Live Updating Thread: 2007 Southern California Firestorms

LA Times ^ | 9:35 AM PDT, October 21, 2007 | Associated Press

[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.

Related Stories
-	Wildfire burns 500 acres near Interstate 5
-	Santa Ana winds are sweeping the region

[calcowgirl]

Did you put something on the CA board, as well?

[ArmstedFragg]

This may be of help:

http://www.fire.ca.gov/#fires06

check near the bottom of the page.

Wilcox Fire was at Camp Pendleton 100 acres don’t know the time.

McCoy fire late afternoon 10/21 Near Bolder Creek Rd. and Eagle Peak Rd. West side of Cuyamaca Peak.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well.

No.

I didn’t. (gulp)

[ArmstedFragg]

Just for the record: San Diego Fire has been fighting fires in Tijuana for over fifty years.

[Fitzcarraldo]

11:25AM LIGHT RAIN ON ORTEGA HWY 

11:03AM LIGHT RAIN AT LA COSTA - ENCINITAS 
10:43AM LIGHT RAIN NB/SB 5 NEAR THE SCALES 

[Fitzcarraldo]

10:42AM 113-57 // LIGHT RAIN IN AREA OF CAPO[strano] OFC 
10:28AM 113-59 ADV LIGHT RAIN, SOUTH END OF 5 
9:36AM LIGHT RAIN AT THE SANTA ANA AREA OFFICE 
9:35AM 55-44; LT RAIN ON 405 AT GW 

[CindyDawg]

Darn. I was looking at this soon to be tropical depression and saw something headed yalls way . I hurried here to tell yall RAIN but you already knew:’)

[Brad’s Gramma]

Hey! We had our second rainfall! I'm thinking about 37 drops! YEA!!!!!!!

[BurbankKarl]

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, in an Orange County news conference, acknowledged Saturday that improvements could be made to the state's deployment of firefighting aircraft, softening his previous stance that criticism about the state's response was “nonsense.”"As sad as it is, it takes a disaster to wake everyone," Schwarzenegger said at the command post for the Santiago Fire this afternoon. "With any kind of disaster there are things we can do better next time and we will."

The governor also warned those responsible for setting the Santiago and other fires: "If I were one of those people who started the fire, I would not sleep soundly right now, because we are right behind you. As a matter of fact, if I would be you, I would turn myself in."

The tension over the last week between some Orange County representatives and the state about the lack of deployed resources, seemed to melt a little Saturday, with Schwarzenegger joking amid the morning drizzle, that he wanted to make sure "that Los Angeles doesn't get all the rain and no rain is allocated to Orange County."

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This site “cnnheadlienews” has an article claiming MEChA has claimed responsibility for the fires.

This site appears to be a password harvester.

Don’t fall for it.

[BurbankKarl]

FOAM COATING: Fire fighters from the Arcadia fire department spray foam on trees in Silverado Canyon.

Rocklin Firefighter Jason Shearer, 33, rests on a Wildland Firefighting Engine used for structure protection in Silverado Canyon after a mandatory evacuation was ordered on Friday afternoon. Shearer is part of a task force deployed out of central california near Sacramento.

[Fitzcarraldo]

We’ve been getting drops in the southern Riverside county area for the last 3 hours.

[Brad’s Gramma]

GOOD!

We ALL need to be praying for rain....just enough to put this out and wet the foliage for the next winds...!!

[BurbankKarl]

here is a photo gallery of the Mars Martin

http://dailynews.mycapture.com/mycapture/folder.asp?event=361375

[calcowgirl]

"If I were one of those people who started the fire, I would not sleep soundly right now, because we are right behind you. As a matter of fact, if I would be you, I would turn myself in."

Excellent!

[calcowgirl]

Santiago, Slide fires still worrisome
Los Angeles Times, 2:59PM

Wildfires were a growing threat in Orange and San Bernardino counties today, even as there were hopeful signs of a return to normal life in hard-hit San Diego, with Qualcomm Stadium no longer housing fire evacuees.

The Santiago fire in Orange County burned fiercely in the Santa Ana Mountains, threatening 750 homes in Silverado Canyon and moving quickly toward Riverside County. Firefighters coated homes with protective gel and ordered dozens of residents to evacuate as thick plumes of smoke heralded the spread of the main blaze.

Dick Birger, a spokesman with the Southwest Incident Management team, said at 1 p.m. that the fire was expected to move into the Silverado Canyon area of Orange County. Riverside County officials said the Coldwater-Wild Rose and Mayhew-Sycamore Creek areas were at greatest risk if the fire crossed into their county.

In Green Valley Lake near Running Springs in the San Bernardino Mountains, firefighters worked to contain the Slide fire, which threatened 10,000 structures. Mandatory evacuations remained in effect for communities west of Big Bear Lake to Crestline.

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[Copernicus]

Would this be a good time to post this link from 2003?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1008628/posts

Best regards,

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thanks!!!!

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Is the Smoke in the Air bothering anyone else?....I’ve been out and now my throat is feeling yukky...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Our national forests are growing older and thicker, some reaching astronomical densities of 2,000 trees per acre where 40-50 trees per acre would be natural.