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California fires

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Good luck to all of you dealing with these fires... Heavy stuff indeed.
 
I always wonder about the safety of all those wonderful cars (besides the people of course!) we see in Cliffs Cars and Coffee reports when I see these fires raging!!!
 
Encino is fine ,

its not close to where the fires are now,
its 10-15 miles from Malibu which would be the only one with a chance to reach Encino

Beaulieu
 
Irvine, where Cars & Coffee takes place, is a massive city so there is no danger whatsoever of fire taking it out. The hills around the city may burn to the ground but the city itself will not be threatened. We learned our lesson in Chicago and San Francisco and now build out of non-flammable materials!

Here are a couple links. Vince, if you zoom in a bit towards the Malibu fire, look to the northeast a few miles and you will see Encino. Then click on hybrid map and you can see where the wilderness areas are and where the city is.

California Fires

San Diego Fires
 
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Steve...hopefuly you won't have to test it!!!
 
Hey everyone, Well as some of you have already guessed I’ve been pretty busy these last few days. In fact was up or better than 48 hours strait from Sunday night to late last night when I finally got back into our house, got a shower and some sleep.

Everyone is fine – despite some medical concerns with my son Matt (more details later) that I’m dealing with, everyone is safe and it looks like the fires skirted to the south and north of our part of Poway. Biggest problems we’re having is dealing with all the smoke, ash and road debris from the high winds. Driving back to the house last night the disserted roads looked like something out from a end of the world movie.

The good news is the winds have died down enough to allow the air assets (rotor & fixed wing) to join in the all out assault on the fires and lingering hot spots. It was a heart warming sight to see a C130 fire tanker fly over head earlier this morning.

Thanks for all the kind words everyone. Anyway I got’a go and will check back in later.

Bret
 
Good to hear you are OK,

You guys have it worse than we do in the LA area ,

and Big Bear - Arrowhead area is being hit real hard right now,

Be safe

Beaulieu
 
Check out this series of shots taken of the Southern California coastline. It shows Saturday, Sunday and Monday. What a difference a bit of wind and fire can make!

Notice in the first photo all the dust blowing in the Mojave Desert. You can see it blowing all the way out over the Pacific Ocean in the second photo.

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Shirley and I helped my brother sift through his place after it burned. Was one of the most depressing things we ever did and will forever be etched in our minds. We can't imagine what it was like for my brother.

Our prayers are with all facing these fires.
 
Again I tell you it was pretty overwhelming and for a time there felt like we where stuck in one of those bad seventy’s disaster movies. But I got a tell you I am extremely impressed & proud of the firefighters and all the first responders.

We're extreme sad for our neighbors who lost so much or are still in danger. But I got a say with well over 500,000 displaced people and the area involved, I am totally impressed with the way this community stepped up to help one another.

The Duff Family is sending a hug & a big thanks out to everyone.

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I'm a volunteer firefighter,& when we tried to train
on wildland firefighting,it was tough.And these guys do
it for days on end.I have a lot of respect for people
who can do that!

- Doug
 
The ash and air quality at the university is terrible. The Santiago Oaks fire doesn't put us in danger, but the fallout in soot is bad. I brush loads of ash off my car each morning. Two of our friends have lost homes - the total home loss is over 1800 - The mountain communities may lose 1000+ more. All of the communities in our favorite car run locations in the back hills of Orange County (Irvine-Tustin-Orange) have been hit hard, Modjeska Canyon is currently burning, one of my favorites spots in OC. The OC fires were arson. They do suspect arson in several others.
 
My wifes sister, who lives just east of El Cajun, said last night that they are out of phone service, (she called on her cell), but have not been ordered to evacuate yet. Hopefully they'll get a grip on this disaster soon. I feel so sorry for all of those who have lost their possessions during this catastrophe. If they ever catch the individuals who possibly set some of these fires, well, I better not say what I think they should do with them. Would be too gross.
 
I'm in total agreement, Paul. "Hangin's too good fer 'em."

I've family east of El Cajon as well. near Rt 8. Think they're neighbors? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
 
DrEntropy said:
I'm in total agreement, Paul. "Hangin's too good fer 'em."

I've family east of El Cajon as well. near Rt 8. Think they're neighbors? /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smirk.gif
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Anythings possible! The wife and I were at Grand Canyon about 5 years ago. When we got back to the car, an attorneys business card was under the windshield wiper, I guess because we were from the same state. He didn't know it at the time, but my wife used his firm once in a real estate deal. She called him when we got back home. Was he surprised! Small world.
 
I wonder about David (Grantura_MKI)... he has a beautiful horse ranch on many acres outside of Fallbrook in the midst of a lot of wilderness and brush (and a nice collection of TVR's).

I can't find a map detailed enough to see where the burn areas are in Fallbrook to see. He hasn't posted here since the 10th.

I hope it missed him.

Glad to hear you made it through OK Bret.

So far for me it's been OK. I'm sitting on the edge of a good 2000 or so acres of BLM land which is nothing but tinder-dry scrub.... but development has encroached my little wedge of the corner of this area on 3 sides so I'm feeling relatively safe.

but the fear of some nutjob getting his jollies starting a fire behind me is always in the back of my mind. And like Steve says, you get used to it. Spent my first 20 years keeping an eye out for tornadoes and my second 20 sniffing for smoke.

Its those pesky earthquakes that give me the heebee jeebees... I like my natural disasters with a little warning.

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I'm all about 'early warning'. Hard for a hurricane to sneak up on us by surprise.
 
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