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Southern California Fires -- Live Thread 10/29

Posted on 10/28/2003 11:00:04 PM PST by 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


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: firestorm; forestfire; michaeldobbs; socalfires; wildfire
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To: nicmarlo
G'morning, nic!

Last I heard on the Simi fire, no homes were actively threatened, the wind had changed direction. This may have changed since last report but I don't have any recent report.

Last I heard on Arrowhead area, there were some structures burning in Running Springs, fire again heading towards Crestline, one structure burning in Arrowhead. Scanners are discussing some deliveries of needed supplies to the Rim of the World HS right now, and that they're preparing to discuss today's firefighting plans with the crews that are just waking up. Many strike teams were asleep about an hour ago in Big Bear; don't know if they still are. Hwy 330 is threatened.

Currently, they're discussing air support in the morning, saying that it will be absolutely necessary. Current portion of the fire going up by Hwy 330 is in the timber; some small brush burning as well, but if they have air support, they'll be able to knock it back. They don't have a good anchor point to start from for backfires.
361 posted on 10/29/2003 4:14:18 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: Brad's Gramma
Good morning freepers.

Prairie
362 posted on 10/29/2003 4:15:29 AM PST by prairiebreeze (We will not deny, ignore or pass our problems along to other Presidents. ---GWBush)
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To: Miss Marple
You're most definitely welcome to watch here, or talk to some of us on here if you feel like it! :)

And your prayers are both needed and truly appreciated by all of us out in flaming SoCal right now... thank you so very much!
363 posted on 10/29/2003 4:15:34 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: nicmarlo
Ouch - 5 at the 60 is a major commute route for people headed into work. That's bad. :(
364 posted on 10/29/2003 4:16:24 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: Ladypixel
Thanks for the info.....more in your few paragraphs than I've been able to hear on FOX "Neus" all a.m.
365 posted on 10/29/2003 4:16:50 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
update on Julian fire:

Incident: 0010 Type: Structure or Grass Fire
Location: DESCANSO / JULIAN
Zoom Map: Click Here
Info as of: 10/29/2003 4:17:06 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
4:16AM - PER S9 THIS IS A SM FLARE UP FIRE ONLY
4:13AM - S9 ADV WILL RE EVAL THE SWEETWATER BRIDGE FIRE IN A FEW
4:11AM - MEDIA ASKING IS THIS EVAC FOR PINE HILLS & SR78 ?
366 posted on 10/29/2003 4:17:57 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: lainie
Some images from FoxNews (yesterday):


367 posted on 10/29/2003 4:19:07 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: nicmarlo
Heh. Fox is about as useless as teats on a bull right now. :)

Been paying very, very close attention to the scanners the last few minutes, seeking info on a partial Hesperia evacuation. If you happen to find anything on that, could you ping me?
368 posted on 10/29/2003 4:19:35 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: Ladypixel
It didn't sound like just firefighters, and I thought they were talking about the present, but maybe not. Thanks for the clarification.
369 posted on 10/29/2003 4:20:55 AM PST by Molly Pitcher (Is Reality Optional?)
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To: Ladypixel
Sure will....I'm only on for about another 45 mins., then need to get ready/go to work...
370 posted on 10/29/2003 4:21:53 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Molly Pitcher
Well, there have been constant reports coming in on scanners of FF's running across people who refuse to leave; could be just another media repetition of "Please, get your rears out of danger" in the hopes that it might sink through. :)

371 posted on 10/29/2003 4:22:11 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: nicmarlo
I was headed to bed... uh... an hour ago, roughly. ;)
372 posted on 10/29/2003 4:22:35 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: Ladypixel
I know, it's hard to tear away from this, especially since there's a media blackout on cable "news."
373 posted on 10/29/2003 4:24:03 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: Miss Marple; All
That's what I'm doing to MM. Following along, not commenting much, but trying to lend strength in spirit and saying prayers fervently.

Prairie














374 posted on 10/29/2003 4:24:58 AM PST by prairiebreeze (We will not deny, ignore or pass our problems along to other Presidents. ---GWBush)
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To: nicmarlo
Especially hard because of the lack of active media. Of course, by now I should have local TV turning back on fire coverage, but they don't have much info that I haven't heard at the moment. ;)

Might have to force myself to bed soon even if I don't hear about the evac for Hesperia; I've gotta be semi-coherent for work later today.
375 posted on 10/29/2003 4:25:54 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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To: nicmarlo
I know, it's hard to tear away from this, especially since there's a media blackout on cable "news."

Hey! Scott Peterson trial MIGHT start soon and Kobe...Priorities, you know!


[end sarcasm]
376 posted on 10/29/2003 4:27:15 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: nicmarlo
Calif. Wildfires Threaten Mountain Towns
6 minutes ago


By ANDREW BRIDGES, Associated Press Writer

RIMFOREST, Calif. - The hot Santa Ana winds that roused California's most destructive wildfires in history were giving way to cooler, more humid conditions Wednesday, but that did little to tame the blazing tide: Instead, forecasts called for Pacific air to push fires in new, dangerous directions.


Southern California's mountains still glowed red as out-of-control fires devoured dying forests, chasing the region's newest refugees into smoky traffic jams as they fled their alpine communities by the tens of thousands.


The towering peaks of the San Bernardino range east of Los Angeles and the mountains of eastern San Diego County became major fronts Tuesday in the long arc of wildfires that have roared over more than 567,000 acres — about 890 square miles, nearly the area of Rhode Island. At least 16 people have died since Oct. 21, and more than 1,600 homes have been destroyed.


In the San Bernardino Mountains, firefighters set backfires along a narrow highway, hoping to burn out fuel needed by the wildfire moving up from below. But the fire still jumped the road in some areas.

* * *
In San Diego County, the state's biggest fire was on the outskirts of Julian, a Cuyamaca Mountains town of 3,500 famous for its apple crop. The 210,000-acre Cedar Fire had a 45-mile front and was just miles from merging with a 37,000-acre fire near Escondido.


Fire crews exhausted by three days of battle were pulled back.


"There's really no way to stop this fire from getting up to Julian," said Rich Hawkins, a U.S. Forest Service fire chief. Reinforcements were sent out, but Hawkins said he needed twice as many.


"They're so fatigued that despite the fact the fire perimeter might become much larger, we're not willing to let the firefighters continue any further," he said.


Ten miles south of Julian, about 90 percent of homes were destroyed in Cuyamaca, a lakeside town of about 160 residents, said Chief Bill Clayton of the California Department of Forestry.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031029/ap_on_re_us/cal_wildfires&cid=519&ncid=716
377 posted on 10/29/2003 4:27:39 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: TomGuy
You know, of course, if OJ was in the hills, fleeing from authorities, they would be covering So. Calif. hillsides nonstop.
378 posted on 10/29/2003 4:29:04 AM PST by nicmarlo
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To: nicmarlo
God Bless these worn out, dedicated FF. Prayers for all in this area.

Prairie
379 posted on 10/29/2003 4:30:05 AM PST by prairiebreeze (We will not deny, ignore or pass our problems along to other Presidents. ---GWBush)
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To: TomGuy
I find that horribly ironic in many ways as both Kobe and Peterson live in California. (Not that I'm proud of that fact, mind you...)

Sigh. Can't say that I expected more than that out of the media lunatics, tho.
380 posted on 10/29/2003 4:32:13 AM PST by Ladypixel (Ashes keep fallin' on my head...)
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