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I'm shocked and sad. last count I heard around 800. last night the news said 1400. I'm in San Diego so I'm fine but Northern California is really hurting. We just can't tackle all those fires! how can we? most are just burning without intervention. But we are doing what we can. I'm just hoping and praying for the best...
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Answered I'm Praying for California...
California is the worst and it still burning continue. yes it is sad but why can't other fire dept from different states come up and help them out? feel for fire dept of California because they're too worn out and need help.. -
Answered I'm Thinking of California...
And I'm living here in central California, the Basin fire burning in Big Sur jumped the fire line today and many more have been evacuated. Many of us are having coughs and burning eyes because of the smoke in the air. As summer progresses the heat will rise and the fires will probably get worse. I love living here and I hope not too many people get displaced, but wild fires happen here all of the time. It just sucks when they are caused by people... -
Answered I'm Praying for California...
I'm from San Diego and those fires are kind of fun! Well, unless you get your house burned down. In which case it sucks and you might wan t to pray for the people that are really hurt by them. But if you not one of them, it's fun! -
Answered I'm Praying for California...
I know how all these people must feel. We had the Witch Creek fire last year (in Southern Cali) and the Cedar Fires in 2003. My prayer are definitely going out to all those in Nor Cal who are suffering and worried. -
Answered All of the above
I am NOT Saving I am a believer, but in the religion of Santeria, the believers think that their deity Chango, God of Fire is responsible for these fires. The FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY.........SANTERIA IS NOT BLACK MAGIC or DEVIL WORSHIP or EVIL. It is an Earth Religion and their Gods have been represented by Catholic Saints.. VERY Misrepresented in movies and Television. The Black magic is practiced and used called upon by practitioners of other types of religions like real Voo Doo, palo mayombe, and the like. This is NOT about practitioners of palo mayombe, who are called - mayombero. And by the by, when you watch these specials on TV about Voo Doo in New Orleans and these women or men claim to be voo doo Priest or Priestess. THAT IS SUCH CRAP! No true practitioners of Voo Doo would ever bring attention to themselves by telling such things on TV. A true voo doo priestess powers are real and quite frightening. You don't ever want to seek one out and you bloody well won't ever see a true Marie Laveau decedent who can work a spell telling about it on TV. Back to Santeria Changó may be - Sango, Xango, Shango, He is the God of thunder and lighting. Chango has been offended and has sent his lighting bolts down as penance. He is a major deities and very feared. He is all powerful and must be appeased for this to stop. These Gods are based on Catholic Saints, he is St. Barbara. And his birth date is Dec the 4th, his colors are red and white, his beads, six white alternatin...
I am NOT Saving I am a believer, but in the religion of Santeria, the believers think that their deity Chango, God of Fire is responsible for these fires. The FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY.........SANTERIA IS NOT BLACK MAGIC or DEVIL WORSHIP or EVIL. It is an Earth Religion and their Gods have been represented by Catholic Saints.. VERY Misrepresented in movies and Television. The Black magic is practiced and used called upon by practitioners of other types of religions like real Voo Doo, palo mayombe, and the like. This is NOT about practitioners of palo mayombe, who are called - mayombero. And by the by, when you watch these specials on TV about Voo Doo in New Orleans and these women or men claim to be voo doo Priest or Priestess. THAT IS SUCH CRAP! No true practitioners of Voo Doo would ever bring attention to themselves by telling such things on TV. A true voo doo priestess powers are real and quite frightening. You don't ever want to seek one out and you bloody well won't ever see a true Marie Laveau decedent who can work a spell telling about it on TV. Back to Santeria Changó may be - Sango, Xango, Shango, He is the God of thunder and lighting. Chango has been offended and has sent his lighting bolts down as penance. He is a major deities and very feared. He is all powerful and must be appeased for this to stop. These Gods are based on Catholic Saints, he is St. Barbara. And his birth date is Dec the 4th, his colors are red and white, his beads, six white alternating with 6 red beads. Shango Baba Pidan the Spirit of Lighting Father of Magic needs to be appeased - rum, cigars apples bananas tobacco leafs. ALL clean unused, all virgin un opened material, never spoiled or will back up on you. small shrine made if in CA outdoors near the fire at the base of a tree in a clean white plate and left there until everything is rotten completely before removed. A small apple, a banana, a cigar, tied with a new red ribbon on a white paper plate and you pour some rum over as you say " 'Ib'a se Oba ko so (means or translates -I respect the chief that never dies) bowing then Etala mo juba gadagba mo juba. I salute you 13 times. Iba se Shango baba mi tala mo juba gdagba mo juba. Iba se Oluoyo. Etala mo juba gadagba mo juba. Be o soro a s'gi deniyan. Etala mo juba gadagba mo juba. Ase. May it be so. The language is Yoruba and the way it is pronounce is not important. NEVER SIT! while saying his name! There are 1000's of other things and ways, he is an angry and tempestuous God and there are many many ways to honour him. But I just thought I would pass this along.
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To be disrespectful you would have to be sitting down talking out-loud and Invoking ( to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for) his name. There is NOTHING silly about THE Relgion Santeria.
A typical altar
a nice Chango statue
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Answered I'm Praying for California...
Poor people. But does this not happen every year? It would be good if something could be done to slow it all down or stop it. Hey maybe if we denuded the entire area so there was nothing to burn? Nah then it'd rain and there would be mud slides. Sorry little humur in the midst or tradegy. but cerally folks i cannot imagine how awful it must be for those people affected. My heart truly goes out to them.
Answered I'm Praying for California...
May rain and cool temperatures be upon them.