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bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
edited September 2009 in A Moving Train
There are fires right now (LA County): Rancho Palos Verdes, La Canada, Azusa. I actually live a few miles east of the La Canada fire, and my older brother lives in Rolling Hills Estates (right next to RPV).
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  • TravisTheSkyTravisTheSky Posts: 615
    Mercy! I was watching some local L.A. news online this afternoon (It was from the early a.m. but I don't have TV reception, so I take what I can get.) The anchors and reporters kept saying, "The Station Fire."

    6.5 years ago, I was in Rhode Island when The Station Nightclub Fire killed 100 people! It was/is known in the RI area as "The Station Fire." Hearing those words from reporters mouths again was distressing.




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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    yeah...it's not so fun. I live a few miles from Palos Verdes and the air quality was awful the other day...not as bad as the fires a few months ago (it's not raining ash) but it's still pretty crappy. And, today's 90+ temps didn't help...we need rain!
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  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    I have the unfortunate pleasure
    of living in the city to the east of
    La Canada (where the fires are north of
    in the mountains). Several people at my church
    have been forced to evacuate their homes in
    the northwest end of Altadena.
    11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    web cam from mt wilson which is the highest point in so cal and the fire is approaching it

    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm
  • PJ_ROCKSPJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    norm wrote:
    web cam from mt wilson which is the highest point in so cal and the fire is approaching it

    http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~obs/towercam.htm


    Norm, how does this one compare to the fires in '07 ?

    I was down their at that time, almost got stuck on the 10 heading towards the 15...

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    this fire is huge and is not even half contained but although it's been extremely hot and dry there has been no wind...so no homes have been lost but a lot of homes were and if there had been wind, i think 100's of homes would have been lost... the area that is burning hasn't burned in 30-40 years so actually this fire is good... it's burning off fuel now instead of during high winds
  • PJ_ROCKSPJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    Well lets hope that the wind stays calm !

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  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/webert1?ref=profile

    Here's my FB profile. I posted photos on there of the fire.
    11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    bigbadbill wrote:
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/webert1?ref=profile

    Here's my FB profile. I posted photos on there of the fire.



    wow....I can't see them from here in the South Bay...that's scary :?
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  • Prince Of DorknessPrince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    We've had to evacuate the studio where I work. We worked all weekend shooting scenes and then cleared out all the computers, cameras and drives.

    Wish us luck.
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  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    my thoughts are with all of you affected or potentially affected by these fires. i am hoping for calm winds and some rain, and some help for those that are fighting the fires. i hope everyone makes it out ok if things take a turn for the worst.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    it double in size over night...approaching 100,000 acres

    2 firefighters lost their lives

    this sucks
  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    I live in La Canada - Flintridge 1/2 mile away from the fire. I live just below the country club, and the street, Starlight Crest which runs through the country club was the evacuation line and is 1/8th of a mile away. Luckily, the wind was calm or southerly and the fire was to our North. A northerly Santa Ana wind would have ravaged La Canada - Flintridge. The smoke in the mornings looked more like fog. On Saturday, the sun was completely obscured.

    Norm, Mt Wilson is just over 5,700 feet high and isn't the highest mountain in Southern California. The highest is San Gorgonio Mountain, South of Big Bear, at 11,502 ft. Some maps have it at 11,499. Mt Wilson has a great view, and of course the camera if it hasn't burnt down.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Veddernarian wrote:
    I live in La Canada - Flintridge 1/2 mile away from the fire. I live just below the country club, and the street, Starlight Crest which runs through the country club was the evacuation line and is 1/8th of a mile away. Luckily, the wind was calm or southerly and the fire was to our North. A northerly Santa Ana wind would have ravaged La Canada - Flintridge. The smoke in the mornings looked more like fog. On Saturday, the sun was completely obscured.

    Norm, Mt Wilson is just over 5,700 feet high and isn't the highest mountain in Southern California. The highest is San Gorgonio Mountain, South of Big Bear, at 11,502 ft. Some maps have it at 11,499. Mt Wilson has a great view, and of course the camera if it hasn't burnt down.


    sorry....highest point in los angeles ;) my point was to tell people where the camera is...having been born and raised directly under it i should know a little bit about it ;):)

    glad you survived...i used to play golf up at lccc...i went to high school at prep :)
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    you'd think that's clouds...yet it's mostly smoke

