Just a quick update from Havilah. I’ve posted on the site from time to time when appropriate. I have owned our land and home in Havilah since the mid 90’s. We’ve been through all the local fires throughout that period. We were here for the Borel/Havilah incident.
This morning at daybreak I went for a drive for about 10 minutes and stayed on Cal-Bodfish through Havilah and north/south a few miles. I wanted to stop by and check on neighbors but I knew how long those visits can be so I fought the urge to keep the road time short.
The roads were eerily empty due to the time I chose. I also got a text from a neighbor who lost everything who asked if we needed anything from town, I was truly taken by their kindness and concern and it spoke volumes about the human spirit and the type of people in this small community.
Within about 30 minutes after my return there were dozens of groups of vehicles from County, other Government and Private sectors. Our sincere thanks for your Service.
The nighttime videos that everyone has seen are much more spectacular, of course, but today was simply saddening, eerily quiet and disturbing. We had one visit from a neighbor that came by to visit us in the afternoon. I was certain that they had lost their home, thankfully I was wrong, so we had some joy.
I did take photos that I will share later and I’m sorry about that, but I don’t know if people have been notified about their homes, loved ones and friends so I don’t believe that it is right to be posting photos at this early time.
I will say that there is much destruction but there are still some pockets of homes here and there that were spared. It was another difficult day and each one brings new challenges and a few moments of relief. Still putting out hotspots that threaten. Our land was hit hard and full force, hundreds of old Blue Oaks are gone along with every spec of vegetation, our Home weathered the event with no damage. Lots of damage to equipment, trailers corral and other equipment.
My sincere thanks to everyone on this site that have helped us through, their knowledge and experience. My deepest thanks go to an unnamed individual on this site, his friendship, guidance, knowledge, experience and expertise have simply been invaluable. Lots of guidance and a few good kicks in the behind when needed.
Finally, thanks to the Mods who have kept this site from becoming a Facebook site, we don’t need that here. If for any reason this post is inappropriate or in the wrong section I welcome the Mods to do the right thing and delete it immediately or move it. John