Posted on 10/21/2007 9:48:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
UPDATE: The city of Malibu is advising residents in Puerco Canyon to begin evacuating due to a wildfire driven by powerful winds. This area is north of Pacific Coast Highway and about 1 mile west of Pepperdine University. Residents along the beach on Malibu Road may soon be evacuated. Pacific Coast Highway is closed between Kanan-Dume Road and Topanga Canyon. Residents are advised to head to the west. Evacuation centers are being set up in the Zuma Beach area.
A wildfire driven by powerful winds in the Malibu Hills this morning threatened a university, destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of hundreds more, authorities said.
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Grass Valley fire in Lake Arrowhead is at 75 acres. They are evacuating now within 1 mile of my house.
No,We can pray mfccinsd(((Hugs)))
It is very scary! A fire just broke out in our town in No. San Diego County and the wind is really picking up. Getting ready to go - just in case - since it is so unpredictable.
Good luck fellow San Diegans! Prayers for all in harm's way!
Gosh stay safe redgirlinabluestate.
Thanks for the good wishes. So far we've been lucky. We're west of the Agua Dulce fire and the wind's been blowing away from us. We're under a voluntary evacuation order and our roads out are closed to the south so the only way to go is Palmdale. Our neighbors left but we stayed. We're packed and ready to go if needed, hopefully it won't come to that. Just praying for these damn winds to die down.
stay safe....you too are in my prayers this morning.
Pomerado Hospial in Poway is being evacauted and patients relocated. This is how unpredictable this fire is-—at 0600, I was listening to the news, and the word was, Pomerado Hosp was NOT going to be evacuated. Just in the space of an hour or so..that has all changed.
From the NWS Storm Prediction Center in Norman OK.
excerpt,
...EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - THE MTNS/INTERIOR VALLEYS
OF SRN CA...
PRIMARY CONDITIONS: SUSTAINED NELY WINDS FROM 30-50 MPH WITH GUSTS
OVER 75 MPH...MIN RH READINGS FROM 4-8 PERCENT...LONG TERM DROUGHT
A VERY STRONG OFFSHORE WIND EVENT WILL CONTINUE EARLY IN THE PERIOD
/12-20Z/ ACROSS THE INTERIOR VALLEYS/MTNS OF SRN CA. THE STRONGEST
WINDS /SUSTAINED UP TO 50 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 75 MPH/ WILL OCCUR
THROUGH AND BELOW PASSES AND CANYONS AND ALONG RIDGE TOPS WITH GUSTS
OVER 60 MPH IN INTERIOR VALLEYS. STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND PRESENCE OF
THE UPPER RIDGE CENTERED OVER NRN CA WILL PRODUCE NEAR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S IN LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 4-8 PERCENT RH
READINGS DURING THE DAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...BEFORE RESTRENGTHENING OVERNIGHT.
...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA - SURROUNDING THE EXTREMELY CRITICAL
AREA - COASTAL VALLEYS OF SRN CA AND CENTRAL CA MTNS...
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/fire_wx/index.html#Day1
Stay safe, Argus...
Prayers out for you. I heard some fire official say the San Diego fire could be worse than the Cedar fire. Let’s pray that that is not true...
Fregards,
Lex
Two more new fires in the San Bernardino Mountains...
Mandatory evacuations in effect for Green Valley Lake and Arrowbear Lake. Voluntary evacuations for Running Springs.
http://www.rimoftheworld.net/incident/3608
Thanks for the link.
All San Diego PD detectives are to appear in unifrom, Grave yard shift officiers are to report early at 6:00 pm.
Checking in before work......I’m SO sorry to hear this...do you have a place to stay????
thanks for all the updates and links...
Thank you...............!
:)
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