Southern CA fires - Live Thread 10/27

10/27/03 | Myself

[Conservative4Ever]

or est. a flight pattern for using Skinner as a reload spot

[oceanview]

you would think every aircraft capable of doing aerial water drops would be headed for this area, but that does not appear to be happening. why not?

[LikeLight]

Well, that Channel 10 went back to regular programming now, so nothing more to report . . .

[Tree of Liberty]

Does anyone have news from Alpine? I've got an aunt down there and haven't been able to reach her by phone. Last heard from her about 12:30 last night.

[BurbankKarl]

there were two attempted starts in the Santa Clarita area this morning, Castaic area....both were put out quickly.

[Fitzcarraldo]

We've tried to reach relative living north of Santa Isabel near Lake Henshaw and no response either - the phone system must be goofed up.

[LikeLight]

And now the 365 scanner is full, so I can't get back on there either . . .

[Conservative4Ever]

thanks for the update..I'm in the Pass Area...east of San Bernardino.

[BurbankKarl]

The Alpine fire near Viejas casino off I-8 has jumped the freeway and
is threatening the exclusive Palo Verde subdivision. IC reports
extreme fire conditions and fire behavior with winds up to 60 mph. No
available additional resources.

[monkeywrench]

"If he shows up in the next 24 hours, the democrats will scream that he is grand-standing just for political gain. "It was such a cheap political ploy on the part of a failing president to gain votes" sigh"

Only if he shows up in a snug fitting fire suit...

[Conservative4Ever]

they mentioned priveka sp?...that the camp priveka ya think?

[Tree of Liberty]

Afraid not. I haven't been anywhere in SoCal since '93. I did get word from my mother that she was evacuated early this morning to Pine Grove, which itself is being evacuated now.

[Myrddin]

I just spoke with my sister. She lives in the Cottonwood Estates area next to Monarch Ridge. She received the mandatory evacuation order and they are out of the house. Fortunately, they had plenty of time to pack up the essentials and her husband is retrieving their travel trailer for a place to live. The flames are very near her house and it is likely to burn. My son report that the answering machine at his girlfriend's house in Eastlake is still functioning, so we think that house is still Ok.

[Mo1]

FYI ... Seems like Linda Vester from FNC will be discussing the fires during her show

[Tree of Liberty]

Yeah, I think the phones have gone wonky, too. Can't reach my grandmother, who's just outside of San Diego proper, either. She's not in a danger zone, however.

[Quilla]

The flames are very near her house and it is likely to burn.

Dear Lord, please watch over them.

[PhiKapMom]

You were very close with water dripping down. Those choppers this morning would dump their load and fly right into the smoke and come out on the other side. Really impressed with these guys.

Are they still based in the Lake Elsinore area? Know when we lived there all the firefighting planes/choppers came from there.

[Toidylop]

just flip across the news channels, not a blip. CNN is talking about the Russian miners trapped and Egypt mummies go home coming up!!!

It seems the giant fire in Southern Cal is not even a drastic event worth reporting???