG and classic EQ1 veterans cannot because their beloved games have been detrimentally altered beyond recognition.
For some people mmo's are their drug of choice. So when someone (Smedley) changes their drug in the middle of a transaction, they get angry. Lives were disrupted. Take out the 'virtual' part because real people were behind the avatars, investing their time, energy and often times emotions into a world they called home.
Games are a necessary part of life. I'm sure as long as their have been human beings there has been games of one sort or another. The fact that they have been around forever points to a need deeply ingrained in the human psyche to relax, to relieve stress, and perhaps to indulge in some escapism. So saying, "It's JUST a game," trivializes how important games are.
Now that being said, I'm glad Smedley made it out alive. However, waiting until you can see the flames was a foolish choice, not brave, when you are gambling with the lives of your wife and four children.
Point of fact..your so wrapped up in your warped view of how important GAMES (not real life, not anything earth-shattering, but bloody GAMES) are that you are incapable of having a shred of human empathy for someone (hated or not) who has gone through what can be a life-altering experience.
You, sir, and the other foul little muckling posting his "humor", make me ashamed to call myself a gamer.
I dont show sympathy for people like smed. his actions are very minor to the impact of life for all of us yes, do i really wish him dead? no. but people like him that will do whatever they want without caring about the aftermath i could careless for. maybe his "life-altering" experience will make a better person out of him, we can only hope, and the fact that you are trying to put me through a guilt trip and make me feel sorry for him, seems to make you no worse than him, He isnt some mal-nourished baby in a third world country that really needs help and sympathy no, hes a CEO of a top gaming company that can afford to replace whatever loses he may have sustained. atleast he has a roof over his head which i cant say for alot of children in third world countries. so can i laugh at him? yes because its my birth right to do so. Im not saying this because of the game that he helped ruin, Im saying this, because of the way he handled that whole process, He doesnt care and so neither do I.
First of all, I would like to say that we posted this blog as news because A>it tells us that SOE service resumes on Monday and B> like him or not, a prominent person in the MMORPG industry has been involved in a very serious disaster that has been front-and-center in the minds of many people. He chose to share his experience on his personal blog, and we felt that pointing to it might put a human face on the severe tragedy. This isn't "spin" on the part of SOE or on the part of Smedley. His personal story here has nothing to do with Star Wars Galaxies, it has nothing to do with the NGE, it has nothing to do with PR and it is anything but an obscenity. Accusing the man of using his family and a state-wide tragedy as spin, on the other hand, is obscene.
So when will we get a story about Raph and the guys at Metaplace?
I have no sympathy for Smedley. The inconvenience and frustration he is experiencing is only a fraction of what former SWG and classic EQ1 players still feel about the permanent loss of their beloved virtual homes. Smedley will be able to go back to his home soon enough, while the SWG and classic EQ1 veterans cannot because their beloved games have been detrimentally altered beyond recognition.
You need to stop playing video games now! To even try and compare a real life disaster to something that happened in a frickin video game is pathetic. You need to seek some professional help.
DOAC is still the MMO I judge other games by, My first and still my favorite.
In point of fact, feverent opposition towards John Smedley and SOE, and their detrimental effect on the online gaming genre does not make us trolls. Labeling someone a troll just because you don't understand, agree with or care about their arguement doesn't validate your point of view either. John Smedley through action or omission of action allows his company to seriously damage the image and accessabilty of this most progressive form of entertainment and socialization. His woes and false sympathy do nothing to change my extremely poor opinion of him.
Are you kidding me? Did you even read the entire thing? He and his family were in legitimate danger, just like everyone else in the San Diego area. He came close to losing his house, and presumably most of his possessions. This is really one of those things you have to experience to actually have any understanding about. For once, this really has nothing to do with SOE or any of that crap, but I have come to expect nothing more from the SOE Trolls.
This is a video gaming site for mmo's - what the heck has it got to do with John Smedley's personal situation?
There are a lot of people affected by these fires... not sure why his blog is here...
Why is "his" story so particularly important or different from anyone else affected by it?
It's a deflection tactic. They want us focusing on this issue rather than what is important, to stay on topic. Political parties do the same thing, some minor tidbit or scandal gets leaked to draw attention away from the true miscarriges of justice bening carried out.
John Smedley, his company and their cronies are fully aware that the majority of the gaming community mistrusts them, so they leap at any chance to create a positive spin. How sorry we now feel for John Smedley, his wife and his 4 children. We've been so wrong for so long at accusing this man of being a monster when he is a human being after all, with human cares and concerns. We've misjudged him, oh can't you forgive us.
