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| Thread ID: 94879 | 2008-11-16 00:35:00 | Southern Calif. Fires Burn Hundreds Of Homes; Thousands Threatened | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 720503 | 2008-11-16 00:35:00 | We are on fire again in Southern California. Radio Streams: KFWB-980 Radio (player.play.it) KNX-1070 Radio (player.play.it) In what may be the largest conflagration since the Bel-Aire fire in 1961 (latimesblogs.latimes.com), so far over 110 homes have been lost in this one fire alone. Police sealed off the community and declared it a potential crime scene. Investigators were conducting a systematic search of the gutted homes, which were evacuated by police and firefighters just ahead of flames. Firefighters are battling two fast-moving fires that have burned homes in Yorba Linda, Corona and Anaheim Hills today and closed sections of the 91 and 57 freeways. At least 40 homes in Yorba Linda and vicinity have burned, and officials say the blaze is moving west. Several homes were also burned in Corona. That blazed jumped the 91 Freeway and was burning homes in Anaheim Hills, including a huge apartment complex. A fire in Brea has surrounded Brea-Olinda High School and is burning around the 57 Freeway. (I worked across the street from that school in Brea) Schwarzenegger declares a state of emergency in L.A. County. One focus of concern is a mobile home park in Sylmar, where more than 500 homes were destroyed. At least 20 homes burn in Orange County. Wildfires raged across Southern California today, destroying hundreds of homes and threatening thousands more as officials began a door-to-door search for victims who might not have made it out of a devastated mobile home park near Sylmar. In addition, a fire that began Thursday night in Santa Barbara County, destroying more than 100 homes, was only 40% contained this morning. Fire officials there warned that the Tea fire continued to threaten about 1,500 homes, and many neighborhoods remained under mandatory evacuation orders. Structures or hillsides in the northern San Fernando Valley, Yorba Linda and Brea were burning out of control this afternoon and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles County. More than nine hours after the Sylmar blaze was first reported on the 13000 block of Sayre Street, fire officials said they still had no containment. About 600 firefighters were on the lines by early morning, and a total of 18 aircraft were in use to fight the fire. What youse guys may not know is that these are not very rural areas. These are bedroom communities at least; full-sized towns with businesses and tall buildings. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 720504 | 2008-11-16 00:44:00 | Were the 500 mobile homes that were destroyed, occupied or vacant? Thanks God for living in Wellington and our meaningful rainfall. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 720505 | 2008-11-16 00:49:00 | All homes were being lived in and most of the people have been accounted for they think. 1100 firefighters, no days off, called back from vacations. 44 water-bombing fixed wing aircraft, 300+ helicopters available, but about 100 in service at this time. Hemet has sent it's water-bombers to the scene. Fire trucks and personnel are all mustering in local towns and cities and being transported to the various scenes. Electrical rolling blackouts are ongoing right now. We are pretty safe in Hemet so far. Humidity = >5% Winds = 20-40 MPH sustained, gusts ot 100 MPH on the higher peaks and mountain tops. Compressive heating of the air from a powerful HIGH pressure area immediately to the NNE. Sayer fire = 6,500 acres Corona fire = 1,200 acres Brea fire = 250+ acres Anaheim Hills = Unk acres More fires are breaking out right now. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 720506 | 2008-11-16 00:49:00 | Mobile homes cant be that mobile if they left to get Chernobyled. In NZ I expect a caring sort of bugger would tow them away to safe area if they werent occupied. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 720507 | 2008-11-16 00:53:00 | Chino-Hills State Park = black thick smoke from the types of woods that are there. Corona/Norco is starting to burn. Yorba Linda/Fullerton fire is rolling toward the Brea fire and will team up to create a single larger fire. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 720508 | 2008-11-16 00:56:00 | "Mobile homes" are not mobile. They are huge, two-halves that are 24 feet wide by 60 feet long when delivered and assembled on site. They are not really moved again unless there is a two or three day allowance for separating the halves and installing the axles and tongue assemblies. They require two semi-tractors to haul them; you cannot just hitch them up to your Honda SUV. Each half usually weighs about 60-80,000 lbs or more. . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 720509 | 2008-11-16 01:05:00 | California is on fire every summer. People who build houses in fire zones should expect that sort of thing. | pctek (84) | ||
| 720510 | 2008-11-16 01:13:00 | Yeah — the E-People and Tree-Huggers won't let them cut down all the trees before they build houses. There's chatter on my Fire Radio Scanner about bodies being found in the burned out homes right now and they are moving the reporters out of the area, calling it a "crime scene" for reason of security. There have been some arsonists arrested by authorities and they aren't releasing any names of the number of arrests yet. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 720511 | 2008-11-16 01:14:00 | LA fears blackouts as wildfire burns (www.stuff.co.nz) - Stuff Californians flee expanding blaze (tvnz.co.nz) - TVNZ |
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| 720512 | 2008-11-16 02:00:00 | [QUOTE=SurferJoe46;727227]"Mobile homes" are not mobile . Quite incredible |
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