SoCal Fires Live Thread 10/28

10/28/03 | Myself

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SoCal Fires Live Thread 10/28

[lainie]

Southern California in itself is mostly built on water from the Colorado River. If that's not impossible...

[lainie]

stopped for me too

[dogbyte12]

transmission tower down???

[lainie]

I reloaded and I hear an ad now....1 sec

[lainie]

there it is. Reload yours

[OldFriend]

Evacuating Big Bear now.........mandatory!

We pray for everyone's safety.

[Red Barr]

The question is this who started the forest fires in California? Could it have been from lighting strikes……no! or far-out environmentalist……….maybe so. Or is it handy work of the terrorist? Read this report and make up your mind:

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“FBI: al-Qaeda detainee spoke of fire plot
PHOENIX (AP) — The FBI alerted law enforcement agencies last month that an al-Qaeda terrorist now in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.

Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, told The Associated Press that officials there took note of the warning but didn't see a need to act further on it.
The contents of the June 25 memo from the FBI's Denver office were reported Friday by The Arizona Republic. Davis declined to share a copy of the memo and an FBI spokeswoman in Denver didn't immediately return a telephone call.

The Republic reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country.
The memo noted that investigators couldn't determine whether the detainee was telling the truth.
The newspaper said many forest law enforcement officers it contacted had no idea the warning had been issued.”



If this is the “handy work” of the terrorist they should brought up on charges of first degree murder if they are caught....



-Red Barr




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[SCalGal]

Chatsworth looks better. The fire is burning around the back (N) side of the hills now. The police have closed the road leading back there.

[WestCoastGal]

Governor news conference putting in his last 2 cents saying the triple car tax is paying for all this firefighting effort.

[WestCoastGal]

Yes, it's a long slow road out, I hope some have left before this.

[maggief]

Mine went down, too ... scanner back now after reload.

[Fitzcarraldo]

his last 2 cents saying the triple car tax is paying for all this firefighting effort.

wonderful - we should thank him for his incredible foresight.

[SCalGal]

Governor news conference putting in his last 2 cents saying the triple car tax is paying for all this firefighting effort.

And doesn't understand why we threw him out! *shaking head*

[lainie]

KCBS2 -- death toll confirmed now at 16

[WestCoastGal]

Yeah he couldn't help himself, had to get in that last dig. Said the voters have spoken on that issue as has the new governor. I think he said the state usually pays up to 75% for these types of emergencies but he is signing something so that the state will pay 100%. I wonder what Arnold thinks about that?

[maggief]

Updates since 12:02 pm (PDT)


Hanging on...


- Big Bear, Forest Falls, and Seven Oaks are under MANDATORY evacuation check www.bigbear.us for updates. Highway 18 is the only way for outbound traffic. Follow-up on the scanner: Everything east of Seven Oaks is a MANDATORY evacuation! Get out now. The fire is blazing and moving too fast to think twice.

- The east fire (Running Springs to Big Bear) has not crossed some main spots yet, but it is on top of the ridge. There are crews to work with air attacks. This fire is moving EXTREMELY FAST. We are watching Chuck Henry on NBC-TV. Chuck won't leave, putting himself and cameraman in danger, yet he tells people to evacuate.

- More air drops pounding the area of the water tank (Lookout Point) and going east. Two at a time now.

[PhilipFreneau]

Does anyone have an update on Alpine?

[Conservative4Ever]

now your talking about a hike:)

last I heard is an mandatory evac of forest falls and area...can you confirm...

had to be away for a minute to pay some bills on line...now they won't repo the Jeep :)

[lainie]

KFI has a guy in Running Springs