[Smogger]

This is updated information on ALL fires.

[Momaw Nadon]

Gov. Gray Davis said the wildfires could be, "the worst disaster the state has ever faced."

Actually, Gov. Gray Davis is the worst disaster the state has ever faced.

[Smogger]

Fire approaches the parking lot of Rim of the World High School Tuesday.

A firefigher monitors the Old Fire with a water hose along state highway 18 in Lake Arrowhead Tuesday.

Fire crews monitor the Old Fire along state highway 18 in Lake Arrowhead Tuesday.

Firefighters fight fires in Crestline, Calif. Tuesday morning.

[Smogger]

Flames and smoke from the Grand Prix Fire surround the Rim of the World High School Tuesday.

A firefighter stands along Highway 18 as the Old Fire burns in the background Tuesday.

A firefighter surveys the damange from a wildfire in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego Tuesday.

Fire crews pour water at a home in the Scripps Ranch area of San Diego Tuesday.

[smokinleroy]

Gray Davis said the wildfires could be, "the worst disaster the state has ever faced."

...except for his two partial terms as governor.

[Smogger]

This San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department wanted poster, released Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2003, shows a sketch of a man wanted for questioning concerning the Old Fire, which started Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, in San Bernardino County in Southern California. (AP Photo/San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department)

[TomGuy]

Some CBS webcam caps from earlier today:

School campus; seems to be saved





House close to being consumed.

[helen crump]

Thanks for the thourough update.
Praying for a deep soaking, long rain.
(with no lightening, of course)

[TomGuy]

The CBS Webcam has been providing almost continuous coverage, with occasional glitches.

Channel 4 news van is going, going...

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Thanks for the thread and pictures. This is incredible (in a very bad way).

[yoswif]

As the photos show, managing federal forests in Southern California for maximum yields of oxone destroying wood smoke has been wildly successful. It's a shame people died and homes were destroyed in the process. I wonder how many lives would have been lost and homes destroyed if federal forests were managed for minimum yields of ozone destroying wood smoke?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

The report concerning the grey van was interesting.

NBC showed the deserted grey van with the same elongated rear windows as in the earlier description. The van was found in the high desert along a dead end road. Although it had California license plates, the reporter who was speaking with the boy who found the van said that the plates did not match any car in California.

[cake_crumb]

This is looking SO not good. Prayers for reveryone.

Hubby (oldtimer Hotshot) is worried and hoping SoCal gets more than drizzle later this week, because the hotter fires will feed off the oxygen in the water.

[Rockitz]

Is there a link for maps indicating burned areas?

[bart99]

Thanks for the compilation. We DO appriciate your efforts in keeping us informed.

[snopercod]

California's worst disaster? What about the San Francisco earthquake?

[Grampa Dave]

[illumini]

A firm in Georgia offers the BERIEV Be-200 for sale to government agencies: http:www.lgiinc.us This plane can scoop 3000 pounds of water off lake Arrowhead in 10 seconds or less, and drop over 210,000 lbs on a single load of fuel with multiple runs. Russian IL-76P tankers can drop over 240,000 lbs in one run. Why not call them up?