As most of you know already there is/was a fire burning in Anaheim Hill.s They showed the Cascade Apartments on channel 4 news going up in flames. What most of you DON'T know is that I live... lived? there. My parents too. If you know me, you know how excited I get about certain stories so imagine my hands waving around like a mad magician as I explain this.
It was insane! There I was just sitting in the front of the computer playing a game, as usual. MY dad is doing something in the other room, and my sister was on the couch. We had just heard that the fire was going north, and it was on the other side of the freeway. Then all of a sudden there was a pounding on the door (this sounds like a really cheesy grade school story... hahaha) Fire Marshal yells, "Everyone out NOW!". At that moment you don't really have time to think, you just act. It's in these moments that you realize what's important to you, in the way of personal belongings. Luckily for me most of my stuff is already in storage from a previous move. However, all my clothes are at the house. My parents on the other hand have EVERYTHING in my whole that our family has ever owned there at the house and in the garage. When I heard the yell to leave, I grabbed... you ready for this?? Classic Matt right here... my computer tower (cause of all the pictures and information I have) my nintendo wii and gamecube (that's a lot of money people, too expensive to replace in my opinion) and an extra set of clothes. I immediatly thought about what was pershiable and what would cost too much to replace. Luckily I also had a face mask under the bathroom sink that I put on. Good thing too, cause as I grabbed my personal belongings and ran out the house with my dad and sister, I saw a tree on fire. A tree on fire that was exactly 3 doors down. The fire was moving fast. I ran to my car, sister to hers and dad to his and we bailed. The smoke was so bad you could barely see anything at all my nose was burning for hours after and my sister kept coughing for a few hours as well. All of our cars smell like a chain smoker. We went to my Uncle Guy's house afterwards to watch as the apartments had their funeral. Now according to my parents this morning who drove down to ashes, our apartment didn't go up in flames, most everything around us did. The firefighters are still there though so we are not able to get in at the moment. Hopefully the fire doesn't gain control again. I have a couple of pictures, and I'm sure more to come.
Once I got to my uncle's house, my sister and I couldn't stop cracking jokes. It was possible that my parents and I wouldn't have had any clothes, but my sister's work clothes were there! OH NO! ha ha ha ha. Ahhh.. good times indeed.
So ya, that's about it. Oh, and if you didn't already know (cause I didn't really tell anyone) I didn't get the job up north, I'm not moving out of Orange County, and I'm still fun employed! Whoo HOO! Life is pretty groovy!
Always smiling again
-Mr. J
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