CNN, MSNBC, FNC -- they've all gone limp-wristed in terms of their coverage.
I've got DirecTV with LA locals for affiliate coverage, and they're far, far better than the nationals have been.
I would have expected FNC to take advantage of their LA & SD O&O stations, but they've been so wrapped up in Kobe and everything else that they've all but forgotten the scope of this disaster.
I have Direct TV, have a couple locals for around here, can you get locals from other areas?
Total acres burned- 500,000 plus
Homes destroyed- 1,500
Lives lost- 15
From today's OC Register to put that in context...
Past wildfires in California
Some of the worst wildfires in California in the past century:
October 1999: Jones fire, near Redding. One firefighter killed, 176 homes and hundreds of other buildings destroyed, 26,200 acres burned. Believed to be accidental.
October and November 1993: Over a two-week period, more than 20 fires raced through Southern California, killing four and burning more than 1,000 homes and 193,814 acres. The largest: the Topanga fire around Malibu, three deaths; 323 homes; 18,000 acres. The Laguna Beach fire on Oct. 27, an arson blaze, burned 16,682 acres and destroyed 389 homes.
August 1992: Fountain fire, Shasta County. 636 buildings; 63,960 acres. Arson.
October 1991: Tunnel fire in the Oakland hills, 25 dead; 3,276 homes destroyed, 193 damaged; 1,520 acres.
June 1990: Painted Cave fire, Santa Barbara County. One death; 641 homes and structures; 4,900 acres. Arson.
November 1980: Panorama fire, San Bernardino foothills. Four dead; 325 homes; 23,600 acres. Arson.x
September 1970: Laguna fire, San Diego County mountains. Six deaths; 382 structures; 175,425 acres. Power lines.
November 1966: Loop fire, near Angeles National Forest. 12 firefighters killed; 2,028 acres. Power line.
November 1961: Bel Air-Brentwood fire. 484 homes, 21 other buildings. Believed accidental.
July 1953: Rattlesnake fire in Mendocino National Forest. 15 firefighters killed; 1,300 acres. Arson.
October 1933: Griffith Park fire. 29 workers clearing brush killed. Cause undetermined.
September 1923: Berkeley fire. 584 buildings. Power lines.
Sources: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, local fire agencies, newspaper articles, official and scholarly reports
You and me both -- if I didn't have satellite, I would be going nuts!