Special Report: Bastrop Fire Incident Command

by Fire Girl Jess on September 7, 2011

Watson Soma 350Mg Just returned from an afternoon at the Bastrop Fire Incident Command Center.  I wasn’t allowed to go into the fire zone but spent a lot of time talking to people who had lost their homes and volunteer staff manning the center.

The quote of the day was from a teary-eyed woman volunteering; she had receive word on her house but was comforting those who had lost everything.

Buy Xanax Las Vegas “We may be burned down but we’re not burned out.”

That’s the spirit.  The resident I spoke to were was an interesting mix of younger couples – concerned about family pets and the school schedule – and older, stoic couples.  I rounded more than one corner to find a grandmother in tears, tired of putting up a stoic front.  As one elderly lady said from underneath her dirty sun hat, “I’m tired, honey.  Just tired.”

https://space1026.com/2024/01/b3qu7p3a Here’s a series of the images from today; I also shot some experimental video with the iPhone and will post that soon.

A man reacts emotionally to more fire crews rushing past as he walks through downtown Bastrop, Texas.

https://www.justoffbase.co.uk/uncategorized/8e5l5gt A family reacts as they receive news of their home.

https://equinlab.com/2024/01/18/iyzdoddon A sign at a makeshift donation center in Bastrop, Texas.

https://gungrove.com/91wwfkrnw Residents gather around the 'Structures Lost' board with bated breath.

https://mmopage.com/news/tox2yc1vt59 Water is donated for the firefighters.

Order Alprazolam Online Gatorade donated for the firefighters battling the heat and the blaze.

https://sieterevueltas.net/ctsjvd9w5ai Bastrop Fire crew briefing map for 7 September, 2011.

The actual command center was well protected; each time I drew near the doors men stepped forward to escort me away.

https://therepairstore.ca/1sw5l23 The List: Structures Lost

Official Bastrop Fire incident objectives.

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LAPD.King September 7, 2011 at 19:58

Some of the more personal photographs I have seen come out of this disaster – quite a different point of view than the AP shooters and it is refreshing. Who are you stringing for down there?

We are battling the fires here in California too. Too fucking dry.

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Jen September 18, 2011 at 19:54

Heartwrenching, amazing images. You have an eye for exactly what is most important. You are my photography hero! Thanks for being there and bringing these images to us.

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