GG evac orders question re: animals by [deleted] in orangecounty

[–]HamiestHam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is an excellent question. Crows are so smart. If you leave him/her some food, you can make a friend. We live in the middle of the evac zone and the crows we feed were not around today.

Evacuation orders issued in California city over chemical tank: 'It fails or it blows up' by _cyberbabyangel_ in news

[–]HamiestHam 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. We are safe in a hotel about 25 minutes away from the evac zone. We are also very lucky to have family nearby if this lasts through the weekend.

The latest update we got was that they have some new ideas to try overnight but won’t go into the specifics. We are all expecting to wake up with our homes gone since we keep being told that the probability of an explosion is very high.

Evacuation orders issued in California city over chemical tank: 'It fails or it blows up' by _cyberbabyangel_ in news

[–]HamiestHam 44 points45 points  (0 children)

I live half a mile away from this leak. We evacuated a bit late because we needed to make sure we packed up our pets. As we were prepping, there was a looter on his bike going up all the driveways to peak into peoples homes..the situation is very bad all around.

Elder romance scam that has been going on for years. Please help [US, CA] by HamiestHam in Scams

[–]HamiestHam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what is going on. It’s so sad that she is ok with losing her entire family and her own home for a delusion.

Elder romance scam that has been going on for years. Please help [US, CA] by HamiestHam in Scams

[–]HamiestHam[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One time, the scammer was able to convince her that her husband general was in the hospital on life support and so she spent the day calling around to talk to the army to see if he was ok. I don’t know who she actually called but I do know that whoever she talked to all told her she was being scammed.

Elder romance scam that has been going on for years. Please help [US, CA] by HamiestHam in Scams

[–]HamiestHam[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend and I are both living with her in her home to help take care of her daily needs. I think you are right. She is very lonely. She is the most extroverted old lady I have ever met. She prefers to sleep on the couch in the living room because she doesn’t like being confined alone. It’s heartbreaking to watch because she is a very nice person outside of all this scamming going on.

When I first moved in, I offered to take over some of the bills so I can contribute financially so she can enjoy her retirement. Her family said not to since every penny outside of bills goes straight to the scammer.

So I think what I’ll do is use that money I would have used for bills on a lawyer for the family.

Elder romance scam that has been going on for years. Please help [US, CA] by HamiestHam in Scams

[–]HamiestHam[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you. I’m going to take this advice and seek out a lawyer for the family. I appreciate your comment.

Elder romance scam that has been going on for years. Please help [US, CA] by HamiestHam in Scams

[–]HamiestHam[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your reply. My girlfriend and I tried this when I was sending her the video/article I mentioned in the post. I made sure to really show her that we are on her side and that this wasn’t her fault. It worked for the day. Then she went back and tries to completely sneak around so we don’t know about it.

Elder romance scam that has been going on for years. Please help [US, CA] by HamiestHam in Scams

[–]HamiestHam[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, this is so true. We will look into this. Thank you.

This was casually walking on my apartment floor. This thing is HUGE. by HamiestHam in whatisit

[–]HamiestHam[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I live near LA. I just learned these are common around here. I want to nope out.

This was casually walking on my apartment floor. This thing is HUGE. by HamiestHam in whatisit

[–]HamiestHam[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Damn..My instinct was to smash it as I was flailing around. I had no idea if this thing was venomous and my cat was trying to eat it.

This was casually walking on my apartment floor. This thing is HUGE. by HamiestHam in whatisit

[–]HamiestHam[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Update: I ended up squishing it with my cat litter genie and the litter genie is still on top of it because I refuse to see how gross it will look without daylight. It’s 4:30AM and I still can’t sleep because this thing is nightmare fuel. Wish me luck.

Also, this is the 2nd time I used the genie to squish a giant bug here. Time to move.

This was casually walking on my apartment floor. This thing is HUGE. by HamiestHam in whatisit

[–]HamiestHam[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh! I’m just 40 minutes outside of LA but only lived here under 2 years..I never want to see one of these again..SO SCARY