In truth the obscenity here is not my posts crying for us to say on topic. The true obscenity is John Smedley using this crisis to polish his extremely tarnished image. This is just another in a series of articles published over the last two years geared towards damage control, to rebuilding the broken trust SOE has sown with their unethical business practices and ruthless profit driven agenda. In a recent article John Smedley 'apologized' for the events surrounding SWG in 2005. No mention was made however, of restitution or resolution of the continuing sorry state of affairs within the SOE sphere of influence. Without actions, such an apology is meaningless.
What SOE is doing is wrong.
You sir, are one of the few who makes me think there are still hopes for humanity.
The capacity to read between the lines ain't a skill everyone possess, but thanks for sharing it with the rest of the blind sheeps. I mysels, will usually rather laugh at blind people getting hit by a train. Especially $OE defenders...
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
I have no sympathy for Smedley. The inconvenience and frustration he is experiencing is only a fraction of what former SWG and classic EQ1 players still feel about the permanent loss of their beloved virtual homes. Smedley will be able to go back to his home soon enough, while the SWG and classic EQ1 veterans cannot because their beloved games have been detrimentally altered beyond recognition.
I had to read this twice to make sure it wasn't some strange attempt at humor. I lived through the entire SWG debacle and to see it compared to a real life disaster is ludicrous. You need to turn off your computer, or preferably blow it up, and never log into an MMO again if you take them THAT seriously.
My thoughts are with everyone in southern California, rich or poor, who have been touched by these fires. Some of the comments here directed toward people with money are sickening. Because you have worked hard and can provide a nice home for your family, does not make you less deserving of sympathy and assistance.
Wrong: Because Smedfuck is a wannabe game designer who has made his money by screwing up people's gaming experience and "that" doesn't deserve any sympathy AT ALL.
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
Regardless of what Smed has done in the gaming industry be it good or bad, it is GOOD that he and his family made it out safely. Any loss of life REGARDLESS of who it is, surely is a bad thing! Some people may not like him for what he has done or allegedly done, ( I only play one online game and have never heard his name before) but people!!! Have a shred of decency and be happy that a man was able to safely evacuate his family with the flames almost licking at his door step.
Whether he is a HATED dictator, or the little old lady next door, it is just plain wrong to bitch and whine about a game, when the issue is lives saved!
It is hard to understand why people can't differentiate between an online GAME and the real world. I have seen people post in this thread saying basically, "Screw Smedley, what he did to our game was wrong and I don't care if his house burns and he becomes a crispy critter."
You people need to get over this BS. I have seen people post about how their "virtual homes, and virtual lives" were dashed because of Smedley. It is a game you dolts.
I have seen poeple post saying they don't care if his house burned to the ground, because they lost their game and their memories. I am curious to see how many people that posted that have built a family and a home and have REAL memories invested in said home.
You idiots post about your poor game world and this guy along with thousands others were in real harms way.
Time for you donkies to grow up and realize, there is a world out there thatr does not revolve around your precious gaming world.
That Guild Wars 2 login screen knocked up my wife. Must be the second coming!
Wow!! I can't believe that this has been going on for 3 days now... I came back to check w/ MMORPG, and see what was new... and ppl are still butting heads over this... Amazing that some ppl are still ranting for Smed's burnt ashes!! I would start to wonder if those ppl are actual adults, who have dealt w/ any RL disaster... Have they never lost anything in RL, to know what if feels like to lose a home, or a loved one?? Is their PC, their only possession? Is the game, their only Love or Responsibility?? Is the state of an online game, the only thing that they have to relate to?? Hopefully, they are not adults... My hope is that they are children, who still live with Mom and Dad to look out for them... That they have not yet been forced to face the Real World and they only see this disaster as a comparison to something that occurs on-line, like when someone steals their MOB, or something that happens in a movie theater and then it over and you go have ice cream w/ your friends.... I hope these are children... for their sakes and the sakes of those who may need them someday in Real Life!!!
Living in Hurricane territory I can understand the issue. I'm no fan of Smedley due to the SWG debacle, but I'd never wish him harm. A toon I can rebuild (in fact I wish they had a old server and I'd sure as hell do it.) but rebuilding a house after having lost everything is a true hell, and having to live with the concern that it may happen again is misery. I'm glad everyone was safe, sorry to hear someone in the team lost a house. I hope it turns out well for them, it will be a struggle for a while.
1) The blog was important because it is a human story about what one person went through during the fires. So it happened to someone a lot of people don't care for. So be it. But for those who are far away, and safe, from the fire it is interesting to note what went on.
