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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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TOPICS: Breaking News; US: California
KEYWORDS: 0interestloans; albabysfault; arson; breathofsatan; firestorm; heros; ididitfatnotlazy; jamul; julian; lakearrowheadfire; malibu; orangecofires; prayforrain; ramona; sandiegofire; santaanawinds; wildfire; wildfires
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To: KylaStarr; Brad's Gramma

There are some LAFD strike teams heading to Orange County also...heard them on the 55 freeway


2,721 posted on 10/23/2007 5:30:48 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: Czar
Yeah, but I'm getting too damned old to do this again.

Nice to hear from ya! These disasters do take a lot of everyone and everything! I just read that three seniors died of natural causes in S.D. County during, or just after, being evacuated. All three were in their nineties. It's tough at any age going through this.

2,722 posted on 10/23/2007 5:32:52 PM PDT by calcowgirl ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P. J. O'Rourke)
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To: Czar

When she told me that, I couldn’t believe it...it did NOT feel that hot...


2,723 posted on 10/23/2007 5:33:55 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: BurbankKarl

Thank you.....very much!!!


2,724 posted on 10/23/2007 5:34:22 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: antceecee

What firefighting equipment does the National Guard have to begin with? The most I can guess is bulldozers, probably useful in tandem with backburning, but I doubt that’s what got sent to Iraq...


2,725 posted on 10/23/2007 5:37:00 PM PDT by Styria
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To: BurbankKarl

Fire in Julian, hit hard in the 2003 fire. Areas near Pine Hills Road and Wynola Rd are being evacuated. Julian is an historic gold mining town in the norteast county, now well known for apples, and apple pies.


2,726 posted on 10/23/2007 5:37:28 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty (Liberalism: Someone craps their pants, and we all have to wear diapers....)
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To: BurbankKarl

You’ll be relieved to know that Anderson Cooper just said in an offhand way (while promoting the upcoming special on CNN tonight on the planet in peril- cue drama music) that all this- droughts, winds, ALL of it can be squarely pinned on global warming...

Never mind the Santa Ana winds have existed forever- never mind downed power lines and arson started this one- someonhow, in Anderson Cooper’s mind- it’s GLOBAL WARMING...


2,727 posted on 10/23/2007 5:37:40 PM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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Slide fire making a run south from Running Springs towards Highland like it did in 2003. I live in the next town south (Redlands) so hopefully it will not make it all the way down.

2003 it got to the Santa Ana river bed and embers were blowing across our neighborhood


2,728 posted on 10/23/2007 5:38:48 PM PDT by spectr17 (What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?)
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To: SE Mom; All

Roger Hedgecock on KFI640 right now...


2,729 posted on 10/23/2007 5:39:21 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mother of the Bride here, treat me with respect for once, will ya? ;))
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To: Styria

C130s, equipped to hold (and drop) fire retardant and/or water. NG from CO, WY and NC are sending in C30’s to help So Cal fight the fires.


2,730 posted on 10/23/2007 5:39:22 PM PDT by Mrs.Liberty (Liberalism: Someone craps their pants, and we all have to wear diapers....)
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To: spectr17; lainie; bd476; Brad's Gramma

here is my last numbers update for the night....416114 acres abd 2211 structures lost

Name Acres structures

Canyon Fire Malibu 4400 20
Ranch Fire Castaic 41000 7
Session Fire Porter Ranch 35 0
Sedgewick Santa Ynez 710 0
Harris Fire San Diego South 75000 250
Witch Fire San Diego North 200000 1000
Poomacha Fire La Jolla 20000 40
Nightsky IC Ventura 35 0
Buckweed Fire Santa Clarita 37800 32
October Incident Santa Clarita 25 0
Devore Fire San Berdoo 90 0
Glen Helen Fire San Berdoo 100 0
Sierra Fire Fontana 300 0
Roca Fire De Anza Wild 269 2
Santiago Fire Irvine 18,000 10
Slide Green Valley Arrowhead 10000 350
Coronado Hills San Diego 300
Rice Fire San Diego 6500 500
Magic Incident Santa Clarita 1200 0
Camp Pendleton Las Pulgas Road 350

totals 416114 2211


2,731 posted on 10/23/2007 5:40:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: SE Mom
Cooper apparently said the same thing last night according to Mrs. Lurkin.

The lefties are shameless liars.

2,732 posted on 10/23/2007 5:40:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: Brad's Gramma

He just said there is so much donated food/water coming into shelters, they’ve had to turn some away, directing it to other areas.


2,733 posted on 10/23/2007 5:41:00 PM PDT by dragnet2
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We lost our Topanga (Waveguide) repeater today when fire burned the telephone lines. LACFD now without radio command in Topanga. FS69 area.

Working on microwave link now


2,734 posted on 10/23/2007 5:41:12 PM PDT by spectr17 (What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?)
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To: BurbankKarl

WOw, that’s a lot of land and homes.

I can see homes burning now in Running Springs from my roof with the binos when the smoke is right.

Running Springs and Fredalba have dodge the fire bullet for years and finally got hit.


2,735 posted on 10/23/2007 5:44:42 PM PDT by spectr17 (What if the Hokey Pokey really is what it's all about?)
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To: BurbankKarl

Thank you for all your great updates, Karl. Those totals are very discouraging.


2,736 posted on 10/23/2007 5:44:42 PM PDT by bd476
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To: SE Mom

Agreed, they instantly blame it on GW...mostly it is millions of additional people building subdivisions up chaparral covered canyons. Whole new towns have sprung up i.e. “Rancho Santa Margarita” & “Rancho Bernardo”. That along with suppression of natural files in the past leads to much bigger ones now.


2,737 posted on 10/23/2007 5:45:03 PM PDT by Drago
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To: WestCoastGal

I didn’t know any film shooting was going on in Orange County....thanks.,


2,738 posted on 10/23/2007 5:45:56 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: BurbankKarl

Cooler temps, on-shore breeze coming...Inland empire in the coming days will have lots of smoke, all will be pushed back east from the ocean.


2,739 posted on 10/23/2007 5:46:15 PM PDT by dragnet2
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To: NormsRevenge
Raging Calif. wildfires force 1M to flee

Just damn....big numbers...

2,740 posted on 10/23/2007 5:47:18 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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