Southern California Fires -- Live Thread 10/29

[lainie]

Cal Fire Maps

http://wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/ca_geomac/viewer.htm

http://www.incidentcontrol.com

http://www.firedetect.ssd.nesdis.noaa.gov/Run.htm

Live online scanner feeds for fire, cops, CDF, air attack

http://www.live365.com/stations/kb6jag

FYI, this one gives pop ups if you use it.

No pop ups on this feed

http://www.police-scanner.info/livescan.htm

Another live scanner feed.

Click on Big Bear Feed

http://www.compucations.com/nuke/html/modules.php?name=LiveScanners

another live feed for socal, Verdugo Fire Communications Center

http://verdugo.ci.glendale.ca.us/radio.html

Simi Valley fire scanner

http://www.shoutcast.com/directory/?s=scanner&numresult=100&x=34&y=9

http://209.153.152.2:8888 lots of scanner chatter in Ventura county

CHP Dispatch

http://cad.chp.ca.gov/

CDF AIR CHANNELS

Red - 151.220 - Air to ground units Blue - 151.280 - Air to air Green - 151.295 - Air to air Yellow - 151.310 - Air to air Victor - 122.925 AM - Air to air for contract helicopters

List of channels for SoCal

http://www.qsl.net/ke6alv/

Get a copy of Police call for when you're mobile.

http://www.policecall.com/

San Bernardino National Forest

171.475 mhz and 172.225

123.9750 National Air Tanker Base Freq. 135.9750 Air ops 151.2200 CDF Red Air to Ground 151.2650 CDF Region 151.3100 CDF Air Tactics 6 151.3550 CDF Command Net 1 154.2650 OES White Fire 2 154.2800 OES White Fire 1 154.2950 OES White Fire 3 164.1250 Fire Camp Service Net 166.6125 "Command" Fontana area 166.8500 Air attack 167.9500 BLM Air to Ground 168.0500 NIFC Tac 1 168.0750 NIFC Tac 3 168.200 NIFC Tac 2 (Crew Net) 168.2500 BLM? "Command" 168.4000 BLM "Command" 168.6000 NIFC Tac 3 168.6250 Air Guard 169.1250 Calif. Fire Travel Net 169.0625 vehicle mechanics? 170.0000 Air to Ground Region 5 173.9125 Region 5 Tac 4 173.9625 Region 5 Tac 5 173.9875 Region 5 Tac 6 415.5500 National Air channel

HAM

145.220

Los Angeles Area

KNBC: http://www.nbc4.tv

KABC: http://www.abc7.com

KCBS: http://www.cbs2.com

KTTV: http://www.fox11la.com

KCAL: http://www.kcal.com

Good list of SoCal television stations and links to their websites:

http://newslink.org/catele.html

San Diego

http://nbcsandiego.feedroom.com/?fr_story=af0368e01c0323615f2e6f30970885b317fe905c

http://www.kogo.com/streaming.html

List of online TV and Newspapers in Ca.

http://www.keepandbeararms.com/opsd/np/ca.htm

2 posted on 10/27/2003 9:18 PM PST by spectr17

[amom]

Perhaps she is comforting him. Children are like that.

Agreed. That was my first impression, and they sure are.

[Yaelle]

Both KFI and KABC are having drives to collect money for the Red Cross and they PROMISE if you write the correct thing on the front (something like Southern CA Fire Relief Fund but don't quote me, look on their web sites) that the money will NOT go into RC general funding but will be used exclusively for people homeless from these fires.

[nicmarlo]

Article Published: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - 6:01:48 PM PST

Lake Arrowhead fire rages on


By Evan LaGasse and David Schwartz
Staff Writers
LAKE ARROWHEAD -- Walls of flames fueled by thousands of tinder-dry and diseased trees ripped out-of-control through San Bernardino Mountains resort communities Wednesday destroying dozens of homes and forcing evacuations of thousands of more residents.

Turned into eerie ghost towns lurking apprehensively under a pall of smoke, the alpine towns waited helplessly Wednesday in the path of the seemingly unstoppable Old Fire.

On its quest for fuel and pushed by ocean-borne southwesterly wind gusts up to 25 mph, the 200-foot tall wall of fire advanced into Lake Arrowhead, the resort town's 9,000 full-time residents evacuated and only weary firefighters arrayed against the flames.

