Posted on 10/22/2007 9:59:31 AM PDT by Smogger
9:03 a.m.: Fires in Lake Arrowhead prompt evacuations
By Stacia Glenn
LAKE ARROWHEAD - Two fires are raging in the mountains, forcing hundreds of people from their homes. A wildfire started at 5 a.m. in Grass Valley just north of Lake Arrowhead and has burned more than 100 acres. Mandatory evacuations are in place for Deer Lodge Park, north of Aleutian Drive; and all streets north of Brentwood Drive.
There are voluntary evacuations for North Lake Arrowhead, along Grass Valley Road, Twin Peaks and Rim Forest.
A second fire, dubbed the Slide Fire, broke out in Green Valley Lake, where there is also a mandatory evacuation.
All highways west of Big Bear Dam are closed.
9:27 a.m.: Fire ecologist: Wind stirred Butler II fire
By George Watson
UCR Riverside Prof. Richard Minnich said it appears the Butler II wildfire has restarted because of the winds. "It looks like there are two prongs moving southwest," Minnich said. "One is by (Big Bear )Dam, and the other is near Green Valley Lake where the fire stopped before."
Making his assessments by viewing satellite imagery, Minnich said he is particularly concerned about Running Springs. Wind could push it through the footprint of the 1970 Bear Fire, Minnich said, and then on to that community.
"If it reaches Running Springs, that whole town is in trouble," he said.
With so many fires burning throughout Southern California today, Minnich added, "Hundreds of homes are going to burn today. Right now, the issue is the firefighters are spread too thinly."
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I know this is very serious, but there was a joke out around the time when Compton and other areas of LA were rioting:
The four seasons of Southern California:
Riot
Mudslides
Earthquake
Wildfires
Carolyn
What a shame. Lake Arrowhead is such a beautiful area.
Perfect storm.
Similar cause as the de-institutionalization of the mentally ill. It is a combination of fiscal conservatism and lefty politics and we get the worst of both worlds.
Huh? You say?
Well, try this. Enviros say “Let it burn when it burns. End control burns and let nature do it’s thing.” Conservatives say “Control burns cost money. Save money and let the enviros sort it out when it burns their mountain homes down.” Meanwhile the average Joe gets it in the shorts.
What needs done? Allow more logging to fund the control burns necessary to protect lives and property. The trees will grow back, the underbrush will get cleared away and no more disastrous fires (like this year’s 200,000 acre fire in Santa Barbara county [where I live] or the one now ongoing in Malibu. BTW the one in Malibu is going to be a real _itch. If we’re not careful some people are going to get killed. And there are others springing up elsewhere in the state which will stretch resources. Say a prayer for the firemen, eh?
That is exactly what has happened.
Best news source I know for this fire is at Rim Of the World:
Scanner transcripts:
http://old.rimoftheworld.net/incidents/
News stories
http://www.rimoftheworld.net/
Right now, this is the only thing going on their website...they have stripped it down to basics.
Last I heard, at least 20 structures have burned.
A new fire has ignited in Rim Forest. CDF officials say it started near Scenic and Bear Springs Drive.
The blaze was reported around 10:45 a.m. No other details are available at the moment.
A couple of lessons we had reaffirmed after the Northridge quake, and still stick with:
1 - Keep one of the cars at least 3/4 full...no exception.
2 - Keep several hundred bucks of green cash money tucked away.
Thanks. I’m on the SoCalFire yahoo group. If I see something (this is like one of the best news sources for fire in SoCal), I’ll pass it on
Added some keywords...pinging others;
San Bernardino county is reporting a new fire The Rim fire, and says it has recalled it firefighters from Malibu. They are stretched pretty thin.
You have the order wrong;
wildfires (Santa Anas)
mudslides (liquefaction)
earthquakes (power failures, destruction of storefronts and homes, fear and confusion)
riots (shopping spree)
More evacuations:
Mandatory evacuations have been called for in Twin Peaks
and the Five Corners.
Highway 330 is shut down for motorists heading up the mountain to Running Springs.
Highway 18 is also closed to traffic from Waterman to Crestline.
how do they call this a Butler II restart? the same arsonist started it? that fire was assuredly out from last month.
Butler III, the sequel
They are calling it the Slide, Green Valley, and Rim fires ;-)
I suspect such fires as these are terrorism. But how to prove?
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