Southern CA fires - Live Thread 10/27

10/27/03 | Myself

[lainie]

..hehe true of nonprofits and gov't bureaucratic boondoggles.

[bonesmccoy]

foaming down roofing sounds like a good idea.

[nicmarlo]

Reporting total fatalities now at 14; homes, 900 destroyed.

[nicmarlo]

Border Communications Center
Number of Incidents: 21 Last Updated at: 10/27/2003 6:34:09 PM
No. Time Type Location Area
0934 6:33PM Structure or Grass Fire NB I15 AT MIRAMAR WY San Diego

[PhiKapMom]

Fox News has on Dick Morris and talking about the debates of the RATs while fires are raging out of control all over SoCal. This is absolutely disgusting! Who cares about the RAT debates and what Dick Morris has to say. We have Larry King on the Terri deal, Fox with Morris, and MSNBC is reporting on the fires but covering it from how the people that started the fires should be charged.

Show us the fires and foreget the crap!

[It's me]

Now, I always thought Simi Valley was north of Chatsworth. Isn't it?

[IrishRainy]

That would be "Glen Helen Regional Park." In Devore area, close to Lytle Creek.

[Inspectorette]

We're looking right now at KCAL-9 - it's absolutely horrific!! We've been appalled all weekend long that our locals in San Luis Obispo and Santa Maria have shown so little of this, not to mention the alphabet and cable networks!! We are about 100 miles north of Simi Valley as the crow flies, and we've been seeing smoke since yesterday. Our hearts are breaking to see what our fellow Californians are going through -

A couple of small fires here today on the Central Coast - one in Los Alamos and one on the Cuesta Grade (San Luis Obispo).

[Letitring]

AMEN. :)

[PhiKapMom]

I know that you can get down into the High Desert from Big Bear but is there anyway to get down into the High Desert from Lake Arrowhead since 330 is shut down?

[nicmarlo]

Incident: 0149 Type: Report of Fire
Location: INLAND
Zoom Map: 575 1H
Info as of: 10/27/2003 6:35:22 PM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
6:32PM - PER I111 CONTACT DON S GARAGE, ADVS THEM TO GET AHOLD OF DON, ADVS HIM HE CANNOT GET BACK UP THE 330, IT S IMPASSABLE, TO GO BACK UP THE 38 -- 1039 DON S
6:26PM - PER R18 - FIRE IS JEO 330 AND NORTH OF EAST HIGHLAND - VERY CLOSE TO PHONES - PER UNK UNIT CDF IS 97 IN AREA

[oceanperch]

ABC reported even if they wanted to clear the fuel/underbrush there is no money to get the job done.

We could put those doing community service for law violations and inmates on the job, couldn't we?

[dogbyte12]

Simi Valley is kinda north west of Chatsworth. If ya picture the county line, Simi is in Ventura, and once ya hit Chatsworth, you are in LA county.

[StevieB]

Do Y'all have a "Chief Moose" on the force?

We still have a "Gov Gumbie" for a couple of weeks. Basically the same thing.

[IrishRainy]

So is that a new fire? Once again, less than a mile from my brother's house. This is really scaring me!

[nicmarlo]

Gosh, I can't remember, it's been too long since I've driven around Lake Arrowhead.......I'm wondering if there's a way through Desert Hot Springs???? I just can't remember.

[nicmarlo]

Gosh, I can't remember, it's been too long since I've driven around Lake Arrowhead.......I'm wondering if there's a way through Desert Hot Springs???? I just can't remember.

[oceanperch]

Yes thanks.

[mo4bush]

Well, we miss her here in San Diego although we do have few great women on the teams. A couple of them are part of a husband/wife team. We couldn't hold our races without them.

[oceanperch]

Thanks for the clarifacation.