July 8, 2008: "California firefighters brace for new heat wave"

California firefighters brace for new heat wave

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Weary California firefighters braced on Sunday for another heat wave in the next few days as they battled to bring two major blazes threatening towns along the central coast under control.

Clearly enough, fires are raging over the state of California. The skies turned gray and ash is raining from the cloud as snow does in a blizzard. The air is unsafe to breathe and children are not allowed outside. Wild animals roam the streets because their homes have been caught in the blaze. Families load up into cars fleeing for their lives. Home Depot has run out of gas masked because so many people are stalking up. This, in the state who's resources are stretched enough as it is. California is in debt and once again California needs help.
I have not read specifically, but I assume that other states are lending firemen in order to help fight the flames. There are over three hundred separate fires burning as I type this. Over 50 homes have been lost and one firefighter has fallen. What can be done? Well let me start off by telling the one thing that bothers me. The areas of California not directly affected by the fire are living their normal lives. On weekends everyone sees a movie or goes to the park. Meanwhile people are fighting with their lives to save people they don't even know. At least the people of California, affected or not, need to volunteer anywhere they can in order to stop the fires, help the victims, or aid the firefighters. The firefighters eat, sleep, and follow orders. I have seen what firefighters go through in times like these, California, all of California, needs to help out in this time of chaos. Because that is what this is, a state of chaos.

When you break an arm, the other three limbs in your body work harder in order to give the arm more time to heal. We must lend our extra arm to help those in need while they fight and recover.

Thank you Jill Serjeant and Yahoo News.