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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial> <FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">This is
what Dawn had to say early this morning.......</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Suz</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>As day #5 of the Station Fire winds down - there are so many things on my
mind in these wee hours of the morn - </DIV>
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<DIV>The fire is climbing yet another range as it slowly ticks its way directly
at us on the north west front. We are still beyond evacuation area, and
the amazing fire brigades tell us not to panic - and it's hard to watch as
flames leap in the air bounding over another hurdle to claim all that is before
them. The highway is littered with fleeing wildlife that ran to escape one
demon - to be mowed down by another. Somehow I feel that was not the great
plan.</DIV>
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<DIV>We are holding our own - our emergency evacuation plans, which have been
set up for 7 years are that we would evac to my parents house in Tarzana and
emergency team leader, Marie will becalling all volunteers who have logged into
the daphneyland yahoo groups website and posted their info. Here from the
property we would evacuate all animals with the assistance of several neighbors
as during an evacuation it's unlikely that non area residents could get
through.</DIV>
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<DIV>Volunteers arriving at the evac location in Tarzana, would have some
supplies to gather, and set up an area for us to offload, walk, water and potty
hounds that will need some calming down, while additional volunteers call the
emergency foster lists and we assign our emergency foster dogs to arriving
foster homes or transport volunteers. If you'd like to be on these teams,
please make sure to log into the daphneyland yahoogroups website and post your
info - calling the ranch or emailing me directly will not give the information
to Marie (in Arkansas) or Suz (in Texas) - it needs to be on the
yahoogroup.</DIV>
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<DIV>So many offers of assistance and prayers - offers of fostering and adoption
calls - keeping the hounds to their regular routines to keep them calm and
happy while a DC10 drops water in front of us and the belly of the plane is so
low over us as they lift out that it feels you can touch it. There is
something extremely wrong with the world when you think of a DC10 in the
terms of needing a bellyrub.</DIV>
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<DIV>The amazing team work of all of you out there working so hard for the
hounds - Marie, Suz, Ha, Bruce, Sherrie & Jim Strachan, Sandy and the Red
Bay Basset Gang, the West Coast BROAD affiliates; Golden Gate, Golden Empire,
BHRSC, San DIego - Kim - Robin of AZ - love ya guys! Candy and the Club
Mutt crowd... Shoefly Bassets, BHCSC.com - the list just grows and grows - thank
you all so much. </DIV>
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<DIV>If all the slinging drool that's going out there arrives at the same time,
I think perhaps we could roll the Station right out the door - and maybe have a
bath day to wash all the smoke and soot right out of here in one fell swoop....
Say - anyone know if maybe the DC 10 could just drop bath day on us?
Hmmmmmmm.</DIV>
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<DIV>And with snoozing hounds all tucked in - awaiting to see what treasurers
Aunti RIta will bring in the morning - I shall do a last property check - gaze
at the fire line and plume - the winds are still, the night is silent with the
exception of coyotes - the wildlife is taking a hard toll here - 105,000
acres. Its...... very difficult to put into words.</DIV>
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<DIV>We are safe as of 2:44 a.m.</DIV>
<DIV>Dawn and all of us - here and those dear.</DIV>
<DIV>Daphneyland - bathing by DC-10????<A href=""></A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">We are
currently facing the Station FIre - email will be forwarded to the apropriate
volunteer, please be patient. <BR>Donations for emergency funding can be made
at:<BR><A
href="">www.firstgiving.com/ActonFire_BassetRescueNetwork</A><U><BR></U><BR>In
the event of an emergency - please call 661 269-2682</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><A
href="">www.barniatdaphneyland.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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