2) The fires burned over 200,000 acres and traveled from about 10 miles east of Ramona, California almost to the ocean in about 2 days. That is about 50 miles. The first day that Smedley is talking about, the fire was safely 20 miles from his home when night fell on Sunday. On Monday morning his neighbors' homes were on fire.
It is hard to view any situation from a detached eye. I live in San Diego. The 2003 fire came within 1 mile of my home. The 2007 fire, thankfully wasn't as close, but many people I work with lost homes. As someone said, I can rebuild a character, it takes only a few minutes or days, but it will take a year to rebuild a home and even that is without all the things that was left behind.
Finally, to appreciate a little of what Smedley went through, the reverse 911 calls, where the fire department calls you to evacuate your home, gives you 15 minutes to leave your home. Consider that you might have to get dressed and take care of family that eat into that 15 minutes. Also think that the sky will be red with fire or that the fire is already burning down a hill toward your home. Set a time for 5 minutes and go through your home. What would you take and what would you have to leave behind.
Regardless of what Smed has done in the gaming industry be it good or bad, it is GOOD that he and his family made it out safely. Any loss of life REGARDLESS of who it is, surely is a bad thing! Some people may not like him for what he has done or allegedly done, ( I only play one online game and have never heard his name before) but people!!! Have a shred of decency and be happy that a man was able to safely evacuate his family with the flames almost licking at his door step. Whether he is a HATED dictator, or the little old lady next door, it is just plain wrong to bitch and whine about a game, when the issue is lives saved!
And that is all I have to say about that!
You're so hippy and wrong. I could name about a hundred of people "right now" which could be a good thing if they would die. How can you say such a gross thing like that?? All incompetent with an impact on people's life should either die or quit their job. This is what creates a shitty world at the end, and Smed contributed to this shitty world with his shitty game. Not to mention he ruined the second greatest franchise movie I.P. of the history after LOTR.
R.I.P.
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
Maybe now he'll realise the dangers of fire and sponcer the san diego fire service instead of cutting back on their units like has been happening all over the usa of late. The responce to the fire was pityful, i'm honestly surprised it wasnt a complete disaster.
As for smeldley and his folks, watching fire approach your home is pretty much the same as watching water or snow or a storm, its just hotter. The damage and death caused is the same. Glad you made it out, but not paticularly sympathic, noone deserves to die an unnatural death.
Surprised noones accused Al-Kaida of starting the fires. Or was it the CIA...
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What would have been ironic was him losing his house when he should have lost his job long ago. And personally I could give a shit about Smedley or his house going up in flames. He has the money , the power and the insurance to cover anything but personal items he could have ever lost. I have sympathy for the poor saps who have neither the money nor the power to get sufficient help.Are you kidding me? Did you even read the entire thing? He and his family were in legitimate danger, just like everyone else in the San Diego area. He came close to losing his house, and presumably most of his possessions. This is really one of those things you have to experience to actually have any understanding about. For once, this really has nothing to do with SOE or any of that crap, but I have come to expect nothing more from the SOE Trolls.
pfff, danger. This guy can go anywhere he wants when he wants If his area was in immediate danger. When the guy has no car or cant afford gas, knows no relatives to go stay with till he is out of danger ....then maybe he was in danger.
I have no sympathy for Smedley. The inconvenience and frustration he is experiencing is only a fraction of what former SWG and classic EQ1 players still feel about the permanent loss of their beloved virtual homes. Smedley will be able to go back to his home soon enough, while the SWG and classic EQ1 veterans cannot because their beloved games have been detrimentally altered beyond recognition.
the cabal does not endorse death by fire. we use mountain lions.
My sympathies to the Smedley family and all who are affected by this tragedy.
To those so embroiled in their petty hatreds that they can't get past it because of the name involved to see such a serious issue as this with some humanity and compassion, you seriously need to grow up and give up gaming altogether if it affects you in such a childish and pathetic way.
My thoughts are with everyone in southern California, rich or poor, who have been touched by these fires. Some of the comments here directed toward people with money are sickening. Because you have worked hard and can provide a nice home for your family, does not make you less deserving of sympathy and assistance.
Seriously, some people in this thread need to turn off the computer and seek professional help. Your "loss" of "your" game is trivial when compared to real world disasters such as this. Wishing death on people because "your" game isn't the way you like it anymore is psychotic. You're not cool, you're not trendy or any other high rank in the society you think you may be - you're plain psychotic.
It figures someone would take this post and make it about more than it is.
Hoping someone loses their home because a video game was changed?