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  • VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,924
    Nice chamber of commerce shots. A green light with traffic backed up and nobody moving, and all the mountains in the background ablaze. When I drive downtown to my house in La Canada - Flintridge, i have to worry about Dodger games. Football is on Sundays. We have the worst traffic. Football would be great because traffic to the games wouldn't affect commuters because of Sundays. But no, we don't have football, we have baseball. With games that give rush hour commuters a kick in the balls with 50,000 extra people the commuters don't need. And what is baseball anyway? Basically 2 people playing catch. The pitcher and catcher throwing the ball back and forth with everybody else either standing there, or sitting on a bench. You can't even tell when the game starts by the sound of the crowd. I say, move the Dodgers to Camarillo or somewhere harmless to commuters and bring football back to LA.
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  • bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    How do you post photos on here? I took some pics of the fire/smoke.
    11/6/95, 11/18/97, 7/13/98, 7/14/98, 10/24/00, 10/25/00, 10/28/00, 6/2/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 7/6/06, 7/7/06, 7/9/06, 7/10/06, 7/13/06, 7/15/06, 7/16/06, 7/18/06, 10/21/06, 4/10/08, 4/13/08, 9/30/09, 10/1/09, 10/6/09, 10/7/09, 10/9/09
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Here is a great time lapse video my friend shot from his appt this week. He lives right by Dodger stadium.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncSosDIKbb0

    I was just up at Runyon Canyon last night and it was pretty spectacular/chilling.

    Thank god for weak winds though
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    the air quality today is awful...it's smokey and kinda of ashy...i can't imagine what it's like closer to the fires :-(
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    the air quality today is awful...it's smokey and kinda of ashy...i can't imagine what it's like closer to the fires :-(


    the same just more smoke and ash
  • gimmesometruth27gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 23,303
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Here is a great time lapse video my friend shot from his appt this week. He lives right by Dodger stadium.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncSosDIKbb0

    I was just up at Runyon Canyon last night and it was pretty spectacular/chilling.

    Thank god for weak winds though
    wow, that is very haunting. the music makes it even more unsettling. i hope you all are gonna be ok out there. that was shot 3 days ago. is your friend's apartment building still standing? hopefully if they had to evacuate they got out ok.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    Gardenparty wrote:
    Here is a great time lapse video my friend shot from his appt this week. He lives right by Dodger stadium.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncSosDIKbb0

    I was just up at Runyon Canyon last night and it was pretty spectacular/chilling.

    Thank god for weak winds though
    wow, that is very haunting. the music makes it even more unsettling. i hope you all are gonna be ok out there. that was shot 3 days ago. is your friend's apartment building still standing? hopefully if they had to evacuate they got out ok.


    his apartment is about 15 miles from the fire...i'm sure he's fine :)


    and a couple hours ago a water dropping helicopter has been flying back and forth over me protecting the east side of the fire and mt wilson
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,626
    I live near Mulholland/Beverly Glen, and though they are over a dozen miles away, the flames looked very intense, and very close!
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,910
    Yeah, he's a good distance from the actual fires. Home loss has been minimal and they've been doing an amazing job at keeping them as controlled as possible
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  • PJ_ROCKSPJ_ROCKS THE 406 Posts: 6,736
    Looks like we sent 3 Hotshot crews to help out in Cali.... One crew was sent to the 120,000 acre blaze in the Angeles National Forest... it says that more then 3,600 firefighters from across the nation were battling that blaze.... :shock:

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  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    i hope all you LA peeps are doing okay.

    these fires suck balls, we've had 3 major ones in the last 1.5 years. hope the firefighters are able to contain it soon.
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    148,458-Acre (232 square miles) Blaze Now 42 Percent Contained

    mount wilson observatory saved :)

    oh yeah and it was intentionally started... so the two firefighters who died were murdered :(
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    norm wrote:
    148,458-Acre (232 square miles) Blaze Now 42 Percent Contained

    mount wilson observatory saved :)

    oh yeah and it was intentionally started... so the two firefighters who died were murdered :(
    Hopefully the worst has passed....stay safe mang!

    I didn't see any reports about it being intentionally started...I wonder what the motive was (aside from stupidity)? I was dismayed (tho not surprised) to be told that these fires are often started by people who do seasonal work fighting fires....
  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,483
    sounds like things might be getting better (?)

    I know this is no laughing matter, but I had to chuckle at this (from Jimmy Kimmel):

    "The air is so bad right now, that when Snoop Dogg rolls down his window, smoke actually pours into the limo." :lol::lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    imalive wrote:
    sounds like things might be getting better (?)

    I know this is no laughing matter, but I had to chuckle at this (from Jimmy Kimmel):

    "The air is so bad right now, that when Snoop Dogg rolls down his window, smoke actually pours into the limo." :lol::lol:


    :lol::lol::lol:

    yeah the fire's western front has been contained...the southeast front is still burning but it's just the widerness which i'm sure they are letting burn...better now than during a santa ana :)
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