Who's burning California? Democrat crazies...Watching, waiting, then evacuating as the Holy fire heads toward Horsethief Canyon near Corona

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At the Horsethief Canyon Ranch neighborhood, residents played a
waiting game Wednesday, looking southwest through falling ash
toward the oak-and-brush covered hills and ravines of the
Cleveland National Forest, the rising smoke and the occasional
spots of flame from the advancing Holy fire.

In the limbo of voluntary evacuation in the morning, by
afternoon they had the answer they didn’t want: It was time to
go. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and a deep, reddish-
brown pall of smoke said so.

But before and after the mandatory orders, interviewed residents
said they were prepared to leave, but wrestling with the
uncertainty.

“We’ve been driving up here probably every three hours for the
past 36 hours to see its progress,” said resident Jim Tucker,
55. He and wife Angie live in the development with their
daughter and her family.

“It’s black smoke,” Tucker’s granddaughter Cinabella Calderon,
10, said looking at a new and distinct tower.

“Yeah, see, that’s where it just flared up again,” he told her
as they stood Wednesday morning where many in the community had
gathered, at the T-intersection of Horsethief Canyon and
Mountain roads. The area is in a section of unincorporated
Riverside County, near Corona.

In the morning, Horsethief Canyon and several other communities
to the north waited to see if the Holy fire that started in
Orange County and crossed into Riverside County would head
toward their community of mostly two-story homes tucked against
the hills and darkening skies.

Firefighting vehicles came and went, whorls of smoke darkened
and lightened, and there were some dots of flames visible.

Lori Parnell and Tony Robinson of Corona took time to thank the
arriving firefighters. “Thank you guys, from the bottom of my
heart,” Parnell told them. “God bless you guys, “ Robinson said.

Resident David Herrera, 49, stayed home from work Wednesday to
keep an eye on the fire.

“We get mixed reactions” among neighbors about whether there
will be mandatory evacuations, said Herrera, adding that he
believes things will turn out OK, but was packed and ready to
leave.

“It’s better to be prepared now, so we are packed and ready to
go” if mandatory evacuations are ordered.

By early afternoon, the word came: Mandatory evacuations for
Horsethief Canyon, McVickers Canyon, Rice Canyon, Glen Eden, El
Cariso Village, Sycamore Creek, Rancho Capistrano, and the
Ortega Highway corridor from the Lookout restaurant to Nichols
Institute were ordered to evacuate about 2 p.m.

The smoke darkened and grew broader and spot fires could be seen
descending along the hillsides above Horsethief Canyon.

Earlier, husband and wife Art and Dorothy Vela said they were
hoping for the best, but prepared to leave.

“The majority of the people were just going to wait it out. Like
us, everybody has their stuff packed – important documents” and
other materials, Art Vela said.

After the mandatory evacuation order came, Aaron Vandenburgh and
wife Robin stood in front of their Alciente Drive home before
they and their three children left. They said they were ready to
go.

There was a “For Sale” sign in front of the home. “This kind of
distracts from that,” Aaron said.

On Fescue Court, four motorhomes were parked curbside and ready
to roll.

Joel Charbonnet, 62, said he and his neighbors were up until 3
a.m. Wednesday loading the motorhomes, and planned to decide on
a rendezvous point. It looked like all he and wife Darla, 61,
had to do was step on board theirs and drive off.

https://www.ocregister.com/2018/08/08/watching-waiting-then-
evacuating-as-the-holy-fire-heads-toward-horsethief-canyon-near-
corona/