Donkey.
That Guild Wars 2 login screen knocked up my wife. Must be the second coming!
Realitycheck ...
Realitycheck ....
Realitycheck .....
Realitycheck ......
Realitycheck *FAILED*
NVM
I'm so broke. I can't even pay attention.
"You have the right not to be killed"
For some people mmo's are their drug of choice. So when someone (Smedley) changes their drug in the middle of a transaction, they get angry. Lives were disrupted. Take out the 'virtual' part because real people were behind the avatars, investing their time, energy and often times emotions into a world they called home.
Games are a necessary part of life. I'm sure as long as their have been human beings there has been games of one sort or another. The fact that they have been around forever points to a need deeply ingrained in the human psyche to relax, to relieve stress, and perhaps to indulge in some escapism. So saying, "It's JUST a game," trivializes how important games are.
Now that being said, I'm glad Smedley made it out alive. However, waiting until you can see the flames was a foolish choice, not brave, when you are gambling with the lives of your wife and four children.
I dont show sympathy for people like smed. his actions are very minor to the impact of life for all of us yes, do i really wish him dead? no. but people like him that will do whatever they want without caring about the aftermath i could careless for. maybe his "life-altering" experience will make a better person out of him, we can only hope, and the fact that you are trying to put me through a guilt trip and make me feel sorry for him, seems to make you no worse than him, He isnt some mal-nourished baby in a third world country that really needs help and sympathy no, hes a CEO of a top gaming company that can afford to replace whatever loses he may have sustained. atleast he has a roof over his head which i cant say for alot of children in third world countries. so can i laugh at him? yes because its my birth right to do so. Im not saying this because of the game that he helped ruin, Im saying this, because of the way he handled that whole process, He doesnt care and so neither do I.
"...He doesnt care and so neither do I."
I am going to be running out of Donkey Awards soon...
That Guild Wars 2 login screen knocked up my wife. Must be the second coming!
call me what you want Its in my quote you have up there, I dont care.
So when will we get a story about Raph and the guys at Metaplace?
You need to stop playing video games now! To even try and compare a real life disaster to something that happened in a frickin video game is pathetic. You need to seek some professional help.
Indeed.
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
Are you kidding me? Did you even read the entire thing? He and his family were in legitimate danger, just like everyone else in the San Diego area. He came close to losing his house, and presumably most of his possessions. This is really one of those things you have to experience to actually have any understanding about. For once, this really has nothing to do with SOE or any of that crap, but I have come to expect nothing more from the SOE Trolls.
This is a video gaming site for mmo's - what the heck has it got to do with John Smedley's personal situation?
There are a lot of people affected by these fires... not sure why his blog is here...
Why is "his" story so particularly important or different from anyone else affected by it?
It's a deflection tactic. They want us focusing on this issue rather than what is important, to stay on topic. Political parties do the same thing, some minor tidbit or scandal gets leaked to draw attention away from the true miscarriges of justice bening carried out.
John Smedley, his company and their cronies are fully aware that the majority of the gaming community mistrusts them, so they leap at any chance to create a positive spin. How sorry we now feel for John Smedley, his wife and his 4 children. We've been so wrong for so long at accusing this man of being a monster when he is a human being after all, with human cares and concerns. We've misjudged him, oh can't you forgive us.
In truth the obscenity here is not my posts crying for us to say on topic. The true obscenity is John Smedley using this crisis to polish his extremely tarnished image. This is just another in a series of articles published over the last two years geared towards damage control, to rebuilding the broken trust SOE has sown with their unethical business practices and ruthless profit driven agenda. In a recent article John Smedley 'apologized' for the events surrounding SWG in 2005. No mention was made however, of restitution or resolution of the continuing sorry state of affairs within the SOE sphere of influence. Without actions, such an apology is meaningless.
What SOE is doing is wrong.
You sir, are one of the few who makes me think there are still hopes for humanity.The capacity to read between the lines ain't a skill everyone possess, but thanks for sharing it with the rest of the blind sheeps. I mysels, will usually rather laugh at blind people getting hit by a train. Especially $OE defenders...
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
My thoughts are with everyone in southern California, rich or poor, who have been touched by these fires. Some of the comments here directed toward people with money are sickening. Because you have worked hard and can provide a nice home for your family, does not make you less deserving of sympathy and assistance.
Wrong: Because Smedfuck is a wannabe game designer who has made his money by screwing up people's gaming experience and "that" doesn't deserve any sympathy AT ALL.
