SoCal Fires Live Thread 10/28

10/28/03 | Myself

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SoCal Fires Live Thread 10/28

[nicmarlo]

Incident: 0101 Type: Traffic Control
Location: VIGILANTE RD AT SR67 (El Cajon area)
Zoom Map: 1211 4H
Info as of: 10/28/2003 5:46:39 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
5:42AM - CLOSURES ARE INPLACE, WILLOW & VIGILANTE
5:37AM - SR67 CLOSED @ WILLOW FOR NB & SB TRAFFIC ALL THE WAY TO RAMONA, TRAFFIC NEEDS TO USE WILDCAT CANYON OR GO AROUND SR78 TO RAMONA
5:36AM - CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT IS CLOSED ON 67 -FROM WHERE TO WHERE?
5:32AM - SB TRAFFIC GOING DOWN THE GRADE
5:28AM - 26 @ WILLOW & 67 SHUTTING DOWN ROAD, THERE AREA SEVERAL HOMES BTWN 26 & 16C & THERE WILL BE NB TRAFFIC
5:27AM - 16 ADCV WIL BE DIVERTING TRAFFIC BACK SOUTHBOUND ONTO MORENO
5:25AM - 26 ADV NO SB TRAFFIC FM SCRIPPS POWAY SMOKE IT HEAVY
5:20AM - WILL HAVE TO DO A HARD CLOSURE @ WILLOW RD
5:17AM - WE NEED TO SHUT DOWN 67 BTWN SLAUGHTERHOUSE & WILLOW RD

[nicmarlo]

0116 5:47AM Structure or Grass Fire OLD STAGECOACH RUN AT W VICTORIA DR El Cajon
0115 5:46AM Structure or Grass Fire SB I15 JSO EB SR52 San Diego

[nicmarlo]

Incident: 0003 Type: Lane Closure
Location: BORDER
Zoom Map: Click Here
Info as of: 10/28/2003 5:49:27 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
5:34AM - SAN GORGONIO PASS AREA CLOSURES - CACTUS VALLEY RD AT SAGE RD, OLD SAGE RD ;; DIAMOND VALLEY RD AT PALM AV

5:34AM - OCEANSIDE AREA CLOSURES - VALLEY CENTER RD AT HARRAH S CASINO, N LAKE WHOLFORD, WOODS VALLEY RD ;; N LAKE WOLFORD AT STATIONRD ;; PARADISE AT WOODS VALLEY

5:34AM - EL CAJON AREA CLOSURES - SAN VICENTE AT WILDCAT ;; SR-94 AT OTAY LAKES ;; SR-67 AT MT WOODSEN AND AT SCRIPPS POWAY ;; ALPINE AT TAVERN AND AT ARNOLD ;; LA CRESTA/COYOTE RIDGE ;; MOUNTAIN VIEW/FRANCIS

5:34AM - SAN DIEGO AREA CLOSURES - SANTO RD TO EB/WB SR-52 ;; OTAY LAKES RD AT WUESTE RD

1:36AM - SR-78/SR-79 CLOSED TO NON-RESIDENCE FM SANTA YSABEL TO SUNRISE HWY

1:32AM - ** UPDATE THIS LOG W/ CLOSURE INFO ONLY FOR SAN DIEGO AREA **

[nicmarlo]

Off to work.....crossing my fingers the winds die down.

[Chad Fairbanks]

*laaaugh* The irony is that I work at a Native American store - and I /still/ don't know anyone who can do a raindance...

I know how to do one - I'll do one this morning...

[mhking]

Good morning everyone...

I'm watching the new pictures on KNBC/KCBS/KABC/KTTV.

It looks like the Lake Arrowhead area is the roughest spot this morning. Apparently the fire has jumped over the 18 and is moving up the mountain in that area as the winds increase.

[justshe]

Do 'long distance' rain dances work? Or will you get rain in the Puget Sound area instead? :-)

[dogbyte12]

Today is the last tough day weather wise for the valleys near the Simi fire. Latest forecast from the weather channel.

Today H 90 L 56
Wed H 79 L 53
Thur H 76 L 45
Fri H 61 L 40
Sat H 61 L 42

[mhking]

Do 'long distance' rain dances work? Or will you get rain in the Puget Sound area instead? :-)

Don't do that! I tried down here and ended up with a flooded yard!

[Snowy]

Do 'long distance' rain dances work? Or will you get rain in the Puget Sound area instead? :-)

Make sure your aim is accurate. If you hit SE PA, the animals will start to walk in pairs!

[mhking]

KNBC is showing the flames that are within 100 yards of the Rim of the World High School near State Highway 18. Firefighters in that area are lined up in front of that school and making a stand there, but it doesn't look good at all.

[dogbyte12]

Flames are now just 50 yards from the backside of Rim of the World High School, and going uphill, which allows the fire to travel faster. About to hit the sports fields in the back, the treeline is literally on top of that section of the school, so it is extremely dangerous for fire fighters there.

[mhking]

The pictures are simply unfathomable.

[cookcounty]

Any updates on Arrowhead? The fire 50 yds from the high school 15 minutes ago? Anything new?

[PhiKapMom]

Good Morning!

Looks like Lake Arrowhead/Blue Jay are going to be safe according to what is being shown on KTLA from their helicopter. The firemen have set backfires to keep the fire on the downside of 18. So far the wind is cooperating. The fire is right below Rim of the World High School but the backfires seem to be working. Winds blowing to the south away from Lake Arrowhead.

[abner]

Do you have a link for KTLA???? Other Pa residents would like one...

[mhking]

The KNBC chopper is showing the same pictures; that area looks like the fire may spare the high school. But there are other areas that look really bad.

According to KNBC's reporter in San Diego, the area of that large fire is actually larger than the land area of the city of Los Angeles - more than 450 square miles.

[sissyjane]

bookmark for later.

[PhiKapMom]

Lived about 4 miles south of the path of that tornado that stayed on the ground for miles and was actually over an F-5 at two points in the Moore area north of where I lived. Had only been in the area a short time when it hit and we were watching it on TV as the tornado hit each spot on the map at the time they said when I realized it was right across the river from us but it went north into the knee of the river at Moore. It was hard to fathom that kind of windspeed. Taught me a lesson to be prepared and when they say move to below ground or get out of the path -- I am listening now!

It was unbelieveable devastation and some people that were hit and rebuilt were hit again last spring.

Lived in Yucaipa and remember the ash from several fires in the mountains behind but nothing compared to this fire -- not even close.

[Hank Rearden]

*laaaugh* The irony is that I work at a Native American store - and I /still/ don't know anyone who can do a raindance...

I'm a "Native American", too; I was born in the USA.

If you want a rain dance, what you need to find is an Indian.