Southern California Fires -- Live Thread 10/29

[nicmarlo]

Hello all, home for a few minutes...............

Incident: 0010 Type: Structure or Grass Fire
Location: DESCANSO / JULIAN
Zoom Map: Click Here Info as of: 10/29/2003 10:47:16 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
10:44AM - PER115-R15 ROAD CLOSURE AT 79/78 AND TAKING IT FURTHER SOUTH 1MI JSO 76 ON HWY 79 BECAUSE OF FIRE
10:37AM - S3 FIRE HAS JUMPED 78 AT RIVER WOOD

[Sparkles]

I live in Apple Valley. No evacs at this time.

[Conservative4Ever]

Mornin' all. Back on line..did get some office work done this am. :) I see the fire has moved toward Hesperia :( ...and the evac order for Mentone/yucaipa has been lifted..Whoo Hoo.:)

[PhiKapMom]

Stay inside if possible. They are just saying that this smoke is really hazardous to people's health. The reporter in the chopper said he could not believe the thickness of the smoke in the High Desert.

Stay safe and Take Care!

[ridesthemiles]

They probably lost some of their access after Chuck Henry's lack of thinking yesterday. His actions put people at risk, and took a ff out of the loop to try and get him out of there. Since so many of these media people run on ego, sometimes they just have to be prevented from being there in the first place.

[nicmarlo]

Incident: 0361 Type: Report of Fire
Location: NB MACARTHUR BLVD ONR TO SB I405 (Santa Ana area)
Zoom Map: 859 5G
Info as of: 10/29/2003 10:49:55 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
10:46AM - 1039 STA 91 BRUCH FIRE

[lainie]

She should definately be picking out necessary items. Who knows how far this thing will burn before they stop it. The winds are whipping out here in the desert.

[BurbankKarl]

the fire was half a mile from the first community in S Hesperia.... Kern County Fire is providing structure protection

[nicmarlo]

Incident: 0506 Type: Pedestrian on the Roadway
Location: EB I10 JWO N ETIWANDA AV (Rancho Cucamonga area)
Zoom Map: 603 7F
Info as of: 10/29/2003 10:50:58 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
10:40AM - PED WITH BACKPACK WALKING ON RS - WILL CK AFTER L495

RESPONDING OFFICERS STATUS
10:44AM - CHP Unit Enroute

[halfdome]

Hey, I work in the Wells Fargo building at the 405 and MacArthur. My office overlooks the offramp, but there is a parking structure in the way. But I don't see or hear anything unusual.

[MSCASEY]

I don't think that Apple Valley is being evacuated. I think that the animal shelter there is taking animals from big bear and other areas that are being evacuated.

MCD

[nicmarlo]

Incident: 0435 Type: Traffic Hazard
Location: SR138 JEO SUMMIT VALLEY RD (San Berdu area)
Zoom Map: 4655 6D
Info as of: 10/29/2003 10:52:03 AM

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
10:49AM - NEED ETA FOR EDISON, PER 11M
10:00AM - EDISON, RAYLENE - ADVSD THIS IS IN DIST 30 -- REF #16563
9:50AM - POLE IS ON FIRE, WILL HAVE 2 LINES IN ROADWAY PRETTY SOON
9:45AM - LOTS OF TRAFFIC GOING OVER IT
9:45AM - DOWN POWER LINE - NEEDS IMMEDIATE CARE

[Weimdog]

I saw those from Orange County on Saturday morning when the smoke was the worst.

More pictures here -

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2003/s2108.htm

[nicmarlo]

keep your eyes peeled!!!

[BurbankKarl]

I am reminded why I dont watch the local news in LA....these cupcakes in goggles keep overhyping Stevenson Ranch...

they finally got a shot of the half mile buffer area between the fire and the home....filled with fire equipment....

Gordon Tokamatsu in scuba glasses....GI Joe.

[lainie]

It's utterly stupid what they're doing. And the pan-overs of the brush fires still say FIRESTORM

[united1000]

Found this on the site for Mt Palomar:

N E W S R E L E A S E

 

For Immediate Release

October 29, 2003

Palomar Observatory expected to weather firestorm

 

PALOMAR MOUNTAIN, Calif. — The tragic fires that continue to affect San

Diego County remind us all just how fragile life and property can be. Currently fires

are slowly approaching the area of Palomar Mountain, home to the California

Institute of Technology’s historic Palomar Observatory

.

Smoke and ash from the fires have put a temporary end to the Observatory’s nightly

observations, but the Observatory itself is not threatened. In fact the dome of the

200-inch telescope is a safe place for and has been selected as an evacuation point

for the Palomar Mountain Community .

 

"The builders of Palomar realized the potential fire danger and designed the 200-

inch Hale Telescope to survive a fire. It is constructed with two layers of concrete

and steel. Also, in recent months our maintenance staff along with foresters have

removed dead and dying trees from the Observatory grounds. We are prepared for

the worst," says Palomar Observatory’s superintendent, Bob Thicksten. It doesn’t

hurt that the Observatory has its own million gallon water tank, an array of fire

hydrants and staff members who double as volunteer firefighters as well. Thicksten

has worked tirelessly to maintain a working relationship with the local fire

department, the United States Forest Service and the California Department of

Forestry (CDF), which has its own fire station less than half a mile from the

Observatory’s main gate.

 

The Palomar Observatory will issue further press statements as necessary.

 

MEDIA CONTACT: Scott Kardel, Palomar Public Affairs Director

Office of Media Relations

Pasadena, Calif. 91125

626/395-3227

California Institute

of Technology

California Institute of

Technology

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(760) 742-2100

wsk@astro.caltech.edu

Visit the Caltech media relations web site: http://pr.caltech.edu/media

[halfdome]

Will do! We don't want any fires here if we can help it.