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
Regardless of what Smed has done in the gaming industry be it good or bad, it is GOOD that he and his family made it out safely. Any loss of life REGARDLESS of who it is, surely is a bad thing! Some people may not like him for what he has done or allegedly done, ( I only play one online game and have never heard his name before) but people!!! Have a shred of decency and be happy that a man was able to safely evacuate his family with the flames almost licking at his door step.
Whether he is a HATED dictator, or the little old lady next door, it is just plain wrong to bitch and whine about a game, when the issue is lives saved!
And that is all I have to say about that!
It is hard to understand why people can't differentiate between an online GAME and the real world. I have seen people post in this thread saying basically, "Screw Smedley, what he did to our game was wrong and I don't care if his house burns and he becomes a crispy critter."
You people need to get over this BS. I have seen people post about how their "virtual homes, and virtual lives" were dashed because of Smedley. It is a game you dolts.
I have seen poeple post saying they don't care if his house burned to the ground, because they lost their game and their memories. I am curious to see how many people that posted that have built a family and a home and have REAL memories invested in said home.
You idiots post about your poor game world and this guy along with thousands others were in real harms way.
Time for you donkies to grow up and realize, there is a world out there thatr does not revolve around your precious gaming world.
That Guild Wars 2 login screen knocked up my wife. Must be the second coming!
Wow!! I can't believe that this has been going on for 3 days now... I came back to check w/ MMORPG, and see what was new... and ppl are still butting heads over this...
Amazing that some ppl are still ranting for Smed's burnt ashes!! I would start to wonder if those ppl are actual adults, who have dealt w/ any RL disaster... Have they never lost anything in RL, to know what if feels like to lose a home, or a loved one?? Is their PC, their only possession? Is the game, their only Love or Responsibility?? Is the state of an online game, the only thing that they have to relate to?? Hopefully, they are not adults... My hope is that they are children, who still live with Mom and Dad to look out for them... That they have not yet been forced to face the Real World and they only see this disaster as a comparison to something that occurs on-line, like when someone steals their MOB, or something that happens in a movie theater and then it over and you go have ice cream w/ your friends.... I hope these are children... for their sakes and the sakes of those who may need them someday in Real Life!!! 
Living in Hurricane territory I can understand the issue. I'm no fan of Smedley due to the SWG debacle, but I'd never wish him harm. A toon I can rebuild (in fact I wish they had a old server and I'd sure as hell do it.) but rebuilding a house after having lost everything is a true hell, and having to live with the concern that it may happen again is misery. I'm glad everyone was safe, sorry to hear someone in the team lost a house. I hope it turns out well for them, it will be a struggle for a while.
gah.. I'm a typo magnet.
Several things to comment on.
1) The blog was important because it is a human story about what one person went through during the fires. So it happened to someone a lot of people don't care for. So be it. But for those who are far away, and safe, from the fire it is interesting to note what went on.
2) The fires burned over 200,000 acres and traveled from about 10 miles east of Ramona, California almost to the ocean in about 2 days. That is about 50 miles. The first day that Smedley is talking about, the fire was safely 20 miles from his home when night fell on Sunday. On Monday morning his neighbors' homes were on fire.
It is hard to view any situation from a detached eye. I live in San Diego. The 2003 fire came within 1 mile of my home. The 2007 fire, thankfully wasn't as close, but many people I work with lost homes. As someone said, I can rebuild a character, it takes only a few minutes or days, but it will take a year to rebuild a home and even that is without all the things that was left behind.
Finally, to appreciate a little of what Smedley went through, the reverse 911 calls, where the fire department calls you to evacuate your home, gives you 15 minutes to leave your home. Consider that you might have to get dressed and take care of family that eat into that 15 minutes. Also think that the sky will be red with fire or that the fire is already burning down a hill toward your home. Set a time for 5 minutes and go through your home. What would you take and what would you have to leave behind.
R.I.P.
What deserves to be done, deserves to be "well" done...
Maybe now he'll realise the dangers of fire and sponcer the san diego fire service instead of cutting back on their units like has been happening all over the usa of late. The responce to the fire was pityful, i'm honestly surprised it wasnt a complete disaster.
As for smeldley and his folks, watching fire approach your home is pretty much the same as watching water or snow or a storm, its just hotter. The damage and death caused is the same. Glad you made it out, but not paticularly sympathic, noone deserves to die an unnatural death.
Surprised noones accused Al-Kaida of starting the fires. Or was it the CIA...
Life is about Living, Sleep is about Dreaming, Games are about Strategy!
That's horrendous. I'm glad that you and your kids were safe. How did the fire starts? Why they can't stop it?
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