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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Here’s the smart cracks at the bottom of the article you posted the link to, and KellynLA posted elsewhere. So everyone knows, the newspaper is a bunch of crap run by a bunch of crap spewers... and whiners.
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behindthecurtain wrote:
So the Republicans of SD and OC want fire safety, but refuse to pay additional taxes for governmental spending. This isn’t new.
10/26/2007 1:04 PM PDT on OCRegister.com
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svnrdr wrote:
Dana Rohrabacher is not only a Monday morning quarterbac, but a BAD one at that.
I live in Portola Hills and the winds WERE cranking in that area until Monday afternoon.
10/26/2007 11:55 AM PDT on OCRegister.com
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The OC Register a liberal rag? ROFLMAO!
NOT!
The Harris Fire is 84,300 acres and 20% contained. Full containment on Oct. 31 and full control on Nov. 4. There are 1,341 firefighters assigned. Cost to date $5.8 million. Approximately 500 more homes were ordered evacuated Thursday. 12 injuries to firefighters, 21 civilian burns and 5 civilian fatalities. Thursday, re-entry for residents only was allowed in the Thousand Trails, Potrero and Tecate neighborhoods. Today re-entry for residents only will be allowed in the communities of western Jamul.
The Witch Fire is 199,990 acres and 40% contained. Full containment on Oct. 31 and full control on Nov. 5. There are 2,883 firefighters assigned. Cost to date $7.5 million. 26 injuries to firefighters, 2 civilian fatalities. Conditions have improved in these areas to allow return of residents Poway, Escondido, Rancho Santa Fe, San Diego and Rancho Bernardo. The town of Ramona has been repopulated. SDG&E is beginning to re-establish utility service to some affected areas.
The Rice Fire is 9,000 acres and 40% contained. Full containment on Oct. 28 and full control on Nov. 5. There are 1,073 firefighters assigned. Cost to date $ $2,368,841. 3 injuries to firefighters. Portions of Fallbrook re-opened to residents today, anticipate gradual lifting of additional evacuations over the next several days.
The Poomacha Fire is 39,000 acres and 35% contained. Full containment on Oct. 29. There are 1,482 firefighters assigned. Cost to date $1.7 million. 12 injuries to firefighters. Continue structure protection and perimeter control. Continue firing operations as weather and conditions allow. Continue to assess the conditions in and around communities so as to allow for residents to return when conditions are safe. Continue to implement strategies to minimize the impacts to the Aqua Tibia Wilderness.
Harris fire flares ups
Posted @ 2:54 PM
Firefighters are battling some flare-ups Harris fire along state Route 94 in Hauser Canyon and Lyons Valley. Four helicopters were sent out to douse the flames.
There is no fire activity east of Ramona or in Alpine. Residents seeing smoke are viewing the Lyons Valley flare-ups , Cal Fire officials say.
Homes now threatened in Silverado Canyon- 2:20 p.m.
The Santiago fire is again sweeping toward Silverado Canyon, and fire officials warned that it could be within minutes of coming over the ridgelines there. Orange County Sheriff's deputies were going through the canyon to evacuate any remaining holdouts.
The fire had been bulling its way through the isolated wilderness of the Cleveland National Forest, and fire officials said earlier in the day that it no longer appeared to pose an immediate threat to homes. But now, it was once again on the move to the north, and once again menacing Silverado Canyon.
A strike team of nearly 200 firefighters was in the canyon, their only orders to protect the homes there. The fire appeared to be threatening the back end of the canyon, where there are at least 100 homes.
Hauser is blowing up.
Martin Mars is heading there.
Good!
I heard LAFD talking about this a couple hours ago....telling everyone the wind had shifted.
News is slow in coming today.
They were doing such a great job with the play-by-play status, before, that I was spoiled! LOL.
NO!
When will the fires be done and over with?