* * *
Predictions of a 40 percent chance of rain by Friday were cited as a cause for some hope.

Overnight, the wildfire jumped Cajon Pass and moved toward Summit Valley and Hesperia on one front, while its back end continued to devastate the mountains, hovering dangerously close to Running Springs and Green Valley Lake after making its way up Highway 18.

Firefighters on both fronts were forced to watch trees and brush go up in flames, resorting only to saving structures as the fire burned out of control.

``We have a defensive strategy because there's no way we can fight 15 miles of flame,'' said U.S. Forest Service Division Supervisor Marty Hamel as he waited for the fire to arrive at the corner of Highway 138 and Summit Valley road in an unincorporated area near Hesperia.

Bulldozers took out large areas of vegetation at the site in an attempt to create a buffer between the fire and a local gas station while other firefighters waited to employ their full arsenal of hoses and foam to push the fire past the station's pumps, propane tanks and trucks.

By early afternoon, homes were burning in the mountain community of Cedarpines Park.
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204~24823~1731755,00.html

[viaveritasvita]

There have been reports of drizzle scattered throughout the basin today.

Get outta the city!!

Oh Lord, please please bring rain, big rain, torrents of rain -- so much that everyone will know the prayers of Your people were answered. We ask for a miracle, God, in His precious name!!

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[nicmarlo]

Very good, Fitz! Thanks much.

[dogbyte12]

Taking food, money, clothes, halloween candy and costume donations at Food 4 Less today, and tomorrow from 4PM to 11PM at these locations.

FOOD 4 LESS #389 16991 Valley Boulevard Fontana, CA 92335

FOOD 4 LESS #354 16208 Parthenia North Hills, CA 91343

FOOD 4 LESS #376 19200 Soledad Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA 91351

You can also go make an online donation to the Salvation Army at their web page or mail or hand a check to your local Salvation Army and earmark it in the comment section "California Wildfires"

[dg62]

I checked the city website about a half hour ago and now they just refer vaguely to 28,000 burned acres...no mention if these are inside the city or county or what. Kind of ominous.

[rangerX]

My son is a USFS Helitack crewman based in Ramona, Calif. He's up to his neck in Julian and environs as we speak. Please pray for him!

We'll be praying for him most definitely. I've seen him fly over our house about 2 miles from the Ramona air base many times. He saved our little cluster of houses over on Highland Valley Road from a 40 acre fire about 2-3 months ago.

[lainie]

thanks :) I am gettin punchy, though.

[ErnBatavia]

I have 3 jugs of diazanon concentrate left. They will have to pry them from my cold, bug-free hands.

Ditto on my Dursban!

[76834]

Doofus Grayout was just on the Fox Greta show.
Sez that the current fire was the "Worst Disaster in California History"
Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought that the 1906 SF earthquake was the worst.

[PhiKapMom]

Here is the info from The Oklahoman newspaper site:

Disaster Relief Fund:
As ferocious firestorms burn in California, the American Red Cross is meeting the emergency needs of the evacuees. With our Disaster Relief Fund virtually empty, we need your support now, more than ever. Please help victims of the California wildfires and the people affected by thousands of disasters across the U.S. each year by donating to the Disaster Relief Fund.

Donate now, and Pepco Holdings (utility company) will match your disaster gift dollar for dollar, up to $100,000. For more information, click here.

[Mrs.Liberty]

Gumby Davis was the worst disaster in CA History.

[nicmarlo]

we are Americans and we are pulling together.

Yes, we are dogbyte. It's what we Americans really do best, when it counts, we're all in it together (except for the idiots that commit the tragedies).

[null and void]

That's soooooo last century...

[Dianna]

I'd appreciate any current info on Running Springs. My niece lives there and we haven't heard from her family since Sunday. Cannot believe they'd just stay there and burn. Damn her mother for not calling...

[celmak]

NOT ONE OF THESE FIRES HAS HIT A FIRE BREAK. WHY?, BECAUSE THE ENVIRO-ANIMAL-RIGHTS-WHACOS HAVE MADE THEM ILLEGAL !!!!

[Letitring]

Yes, I did that several days ago. Local Salvation Army is always a good contact.

[nicmarlo]

Don't get so technical, there. You know he can't remember back that far.