[Smogger]

Not good.

[JRochelle]

Why don’t they have controlled burns before the Santa Ana winds whip up?

I don’t know much about the area but if you know what is going to happen, why not try some preemptive action?

[Smogger]

Mandatory evacuations for Running Springs, Arrowbear, and Green Valley.

[Coldwater Creek]

I used to live in the Villa’s off of HY 18 in Arrowhead. Does anyone know any news about this area?

[Humvee]

All my California relatives wonder how we can live in Hurricane Alley - our response is that at least we get some warning. No wildfires, mudslides, or earthquakes.

[TexasCajun]

Liberals should be forced by Algore to rebuild smaller, carbon-free homes!

[Darnright]

What a shame. Lake Arrowhead is such a beautiful area.

[RKV]

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?

[Knitting A Conundrum]

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.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Added some keywords...pinging others;

[pabianice]

I suspect such fires as these are terrorism. But how to prove?

[I Drive Too Fast]

I know someone that got lucky in the last fire in that area, but this one is also close to his house. I am sure the view is great, but I would not live in an area where brush fires could take you out.

I saw smoke this morning thinking it was from the Lake Arrowhead fire, but it turned out to be from the Devore fire less than 20 miles "as the crow flies" away from me.

[The KG9 Kid]

From RimOfTheWorld.net firefighter scanner transcript service:

03:58 PM Source: scanner Golden Rule and Manitoba; 15 to 20 hispanic males in the back of a truck appears to be getting ready to loot; SO en route