San Diego County
Witch Fire – 197,990 acres – 45% contained
Harris Fire – 84,300 acres – 20% contained
Poomacha Fire – 39,000 acres – 35% contained
Rice Fire – 9,000 acres – 40% contained
Horno/Ammo Fire – 19,353 acres – 80% contained
Wilcox Fire – 100 acres – 100% contained
Cajon Fire – 250 acres – 100% contained
McCoy Fire – 300 acres – 100% contained
Coronado Hills Fire – 300 acres – 100% containedSan Bernardino County
Slide Fire – 13,378 acres – 15% contained
Grass Valley Fire - 1,100 acres – 70% contained
Martin Fire – 123 acres – 100% contained
Walker Fire – 160 acres 100% containedOrange County
Santiago Fire – 27,000 acres – 30% containedLos Angeles County
Ranch Fire – 58,396 acres – 87% contained
Canyon Fire – 4,565 acres – 100% contained
Magic Fire – 2,824 acres – 100% contained
Buckweed Fire – 38,356 acres – 100% contained
Meadowridge Fire – 40 acres - 100% containedSanta Barbara County
Sedgewick Fire – 710 acres – 100% containedRiverside County
Rosa Fire – 411 acres – 100% contained
Roca Fire – 270 acres – 100% containedVentura County
Nightsky Fire – 35 acres – 100% contained
See the status above. It ain’t over until it’s over. There are still a few whopping fires going.
Even when “contained,” most of the estimates say it will take another week after that before all the fires are out (i.e. early November, assuming no big weather changes).
Grass Valley Fire
San Bernardino National Forest
San Bernardino County
This fire has burned 1,100 acres and is 70 percent contained. The fire is northwest of Lake Arrowhead. 100 structures have been lost, and more than 6,000 homes remain threatened. There are mandatory evacuation for areas from Crestline to Snow Valley. Voluntary evacuations are in place for Cedar Pines Park and Valley of Enchantment. Evacuation Center have been established at the National Orange Show in San Bernardino and Victorville Fairgrounds in Victorville.
State Highway 18 is closed from 40th/Waterman to the Big Bear Dam, State Highway 330 is closed at Highland to Hwy 18, State Highway 138 is closed at State Highway 173. Residents may leave via these highways (except 330) but cannot go back up into the Mountains. Access to Big Bear is via Hwy 38 from I-10 in Redlands or from Hwy 18 through the Hi-Desert in Lucerne Valley.
780 firefighters are assigned to this incident. The estimated cost of this fire to date is $2.7 million. Grass Valley Fire Information Line (909) 383-5688.
Crap, a chance for another Santa Ana Winds(albeit not as strong) event to take place before the fires are finally put out...if some weather forecasts pan out....
SAN DIEGO
Destroyed homes and restored power
Posted @ 3:46 PM
At the county’s briefing on the fire held earlier today, County Supervisor Ron Roberts said countywide the number of homes lost stood at just under 1,300. Sixty-one percent of the destroyed homes are in unincorporated areas, mainly in Ramona and Fallbrook, 25 percent are in San Diego, and the rest are in Poway and Escondido.
Roberts said 12,600 people are still without power, but that service has been restored for 76 percent of those who lost it during the fires. He said meetings would begin next week to discuss debris removal, cleanup and aid.
On Monday, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders will ask the City Council to wave building and demolition permit fees to speed recovery.
Already street sweepers and sidewalk sweepers are going through Rancho Bernardo.
I would not laugh so loud. Have you ever been interviewed by them ? They have liberals on staff. Do not know how many.
Santa Ana conditions can come and go all they way through Christmas.
And if memory serves me right, they have been weak the past few years. So we are due.
Yep...Sometimes they’re weak, sometimes not. When they’re strong, as we all know....Watch out.
Some might not understand...The whole problem with them is they generally follow summer ...When everything is bone dry and ready to go up.
So, I took a nap.........what was said at the press conference in OC?
Anyone know?
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