Southern CA fires - Live Thread 10/27

10/27/03 | Myself

[wildbirdhunter]

Look like 530 plus homes lost in SD County with more then 206,664 burned in SD
Just in back fires being started in Lakeside that most have been the sirens from about 10 min ago
Some bad new is at leased 5 fire fighter hero have lost homes in SD and may be more.

[BurbankKarl]

Brush Patrol 74 just put out the fire in Granada Hills...

The unit pictured [here] is one of two LAFD Humvee's that have been in service for nearly seven years. While those cross-staffed units admittedly don't see as many responses in a day as an LAFD RA or Engine Company, they - like all LAFD Brush Patrols - are on active duty year-round. The Unit pictured was in service today [2/11/02] as Brush Patrol 47. Carrying Shop #60476, it is based out of a station in El Sereno. It's twin, Shop #60475, was staffed today by extra personnel from Fire Station 102. Serving as Brush Patrol 109, it is based out of a station on Mulholland Drive in the Encino Hills. The Humvee's have proven useful, but not to the point where we need an entire fleet. In fact there are a dozen *additional* LAFD Brush Patrol vehicles available daily, making for a fleet of 14. Mostly Ford 1T 4WD Pickups with skid-mounted pumps (and CAFS on the newest acquisitions) they are assigned to Fire Stations 8, 19, 24, 28, 35, 41, 44, 74, 83, 84, 94, 99.

[Free Trapper]

Ok,I've seen this "next time you go" thing before.Same thing tomorrow,bleed you dry.

Hey S,how much do they pay you? ;o)

[spectr17]

Some long faces today at work, never heard many FF say it was so bad before.

Epic shit as one air attack pilot put it

Worst I've seen here since 1980 when I moved here

[okimhere]

In Spect17's link last night it mentioned topsecretrecipes.com and the directions for a reasonable facsimile of their burger is there.

[Brad’s Gramma]

ALL OF US? Wow, didja see that everyone? Lainie's asking us up for coffee and dessert! WHOO HOOOOO

[dogbyte12]

My wife is just 3 1/4 miles from Zelzah up the road in granada hills. Having her take a look outside when she closes her store down, to see if she can see anything. Will report back.

[Dave W]

No offense, but not much happens in the DelMarVa peninsula. Occassionally, there are stories about chicken waste problems. You have to admit that route 13 is a snoozer. I always make sure I am wide awake before I drive it.

And if there are more conservatives on the peninsula than there is credit given for it, why has Delaware been consistently voting for Democrats in the last 10 years? I thought it was really tacky when Delaware voted Roth out of office. His contribution was large and the voters couldn't care less about it. The two counties in Virginia that are a part of the DelMarVa (Accomack and Northampton)generally vote for the Democrat. However, Maryland's counties on the Eastern Shore tend to be fairly strong conservative areas.

[PhiKapMom]

I know that area well. Used the backway out of Yucaipa through Mentone a lot rather than I-10. That was one area of Redlands that I noticed stayed the same when I was back there recently.

[spectr17]

No idea what your post is about.

any explanation?

[PhiKapMom]

I will go look! Coming back we stayed in El Paso and my daughter was still wanting In and Out burgers. They should expand.

[okimhere]

next time you go - ask for Gorilla Fries.

Well, darn it anyway! Now I'll be forced to go again tomorrow..........ROFLMAO!!

[SCalGal]

My wife is just 3 1/4 miles from Zelzah up the road in granada hills. Having her take a look outside when she closes her store down, to see if she can see anything. Will report back

I can see flames high up in the hills in Chatsworth from my front yard - E of Zelzah, @ Chatsworth.

[dogbyte12]

The deal with In N Out is they are completely privately owned, deliberately. They do not want investors, stock, franchisees. Every single one is owned and operated by one family. I can respect that.

They are feeding the firefighters once again. Props to them.

[spectr17]

No hummers in L.A Co. that I know of. We got the hovercrafts

Kewl looking hummer. I got to drive one maybe twice right before I got out of USAF out at Fort Irwin.

[SCalGal]

Coming back we stayed in El Paso and my daughter was still wanting In and Out burgers. They should expand.

They are privately (family) owned. They don't want to franchise.

[Route66]

Isn't Highland where the Patton State Mental Hospital is?
They must be working hard to keep from having to evacuate that.

[PhiKapMom]

That is really neat about In and Out Burgers feeding the firefighters. Props to them is right!

[dogbyte12]

Forecast for the Valleys

Tuesday 90/55
Wednesday 76/52
Thursday 71/47
Friday 65/45
Saturday 61/41
Sunday 61/44

If we can just make it through tomorrow, the weather is massively co-operating.

[oceanperch]

AWESOME PICTORIAL