when he said i need to video our contents for the insurance company, i need to grab the camera and quickly take video, that s when i knew how worried he really was. i m going to get the fire pump out and leave it. at one point i decided to call my friend bob. i said, bob, there s a fire, you need to be aware of it but it s coming at us. can you come over and help us prepare? my mom s was a safe place to go. the fire was to our east. so there s no way the fire s going to get to my mom s, who is to the west. yeah, that s the way the fire is going but it s ten miles away. the thing we start noticing is the ash. it almost looks like snow. when the ash starts falling on you, then up knyou know the fir coming towards you. and then it s just like oh [ bleep ], that s the fire. i mean, that is like step up your game. you got to get going. with no fire fighting help