[PhiKapMom]

Fires have merged in San Bernardino county.

[maggief]

Wed - October 29, 2003
Wednesday Morning Updates after 11:13 am (PDT)


Scanner: "It is going to be a busy day, especially when it gets warmer."
Air Support has major issues.
New website: San Bernardino Fire Information


- Scanner: Twin Peaks Sheriff Substation being evacuted...all weapons and ammunition being moved to secondary command post.

- Evaluating the back of Crestline (Cottonwood and CPP). Not good. The front side of Crestline seems to in the clear. [The Stockade]

- Fire near Squints Ranch (NE of Lake Arrowhead, outside of Cedar Glen), Bacon Flats, and Hook Creek. [KCAL9]

- No equipment in the Pilot Rock facility. Also, no crews in Cedar Pines Park. The fire is in the Old Willow Fire (2 yrs ago) area. [scanner]

- Silverwood is getting more support. KCAL9 is showing air drops, but I do not where just yet. Please confirm.

- "GVL, the view from a rock point, overlooking Arrowhead, the fire moved from Heaps Peak north to the old burn area from 4 years ago. My brother in law who was a Hotshot and has fought over 200 fires said he had never seen a fire move so fast. It burned through the trees in a blink, like a flash fire. GVL is ok for now, but now sitting between two fires. The fire seems be going around GVL but could change with wind shift. Firefighters gathering in GVL in case winds shift." [Jeff]

- An ABC7 reporter decided to interrupt a strike force meeting to ask the "same old common sense" questions. Let them WORK! Scanner: Reporters at RHS are really concerning the crews up there. Some reporters screwed up yesterday with understanding safety.

[Conservative4Ever]

Hey..Mom...what SB fires have merged.

[GOPrincess]

I'm catching up on the news and the thread...saw a scrolling notice on TV that Redlands and Yucaipa schools are closed today. Is this due to the air quality or are there other concerns about the fire location, anyone know more?