I don't come on here and ask anyone for anything ever, especially money. This is my platform to share things I find funny or relevant and that's it. But I have to ask those of you reading this now for something, and it's not for me. My home is being ravaged by California's most destructive wildfire. It's day 5 of the Camp Fire, and so many I know and love have lost everything. The town of Paradise, a town I go to every winter to play in the snow and drink hot chocolate from the local candy store, is gone. "Completely wiped out" according to CalFire. The fire is moving south to Chico and Oroville, to towns my family and I visit almost daily, because our town of Gridley, is so small, we rely on Chico and Oroville for most services like groceries, gas and hospitals. I have lifelong friends living in both of those towns worried for their lives. As of 7am this morning (11/12) the Camp Fire is at 113,000 acres of destruction, has reduced 6,700 homes to dust, has claimed the lives of 29 civilians, over 200 people are still reported missing, and it's only at 25% containment. There are thousands of people in shelters around the valley, including one at my alma mater, Gridley High. People and their pets are sleeping on cots, in tents, in trailers in below freezing weather and have nothing but the clothes on their backs. I'm asking you wonderful people of tumblr to donate anything you can to the Red Cross to aid the victims, my friends, my loved ones, of the Camp Fire in Butte County. They need all the support they can get. PLEASE share this post! Even if you can't donate, just reblogging this will be tons of help. Please also feel free to ask me any questions you may have about the situation or donating or anything, my ask box is open. Thank you everyone in advance!
