Southern California Fires -- Live Thread 10/29

[CARepubGal]

I love that town and the idea of it being lost makes me cry. I hope it will be spared somehow (and the Firefighters making a stand in town will be allright)

[Brad’s Gramma]

GREAT VIEW Lane. NOT Crest View.




(lotta help I am)

[Ladypixel]

Ouch, that's Crestline I believe. :(

[BurbankKarl]

spot fire has blown up on Great View Lane....off of Great View Drive...south Crest Forest

[CARepubGal]

Exactly. The area surrounding it must have been less impacted. This is a sad night all around. I heard Guatay and Pine Valley were mostly intact.

[baseballmom]

From SignonSanDiego.com website.

Associated Press
Members of the Los Padres hot shot crew stand in front of a backfire outside Julian.

Battle for Julian

Evacuations continue as flames press toward Julian, Descanso, Palomar Mtn.

Firefighters struggle to keep flames away from Julian after fire moving along a miles-wide front destroys the community of Cuyamaca. Other blazes burn toward Palomar Mountain and jump south across Interstate 8 at Descanso.

Fire updates: Closures, announcements, evacuations

[Brad’s Gramma]

Oh man...

[The KG9 Kid]

It's the same damage in SoCal as if a volcano erupted.

[lainie]

Yeap we do. I'll hit the hay soon myself. I got 7 hours last night plus turned the corner on a headcold I've been fighting, so I'm feeling good tonight. I wanna see if the solar flare is going to whack us at midnight!

[brneyedgirl]

Oh, thanks for this thread! Something surely needed during this time. Now, I must look the prior threads...

[BurbankKarl]

oops, I meant Crest Forest Dr and 18

[CARepubGal]

It is a pretty large facility as I recall. The town of Crest lost something like 200 homes and Harbison Canyon lost 100.

[Ladypixel]

Lots of prior threads. Will ping you on 'em.

[baseballmom]

KOGO caller who's parents live in Harrison Park.

Says her parents house on Oak Lane in Harrison Park was saved and her Dad is safe.

Trying to get message to her Mom.

Miracles.

Oak lane intersects with 79 approaching Julian Estates

[Brad’s Gramma]

It's all yours....I'll BRB

[lainie]

I didn't catch it, sorry.. talking to the better half in the household. We were talking about Sparky.

[BurbankKarl]

Firefighters watch a monstrous cloud of smoke approach as a ten mile wide wall of fire climbs the mountains in the Lake Cuyamaca area just south of the town of Julian, Calif. Tuesday Oct. 28, 2003. (AP PHoto/Lenny Ignelzi)