Hi Friends!
Hooray!!!
I am one very happy Kitty, because finally, Murphy's Mommy took him back from here! No more being harassed all night by the black Kitty!!
I got to play all night, once Momma put Smudge into the bathroom, for the night! I played with Moochy and Uno, and bounced all over the bed with them, and kept Momma awake, all night!!!
Don't get me wrong, I hope Murphy is happy, being back with his Mommy, and Momma Carol says "its about time"!!! She has been fostering him for about 8 months, now... So its just the 4 of us, now, and Momma still feeds the two feral kittens, and the two Tom Cats...
Well, Good news here; the brush fire is "out", in record time!
The wind stopped blowing, and the fire fighting crews were able to get it under control, and stop it.
The area it was located in was rough, mountain terrain, but no homes were threatened, so we just wanted to tell all of our Friends here on Catster, that we are all safe and well!
Three Cheers for the Fire fighting Crew!!!
Windy Point — A wildfire that broke Saturday evening near Windy Point just outside of Palm Springs has burned about 300 acres and is about 10 percent contained this morning.
No injuries were reported and no structures were threatened, officials said, adding that a cause has yet to be determined.
Highway 111 remains closed from Gateway Drive to Interstate 10.
The blaze was first reported at about 6:53 p.m. Saturday.
More than 120 firefighters from various departments including, Palm Springs, Riverside County, CAL Fire, and the U.S. Forest Service were battling the blaze late Saturday, according to CAL Fire Battalion Chief Kevin Gaines.
Wind gusts helped to push the fire along the side and base of Mount San Jacinto and forced the closure of Highway 111 beginning at Gateway Drive north of Palm Springs.
Gaines said he clocked wind speeds at about 10 to 15 mph with gusts totaling about 18 mph.
He was optimistic that fire personnel, who were using bulldozers and ground approaches to battle the blaze, would have the blaze under control by morning.
He said the fire had moved into a rocky area that would hopefully slow its progression through the night.
In an effort to keep motorists out of the area, the California Highway Patrol closed Highway 111 from Interstate 10.
Flames were visible as they move up the side of the mountain face Saturday night.
Barry Bishop, of Palm Springs, stopped at the scene to snap pictures of the flames before Palm Springs police urged him to leave the area.
“I saw the fire and wanted to see what was going on,” he said.
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This fire is in our home area. It is a little east of where we live!
Momma just loaned two of our carriers to the nice guy who took the two Bengal Cats to "foster" at his home.
It was weird, because it started within MINUTES of him leaving our place, and Momma had made an "off-handed" remark, about the risk of wildfires, here in this canyon!
PURRRAY FOR OUR SAFETY!!!
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