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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Foxnews channel 11 showing aerial view of Qualcomm Stadium...seems very orderley....amazing operation....
Hey, how are you today?
Silverado Cyn area homes now threatened according to OCFA. News conference now.
They caught some looters in Santa Clarita too.....workmen.
PE.com - Daily News Digest
http://www.beloblog.com/Pe_Blogs/#a142660
Power emergency declared in Southern California
The California Independent System Operator, which manages the state’s power grid, has declared a transmission emergency for Southern California through the end of the day.
The firestorms have impacted a number of high-voltage tranmission facilities in the region, according to a news release from the ISO.
San Diego is suffering the most dramatic impact, with multiple 500-, 230- and 138-volt lines were disabled.
The release noted the ISO is working with San Diego Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison to monitor conditions in the region.
—Liam M. Truchard
OK,I missed what happened .Was on the phone with the hospital.
I am fine, affected a bit by smoke now over L.A., coughing a bit.
But this is very small compared to those who are IN it.... I am really far from any hot spot. Thank you!
Silverado Cyn area, according to OCFA they’ve pulled many FFs out...Too dangerous..
Got a link? I've got NBC streaming on my computer, but I'd like a couple of different views.
We’ll pray they call you as soon as able...:)
That was a civilian burned in the Santa Clarita area....
according to san diego emergency website 350,000 reverse 911 calls covering about 513,000 people advised of mandatory evacuation, and an additional 12,000 have been advised to leave their homes 11:20 am today
They are kicking loose a bunch of engines from Malibu.
Thanks for the reminder and link; I meant to check her blog...BRB.
Workmen? What's that Newspeak for?
OCFA dude should leave the bitching til later.
Oh, probable the people that installed big screen TVs in the same mansions before....they were searching trucks leaving the area and found a bunch of looted stuff.
Same with the people stripping copper out of houses....usually they are the same people that installed them in the houses....
Firefighters sleep on the doorstep of one of the homes they were protecting from the Harris Ranch Fire in Spring Valley, California October 23, 2007. Wildfires stoked by fierce winds burned unchecked across Southern California for a third day on Tuesday with 300,000 people in San Diego alone evacuated as flames destroyed or threatened homes from humble forest cabins to luxury villas. (Fred Greaves/Reuters)
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