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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I’m just going on what pretty much every reporter says, both on TV and radio broadcasts that I’ve heard. There are obviously some big problems in the management of that county, as far as fire goes. You don’t think there are? Did you hear Spitzer’s remarks this morning? He was mad as hell.
arrowhead area
02:13 PM Source: scanner
we’re going to start evacuating Mountains Community Hospital at this time; it’s going to take a while to get them out; there are 27 patients
Don't feel bad. I am here breathing the smoke and I still don't know all these names of towns and canyons and areas. All I know is the air is so very unpleasant to breathe. I am in Long Beach and no danger but the smoke is EVERYWHERE.
South Ops trying to steal the DC10 from Arrowhead
Moving my fees up .,....
Thank you so much fatima!
One of the news casts said....between 100 and 200 homes burned up there and they figure 1500 homes threatened......
You have some firefighters and equipment on the way from Washington state...
Santiago Canyon Blvd.
Big yellow line, aka road. Northish to southish.
:)
The church on the Rincon Indian reservation burned early this morning as the Poomacha fire roared through the Pauma Valley.
Several homes also burned, said tribal councilman Bo Mazzetti.
"We've lost a lot of our older buildings we had, that have been here for years and years," he said about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday. "Our church, our Catholic church, we lost that."
The loss is a spiritual blow to the tribe, he said.
"That's something we've all attended, that church, it's devastating to see that," he said.
Fire surrounded the reservation at dawn, he said, and the firestorm was particularly fierce about 8 a.m. Flames died down some two hours later.
"A lot of our members lost houses, we're still assessing that," he said. "Tomorrow we have federal officials coming in."
About half of the tribe's 650 members live on the reservation. The damage has been hard to assess this morning, Mazzetti said. "It's spread out all over the reservation," he said. "There's no one area."
The fire burned some buildings near the Harrah's Rincon casino owned by the tribe, but not the casino-hotel complex, where about 350 people and 75 workers gathered to protect themselves from the flames.
The fire began on the La Jolla Indian reservation to the east.
"La Jolla is pretty devastated," Mazzetti said.
Efforts to reach officials at the La Jolla reservation by phone were unsuccessful.
Thank you Washington!!!!!
Channel 10 in SD shows the onshore winds are returning -- humidity and dew points coming up, temperatures going down. Air quality terrible as all the smoke blown off shore is now coming back and will stagnate between the coast and the mountains.
I took a long break, Global... Temps in L.A. are hovering around 90F, so hotter in Orange County... The fierceness of the heat is accentuated by all the particulate matter in the air now...
Nights are mild.
ROFL.
Thanks!
Thank God! Thank you Washington!!!!!!
There were San Luis Obispo FF’s putting hot spots out in the Malibu canyons before nightfall on Sunday. They were interviewed briefly on TV. Everyone in southern CA is so grateful for all the communities that have sent help.
10-23-07 2:17 p.m. Evacuation of Rancho San Diego. Reverse 9-1-1 is being used to issue mandatory evacuation orders to Rancho San Diego households. Residents should evacuate to Qualcomm Stadium.
Evacuation of Pine Hills Road and Wynola Road in Julian. Reverse 9-1-1 is being used to issue evacuation orders to residents of Pine Hills Road and Wynola Road in Julian. Residents should evacuate to Borrego Springs High School.
Good to hear from YOU!!
CAluvdubya fine, check.
Loved ones fine, check.
Kitties fine, check.
House still there, check.
WooHoo!!!
DUBYA, THE PRESIDENT will be here on Thursday, but has sent HELP ahead of him....:)
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