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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: BurbankKarl

I didn’t know NCIS was filmed there. Interesting.


261 posted on 10/21/2007 12:43:40 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: All
Updates from LA Times....

Fire cuts swath through Malibu Hills

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Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times Malibu resident Jim Palmer covers his face from the wind-driven smoke from the Canyon Fire in Malibu Canyon this morning.

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Low humidity and gusts of up to 50 mph drove the fire, sending embers flying, Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman. The fire will likely threaten thousands of homes over the next several days, he said.

By noon Sunday, the blaze had burned 1,000 acres, destroying three homes and two commercial buildings but had not caused any injuries. Nine other homes were damaged and four businesses in the Colony Creek shopping center were damaged.

"The wind is a fairly tremendous challenge to the firefighters," Freeman said. "They're working gallantly on the lines trying to protect the structures."

He said the fire was moving east toward the Carbon Canyon area.
-Jack Leonard

262 posted on 10/21/2007 12:44:23 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

WOW.

That is one fantastically beautiful campus.

Love their pools.

But . . . uhhhh . . . . IIRC, there’s not much WEST of Pepperdine

but . . . the highway 101 and THE PACIFIC????


263 posted on 10/21/2007 12:44:39 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: yorkie

Terrible....


264 posted on 10/21/2007 12:45:31 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: ColoCdn

That’s what I thought. Isn’t it only the highway between PEPPERDINE and the ocean??? Or is the highway even East of Pepperdine. Been decades since I’ve been there.

Those images had no high priority memory slots on the 60 year old organic hard drive.


265 posted on 10/21/2007 12:46:45 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Mel Gibson, BABs streistand, etc.


266 posted on 10/21/2007 12:46:49 PM PDT by television is just wrong (deport all illegal aliens NOW. Put all AMERICANS TO WORK FIRST. END Welfare)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Oh poop.....I hear fire engines.


267 posted on 10/21/2007 12:47:19 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: Quix; Dr. Eckleburg

lol, yes, the beach where the stars houses are is about as big as a parking lot. the Doc probably hangs out there


268 posted on 10/21/2007 12:48:12 PM PDT by 1000 silverlings
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To: lainie

KNBC live pictures of a Castle Kashan, built in the 1970’s in Malibu, used as a charity/fundraising locale mostly. It’s full of Elvis and other popular culture memorabilia. It’s burning to the ground.

= = =

Ponder, ponder, ponder.

I wonder, wonder, wonder . . .

celebs . . . stuck on themselves . . . giving excess change to charity . . .

burning to the ground . . .

is there a remote possibility of a message in all this???

naw . . . .


269 posted on 10/21/2007 12:48:28 PM PDT by Quix (GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

I believe it was KFI that mentioned hurricane force gusts in the canyons and 8% relative humidity.

Sounds like hell.


270 posted on 10/21/2007 12:48:41 PM PDT by Petronski (Congratulations Tribe! AL Central Champs)
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To: hole_n_one

Flying Crane on Channel 9....not sure where....


271 posted on 10/21/2007 12:50:19 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Petronski
Well we are just a small spot near the desert.....
272 posted on 10/21/2007 12:51:49 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: La Enchiladita
People like to live in this lovely combination of mountains and coastline and take the risks associated with the benefits.

They should widen PCH from Santa Monica to Malibu. They could also prevent their annual mudslides by doing a better job of shoring up their hill sides.

They need to cut fire breaks on the mountain slopes.

The electrical distribution lines to the seaside homes need to be moved underground. The drive from Santa Monica to Malibu looks like Tijuana.

Pepperdine north looks OK. But south is a hazard as well as an eyesore.

You need to drive up Malibu Canyon to Agoura and/or Calabassas to find a decent family restaurant or shopping mall.

The lefties are notorious for preventing modernization and new development. Just read the Malibu paper's letter to the editors.

Did you know that the nut who was recently eaten by bears along with his girl friend in Alaska were residents of Malibu. He thought he would be as one with nature. Typical moonbat.

Nice place to visit but you don't want to live there. Unless of course your a millionaire celebrity.

273 posted on 10/21/2007 12:56:41 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (NY Times: "fake but accurate")
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To: Petronski

Early this morning they clocked gusts @ 108 mph


274 posted on 10/21/2007 12:57:25 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

bttt


275 posted on 10/21/2007 12:59:41 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: SE Mom

NOUS46 KLOX 211941 CCA PNSLOX PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA 1226 PM PDT SUN OCT 21 2007 ...SIGNIFICANT WIND REPORTS SINCE 1126 AM PDT SUNDAY... LOS ANGELES COUNTY PEAK WIND LEO CARRILLO BEACH......................NORTHEAST 47 MPH. VAN NUYS................................NORTH 36 MPH. NEWHALL.................................NORTHEAST 32 MPH. NEWHALL PASS............................NORTH 74 MPH. SAUGUS..................................NORTH 55 MPH. DEL VALLE...............................NORTHEAST 55 MPH. ACTON................................... 51 MPH. CAMP NINE...............................NORTH 66 MPH. CHILAO..................................NORTHEAST 63 MPH. CLEAR CREEK............................. 62 MPH. MILL CREEK..............................NORTH 70 MPH. SANDBERG................................EAST 62 MPH. WARM SPRINGS............................EAST 85 MPH. WHITAKER PEAK...........................NORTH 49 MPH. PALMDALE................................EAST 39 MPH. LAKE PALMDALE...........................NORTHEAST 48 MPH. POPPY PARK..............................EAST 42 MPH. LANCASTER...............................NORTHEAST 35 MPH. VENTURA COUNTY PEAK WIND PORT HUENEME............................NORTHEAST 73 MPH. LAGUNA PEAK.............................NORTHEAST 74 MPH. OXNARD..................................EAST 45 MPH. CAMARILLO...............................EAST 47 MPH. POINT MUGU..............................NORTHEAST 46 MPH. CHEESEBORO..............................NORTHEAST 45 MPH. TEMESCAL................................ 33 MPH. PIRU....................................NORTHEAST 50 MPH. SIMI VALLEY.............................NORTH 41 MPH. WILEY RIDGE.............................NORTHEAST 79 MPH. THOUSAND OAKS...........................NORTH 36 MPH. OZENA...................................NORTHEAST 37 MPH. SANTA BARBARA COUNTY PEAK WIND WEST CUYAMA VALLEY......................NORTH 46 MPH. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY PEAK WIND PORT SAN LUIS...........................NORTH 34 MPH. BRANCH MOUNTAIN.........................NORTHEAST 39 MPH.


276 posted on 10/21/2007 1:01:31 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

I bet those helitankers are pumping water from the ocean...they drop a snorkel.


277 posted on 10/21/2007 1:02:47 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: BurbankKarl

Are they airing the Raiders/Chiefs game?


278 posted on 10/21/2007 1:05:05 PM PDT by peggybac (Tolerance is the virtue of believing in nothing)
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To: BurbankKarl

The pro golfer Laura Diaz???


279 posted on 10/21/2007 1:06:44 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Donald Rumsfeld Fan
Pepperdine west looks OK. But east is a hazard as well as an eyesore.

Opps. I forgot...The Malibu coastline faces south.

280 posted on 10/21/2007 1:07:37 PM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan (NY Times: "fake but accurate")
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