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09-30-2005, 02:20 PM
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#31 | | "Shooter"
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Country:  | Thanks guys. It's definitely smoky out here and the firemen are doing great work. They have plenty of experience with it though, so the response is what it has been in the past. They have thrown everything at it.
We were voluntarily evacuated again from the office at 10:00 AM. There is smoke in the office and I came home smelling like a campfire after being in it for 4 hours! So I am home and staying indoors with the house closed up. For the last hour or so, they were using Sikorsy Sky Cranes for water dropping and they were flying right over our building. Really something to see.
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10-01-2005, 10:16 AM
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#32 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Good news!
The calming winds and on-shore flow of air have helped the firefighters. The assault by fire crews yesterday got the fire 40% contained and the also slowed down the amount of burn. It is now currently at 23,000 acres burned. The calm winds are supposed to continue today, which means that the fire should get knocked down much more.
I saw some overhead shots last night of the burn areas and it looks like a moonscape. Burned ground is all that is left in many of those places. You can see where the fires were stopped short of the homes. It is a good testament to the fire department's responsiveness to threatened homes. They did lose 2 homes in Box canyon, but over 2,000 total homes were saved. No consolation to the 2 families that lost their homes, I know, but they do not blame the FDs for it.
Unless there is a major flare up in the next couple of days, I think they are going to get this one out in by monday.
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10-01-2005, 10:32 AM
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#33 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Here are a couple of quick pics from yesterday morning at the office.
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10-01-2005, 10:35 AM
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#34 | | He who does not skim
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Country:  | At least it looks like they're getting it under control. Let's hope it only gets better. | |
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10-01-2005, 10:46 AM
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#35 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Definitely looking better. Let me check the weather <looking out window>, Blues skies! Yeah! Looks like the winds are pretty much non-existent at the moment.
I wonder how the rest of this fire season is going to go though. It sure started with a big one!
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10-01-2005, 10:56 AM
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#36 | | Minister of Whoopass
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Country: | Glad u got outta that unscathed buddy.... Thank God the winds didnt stay constant......
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10-01-2005, 11:03 AM
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#37 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Thanks, Les. It was a big ugly Mutha of a fire.
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10-01-2005, 12:10 PM
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#38 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | they just screened it in the yesterday news on Czech TV. | |
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10-01-2005, 12:19 PM
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#39 | | Senior Member
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| Evans, sounds like many of the home owners have finally gotten the message that they have to clear the brush near their homes. That simple thing to do might have saved many structures.
Anyone hear about that other fire burning near Moreno Valley? It burned through a chicken farm and 90,000 of them became barbque chickens
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10-01-2005, 12:43 PM
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#40 | | Minister of Whoopass
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It burned through a chicken farm and 90,000 of them became barbque chickens
| Well, sounds to me like the perfect place for the first Annual WW2aircraft.net Reunion.......
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10-01-2005, 04:08 PM
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#41 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Yep, they have more fires just getting started. That one and one in Burbank. I think after the last big fire season, people realized that the homes that got saved were the ones that had cleared their brush. It certainly seems to have made a big difference so far.
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10-06-2005, 12:05 PM
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#42 | | Der Crewchief
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Country:  | Ive been following the fires on the news over here, truley a disaster.
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10-06-2005, 02:19 PM
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#43 | | the old Sage
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Country: | Eric it appears to me that some are fire bugs waiting just at the right morning around 2-3 am to light a fire with the hopes they can get called onto the line and get a job....
it's happened here too many times, the rats ........... | |
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10-06-2005, 10:28 PM
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#44 | | "Shooter"
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Country: | Yep, and LA is full of crazy nutjobs anyway. Hot dry winds and dumbasses make for a combination made in hell. Fortunately, the latest desert winds have died down and a cooling trend is coming for the weekend. We still have a blaze burning near Riverside (an hour+ away) that was 6,400 acres at last count. I think they have that one pretty much under control.
I would like to get my hands on one of these fire starters.
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10-07-2005, 10:18 AM
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#45 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | That is a shame that people would do that especially since it destroying so many woodlands and everything.
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