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Live Updating Thread: 2007 Southern California Firestorms
LA Times ^ | 9:35 AM PDT, October 21, 2007 | Associated Press

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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To: Global2010
I was always involved in the rescuing. Once the horse trailer was on the way to a safe facility, I was enroute to the next rescue.
2,681 posted on 10/23/2007 4:55:26 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: BurbankKarl

Good Lord, a pi$$ing match while the county burns.


2,682 posted on 10/23/2007 4:56:06 PM PDT by KylaStarr (..keeping watch in east county SD)
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To: WestCoastGal

Everything west of Big Bear Dam has been ordered evacuated.

from rimoftheworld.net

Email to ROTW regarding Green Valley Lake status - thank you}
UPDATE: 10/23 1531hrs

-Winds are violent at this time

- Fire butting up to homes on canyon,
so far the firefighters with air
support have kept it from taking any homes

- Green Valley Lake Market, Post
Office, Lake Inn are fine at this time

- Many homes lost around fox lumber,
going south all the way to the entrance
of the valley

- Many homes lost around the ski hill,
entire hill is on fire at this time

-Many homes lost on the out on the
outer ends of Loma Alta Lane, Juniper
Lane, Piedras Grande, Holcomb Creek
Drive on the West side of town.

-Centers of the town, residences remain
untouched mostly on the west to north
west of lake remain untouched

- Many homes lost (as I said before)
all along Angeles Drive, Ridgeway
Drive, Robin Drive, Falling Leaf Drive,
Meadow Lane, Cedar Oak Lane, Cedar
Pines Lane and surrounding areas. Some
homes still in these areas, however as
I understand most are gone.

-Power lines are down all over, and it
sounds like there might be come water
issues up there as well.

- Fire has burned all around the back
of the ski hill towards camp cedar
crest, fire streches on both sides of
Green Valley Lake road from Crab flats
to the back gate of Calvary Chapel.
(excluding the calvary chapel area, on
the same side as the camp)

-They are trying to stop the fire from
reaches Camp Cedar Crest and there are
concerns if is gets away it will go
straight into Arrowbear

-Fire is burning in the entire Deep
creek drainage and it is assumed that
all of Crab Flats has burned.

3:02pm FROM GREEN VALLEY LAKE:

Ok I have some information from someone
in town. There are now fire
crews in town, they are fighting a
pretty difficult battle up there as
we speak, they have one chopper helping now.

-Fox lumber is gone, along with the
green valley lake real estate
office.

- Lots of houses lost/damaged on the
East/North side of town, Angeles
Dr, Ridgeway, Robin Dr etc.

- Everything in the heart of town
(housing areas) appears to have
faired well, and untouched with a few
houses lost here and there. (no
specific locations right now)

- Firefight is happening right now to
try to save homes on Canyon Dr.

- Many houses lost just as you drive
into town on the right side of
the road


2,683 posted on 10/23/2007 4:56:09 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl
Bureaucracy always gets in the way.

I’m glad Duncan Hunter is working on this, if anyone can get it fixed he can.

2,684 posted on 10/23/2007 4:57:52 PM PDT by WestCoastGal (MTN DEW/AMP/NAT'LGUARD=88 "HMS is like going to Toys R Us When your coming from Kmart"~ Tony Jr)
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To: WestCoastGal

I’m betting on Duncan to get the job done too.

Enough is enough.


2,685 posted on 10/23/2007 5:01:35 PM PDT by KylaStarr (..keeping watch in east county SD)
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To: Myrddin
I was always involved in the rescuing. Once the horse trailer was on the way to a safe facility, I was enroute to the next rescue.

Can't keep a good hero down.

2,686 posted on 10/23/2007 5:02:29 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture ™)
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To: Brad's Gramma

Yes i handle my self in the morning


2,687 posted on 10/23/2007 5:02:30 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Hey,...I have a few years on you....

well... in this case, you are more than welcome to keep them*g*....their creeping up far too fast for me!.....

2,688 posted on 10/23/2007 5:03:31 PM PDT by pollywog (Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid,)
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To: calcowgirl
When the going gets tough, folks pull together. Except those who can’t take off their partisan glasses.

*********applause*********

2,689 posted on 10/23/2007 5:05:21 PM PDT by pollywog (Joshua 1:9 Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid,)
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To: Brad's Gramma

hey Gramma i was about 2 miles from modjeska working today it was intense ash was like snow the air and sky was so eiry


2,690 posted on 10/23/2007 5:08:08 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: Global2010

it was withen what other homes in the area in size and price.

Exactly. Anything to bash.


2,691 posted on 10/23/2007 5:08:10 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
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To: null and void
Thats because the city council put water saver fire hydrates in last year It's getting harder and harder to determine what is sarcasm and what isn't...

No pelosi

2,692 posted on 10/23/2007 5:09:47 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Raging Calif. wildfires force 1M to flee

http://www.examiner.com/a-1005989~Raging_Calif__Wildfires_Force_1M_to_Flee.html

SAN DIEGO (Map, News) - Faced with unrelenting winds whipping wildfires into a frenzy across Southern California, firefighters all but conceded defeat Tuesday to an unstoppable force that has already chased nearly a million people away.

Unless the shrieking Santa Ana winds subside, and that’s not expected for at least another day, fire crews say they can do little more than try to wait it out and react - tamping out spot fires and chasing ribbons of airborne embers to keep new fires from flaring.

“If it’s this big and blowing with as much wind as it’s got, it’ll go all the way to the ocean before it stops,” said San Diego Fire Capt. Kirk Humphries. “We can save some stuff but we can’t stop it.”

Tentacles of unpredictable, shifting flame have burned across nearly 600 square miles, killing two people, destroying more than 1,300 homes and prompting one of the biggest evacuations in California history, from north of Los Angeles, through San Diego to the Mexican border.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said the flames were threatening 68,000 more homes.
—snip—


2,693 posted on 10/23/2007 5:10:39 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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2,694 posted on 10/23/2007 5:12:34 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: BurbankKarl

yup she is using her limo as a bakerey truck


2,695 posted on 10/23/2007 5:12:52 PM PDT by al baby (Hi mom)
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To: La Enchiladita

Close call. Wouldn’t want to do a rerun...


2,696 posted on 10/23/2007 5:13:36 PM PDT by Czar ( StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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To: BurbankKarl

Please keep us updated on who this clown is.

If anyone lost their lives in any of the arson fires then they really need to pin murder charges too. JMO


2,697 posted on 10/23/2007 5:14:01 PM PDT by Global2010 ( The Lord will guide you but you have to move your feet.)
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To: bethtopaz

The fires spread fast because the natural vegetation is designed to burn, burn hot, and burn fast. When you have seasonal dryness (rain is rare in CA in summer) and E winds (which heat up do to compression and dry out even more) you get a hot ember laced fast moving fire. There are somethings you can do to lower your risk. Clearing vegetation is one thing (defensible space), carefully selecting building materials is another, but these can only reduce the risk.


2,698 posted on 10/23/2007 5:15:03 PM PDT by Sunnyflorida (Peace is the aftermath of victory.)
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To: al baby

The sky DID get eerie today....I haven’t checked the car for ashes.

The pool, ahem, is all black...


2,699 posted on 10/23/2007 5:16:21 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: calcowgirl
"Wow! Hey, czar... you okay?"

Yeah, but I'm getting too damned old to do this again.

The fires seem to get closer every year.

2,700 posted on 10/23/2007 5:16:21 PM PDT by Czar ( StillFedUptotheTeeth@Washington)
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