...the arsonists that start these massive blazes need a heavy dose of hard time. Fire up your own cell mattress and see how it feels . . .
I suggest an old navy punishment called "20-20." A bucket of sand taken 20 yards and dumped. Walk 20 back to the hole you just made and fill another bucket of sand and walk twenty yards and dump it. Twenty times. Then, while standing and facing that hill of sand you just built, you fill a bucket of sand, walk those 20 yards back and fill up the hole until filled. Repeat the process for nine straight hours in any clime. This system worked. You never got in trouble again.
Only, for our little arsonist friends, you do this for 16 hours for the rest of your lives. You get 10 minutes each to eat your three "hots." That leaves you with seven and one-half hours of "cot" time. What you do with the cot time? Other than certain bodily functions, hope your conscience allows you to sleep.
The Courtney Fire is 100% contained. The rebuilding process in underway. The Oakhurst community gives thanks to the Madera County Sheriffs, California Highway Patrol, and Cal Fire. Also, Pacific Gas & Electric, the unsung heroes in all of this, deserve a hearty thanks restoring power to our area so quickly. Some of our first responders had family affected by this tragedy.
A lifetime of memories of all of those families displaced by this tragedy are erased forever.
One bitter memory remains...September 14. We will never forget this day.
The resolve is to rebuild one day at a time. Wounds do heal, but the scars remain. We will prevail as a community. We will make new memories. Time.
Country folks can survive...
Oakhurst Strong.
