Good news for your Mom. not so for some folks in NO. :-}
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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(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I found this...
Flames are heading toward thousands of homes in the community in Lake Forest, in southern Orange County. Four firefighters injured.
By Mike Anton, Jennifer Delson and Tony Barboza, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers
3:20 PM PDT, October 22, 2007
Firefighters battling an arson blaze that is racing toward thousands of homes in Foothill Ranch were forced this afternoon to abandon a mountain peak where they hoped to make a last-ditch stand.
Forty-foot-tall flames and smoldering embers were bearing down on the Lake Forest neighborhood and residents were evacuating after fire officials’ pleas for water-dropping helicopters went unheeded.
The Santiago Fire was deliberately set in three areas next to the 241 toll road about 6 p.m. Sunday, and it exploded quickly, fueled by dense vegetation and fierce Santa Ana winds, fire investigators said. The blaze has scorched more than 15,000 acres near Santiago Canyon and is now threatening Portola Hills
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ocfire23oct23,0,4784075.story?coll=la-home-local
That's good......SOONER rather than later would be good...the ff's have got to have hit their limit(s)...hours ago.
Scumbags, anyone who would take advantage of people at a time like this should be lynched.
I lost count on how many dofferent fires they are,,
the GUb has ordered 1500 troops in to firefight as well..
The Shootin’ FoR Lootin’ Lamp needs to be lit,, Declare Martial Law,, there will be wide enough damage, more stringent actions may be necessary..
it already is defacto martial law....once you have a mandatory evacuation or curfew....
True. Thanks!
I once had to talk my way through a checkpoint after the Northridge Earthquake with a Sig on my hip and shotgun in the back seat...in the middle of Los Angeles.
Good news for your Mom. not so for some folks in NO. :-}
Is every arsonist out today? Or is something else up?
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My My, you are the suspicious type.. FiRes FRom Malibu southward? btw,, .. Hope someone is asking the same thing at DHS. These days.. ya never know
In the case of California, too much water will not be our problem!
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They said they had buses... but didn’t say anything about drivers!
(trying to find a little bit of sick humor to relieve stress, lol)
Global warming. Just wait for Tamminen’s next speech.
I’m sure the folks whose homes have burned down would be ready to lock and load on looters and arsonists who are actually terrorists.
Some good news for Stevenson Ranch, but bad for those downwind.
A San Diego firefighter tackles a house blaze in Rancho Bernardo.
Volunteer firefighters from Running Springs try to halt the spead of flames in Green Valley Lake, a community about 12 miles east of Lake Arrowhead.
Three structures were destroyed in the 33300 block of Holcomb Creek Drive in Green Valley Lake, a mountain community about 12 miles east of Lake Arrowhead.
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