Posted on 10/21/2007 9:48:36 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
UPDATE: The city of Malibu is advising residents in Puerco Canyon to begin evacuating due to a wildfire driven by powerful winds. This area is north of Pacific Coast Highway and about 1 mile west of Pepperdine University. Residents along the beach on Malibu Road may soon be evacuated. Pacific Coast Highway is closed between Kanan-Dume Road and Topanga Canyon. Residents are advised to head to the west. Evacuation centers are being set up in the Zuma Beach area.
A wildfire driven by powerful winds in the Malibu Hills this morning threatened a university, destroyed at least one home and forced the evacuation of hundreds more, authorities said.
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By the way, our particular fire ("Santiago Fire") has been labled an arson fire having three separate origination points. It is now a criminal investigation. I would pay good money to get my hands on the perp(s) for about 15 minutes, enough time to introduce him/them to my doberman.
is that miramar?
Howdy there....
there was a looter in Canyon Country....white male adult....armed neighbor ran him off.
May my German Shepherd help?
This image made available by NASA shows plumes of smoke drifting westward from the Santa Clarita, Calif. and Castaic Lake area on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007 at 2:50 p.m. Wildfires fanned by fierce desert winds consumed huge swaths of bone-dry Southern California on Monday, Oct. 22, 2007, burning buildings and forcing evacuations from Malibu to San Diego. San Clemente Island is seen at bottom right with Santa Catalina Island above and San Nicolas Island at center right. (AP Photo/NASA)
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, center, tours the burned site of Malibu Presbyterian Church in Malibu, Claif., Monday, Oct. 22, 2007. He is joined by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, left, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, right. Wildfires are blazing across much of Southern California, prompting hundreds of thousands of evacuations. (AP Photo/Annie Wells, Pool)
Hillary and Hollywood, while California burns
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y Soren Dayton Posted
Governor Schwarzenegger has announced a state of emergency. Thousands of Americans are losing their homes. They are certainly in my thoughts and prayers.
What about Hillary? Hollywood is throwing her a birthday party, just miles away:
Rob Reiner sang a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday, Mrs. President" in honor of Senator Hillary Clinton at his Brentwood, California, home on Sunday evening.
Celebrities came to see to see Clinton, D-N.Y., and to celebrate in advance of the former first lady's 60th birthday. Although they didn't bring gifts, celebrities from Jamie Lee Curtis, Magic Johnson, Ted Danson, Bridget Moynihan and Chelsea Handler raised a half a million dollars for the Clinton campaign and enjoyed cocktails and hors deouvres in return.
Despite the massive fires miles away in Malibu, guests were greeted by men dressed in head to toe white, with lavender bow ties saying with "Welcome to the Reiner's," as they shuffled up and down the street parking Bentleys, Porsches, and BMWs.
I hope that the wind was blowing the right direction. I bet it's hard to get the ash and soot (of people's homes and dreams) off those "head to toe white" suits "with lavender bow ties."
Next time she's says she's fighting for Americans, remember that this is what she means.
Is there a fire in Europe?
I see on Fox some Brit guy talking about a fire.
I’ve just been mesmerized by the coverage.
Qualcomm stadium is now an emergency shelter. They need one that big.
Whole neighborhoods in the San Diego area are being allowed to burn. Not enough FF.
Now Arrowhead. It’s crazy.
It is a shame lainie.So sad.
Is there anybody here giving eyewitness accounts of the situation regarding the Witch Creek fire (Rancho Bernardo, etc)? My elderly mom is on the west side of that one (and a bit north—by Encinitas Ranch). I just saw the county supervisor say that they didn’t have enough firefighters, that it was zero percent contained, and they may not be able to stop it until it reaches the ocean. I’m trying to figure out if she’s threatened.
PING to calcowgirl’s question...please help if you can..!
Just saw a report on San Diego video feed about Rancho Bernardino. Dozens of homes lost, but no visible out of control fires right now. Some homes smoldering. Looks like the wind driven flames have gone further west. There are numerous hot spots however now within Rancho Bernardino so a flare up can happen just about anywhere there tonight.
Oops. That should read. Rancho Bernardo not Rancho Bernardino.
California wildfires at a glance
http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/265931.html
Major wildfires in California:
- Buckweed Fire: 27,500 acres in northeastern Los Angeles County south of Agua Dulce. 20 percent contained. Approximately 15,000 people and 5,500 homes evacuated. Twenty-five structures and two bridges destroyed. Three people injured. Nine hundred homes without power.
- Canyon Fire: 2,400 acres in coastal community of Malibu. Out of control. About 200 homes evacuated. Five homes destroyed as well as two commercial buildings, including a church. Ten homes damaged. No injuries reported.
- Harris Fire: 20,000 acres about 70 miles southeast of San Diego north of the border town of Tecate. Five percent contained. Unknown number of homes destroyed. One civilian killed, 15 people injured, including four firefighters.
- Witch Fire: 10,000 acres in northern San Diego County between Ramona and Santa Ysabel. Five percent contained. Unknown number of homes destroyed. No reports of injuries.
- Grass Valley Fire: More than 300 acres in Grass Valley area west of Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino Mountains. Unknown number of homes destroyed, 1,500 homes threatened, several communities evacuated.
- Slide Fire: More than 300 acres in Green Valley area of San Bernardino Mountains. Four hundred homes threatened, several communities evacuated.
- Orange County Fire: 8,800 acres in Orange County east of Irvine. Thirty percent contained. No homes destroyed. Four minor injuries to firefighters.
- Ranch Fire: 29,000 acres near Piru in Ventura County. Ten percent contained. About 200 people evacuated. One homes destroyed and no injuries reported.
- Sedgewick Fire: 710 acres near Los Olivos in Santa Barbara County. Fifty percent contained. No evacuations. No homes destroyed and no reports of injuries.
“As I recall, this guy was (and probably still is) one of the more vocal screechers debunking the SPP/NAU as a valid threat.”
Yes, and illegal immigration is the Democrats fault, not Bush’s.
” would pay good money to get my hands on the perp(s) for about 15 minutes, enough time to introduce him/them to my doberman.
May my German Shepherd help?”
Yes!
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