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| Thread ID: 102765 | 2009-08-31 17:39:00 | My Pixs From Fires Around Me | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 805725 | 2009-08-31 17:39:00 | Here in SoCal, we have not yet really entered the fire season - but we are making a really good start . Here's a link to my Picasa Web Album with pixs I shot yesterday- These were from my home and also on the way to Mountain Center and then Anza to delivery some packages . . google . com/vreeland . joe/SoCalFires?feat=directlink" target="_blank">picasaweb . google . com The "Station Fire" is too far away from me to be a threat, but the smoke will hit here if the winds change . We aren't expecting the Santana Winds yet as there's got to be a LOW pressure zone sitting off the Northern Coast of California to get the cyclone effect and the compression winds coming through the canyons . If they hit, the fires will reverse directions and threaten LA and all points to the South and West of it . Right now we have an on-shore flow and that keeps the area kinda clear for the moment . The Station Fire is threatening Wilson Observatory and the major TV/Radio and Cell phone towers . That fire has burned 875,000 acres and has only 3-5% containment . Oak Glen fire has 0% containment so far and it is just less than 24 hours old . That area is a big tourist area for apples and crafts . Riley's Farm, one of the biggest displays, is threatened if the fire jumps Oak Glen Road . The Guvernator is on TV right this moment . Fire departments are from the Federal, California State, Riverside, Orange, LA and San Bernardino Counties and local/municipal authorities . Some units from Montana and Wyoming have arrived, and Oregon, Washington state, Arizona and Nevada all have crews here . The biggest threat right now is the Station Fire - two firemen have died in it so far . It has burned steadily and doubled in size every night . The threat of a wind change and loss of even the 12% humidity factor is not good . We expect to see 3-5% humidity here in Hemet today . Temps are in excess of 100ºF for most of the area; mountains are somewhat cooler in the mornings . |
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| 805726 | 2009-08-31 18:48:00 | Thanks Joe. Interesting photos. Must be frightening for those in the path of the fires once the wind gets up. | tut (12033) | ||
| 805727 | 2009-08-31 19:12:00 | It will be, and we just heard (daytime here) that the Oak Glen/Yucaipa fire has doubled again . The Station Fire is now going in ALL directions - and that's a new thing . Report is 2-hours old here------ The Station fire, which has destroyed 21 homes and killed two firefighters, was burning within a quarter of a mile of Mt . Wilson as firefighters prepared for another long, hot day . Inspector Edward Osorio of the Los Angeles County Fire Department estimated property damage from the fire at $7,671,000 and rising . The fire is expected to move in a northeasterly direction, and officials are putting significant resources on the northern edge of the fire near Acton . Officials said the goal for today was to keep the fire west of Highway 39 and Angeles Crest Highway; south of Highway 14, Pearblossom Highway and Highway 138; east of Interstate 5 and north of the foothill communities along the Angeles National Forest border . Mt . Wilson was believed doomed last night, but Osorio said aggressive brush clearance by crews and drops of fire retardant from the air seem to have helped . "At this point, I don't think it suffered any serious damage . We'll probably get some flare-ups or threatening flame activity, but we don't think it's going to be a major problem," he said . The Station fire doubled in size to 85,000 acres overnight and destroyed more structures . "That fire burned just like it was daytime . Usually you get recovery because humidity goes up at night, which slows the fire down and you're able to construct more line around the fire," said U . S . Forest Service spokesman Nathan Judy . "But last night that wasn't the case . " The exact number of homes consumed by the Station fire remains unclear, but officials said several homes south of Acton were lost last night and this morning . Earlier, 18 homes in the Tujunga Canyon area were lost, but officials expect that number to rise . More neighborhoods were evacuated overnight as the fire pushed in three directions . "We are making progress, but it is very slow and very dangerous," incident commander Mike Dietrich of the U . S . Forest Service said at a news conference this morning . "We have to wait for the fire to come to us . " At the bottom of Mt . Wilson Road early this morning, firefighters bedded down in the ash-flecked open air, the forest pitch black except for the flames lighting ridgelines in the near distance . The head of the fire appeared to be across a broad and deep canyon from the Mt . Wilson compound . Some radio and tv stations are off the air, but the real danger is that cellphones will be dropping relay links now . |
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| 805728 | 2009-08-31 19:44:00 | The Station Fire MIGHT get 50% contained by Sept 18th they say - unless the Santana winds show up. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 805729 | 2009-08-31 21:38:00 | I saw on TV the other night they were using a DC10 water tanker on the fires around LA. www.nzherald.co.nz The fire season has just started in Australia. www.nzherald.co.nz :( |
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| 805730 | 2009-08-31 21:41:00 | Here's a bunch of new pixs - not mine but open to public use - picasaweb.google.com They've called in a couple of 747s for drops too. |
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