San Diego Fires

[DiRTyBuNNy]

that's exactly how it was yesterday..

[jwren00]

it was 90ish today in santa barbara, and we're gettin the orange sky effect too. I dont see any ash falling here, but i sure as hell am having a hard time breathing, my throat and lungs are definitely feeling the affects of the smoke.

[SpecialBlend2786]

yeah, saturday morning i looked up, and it looked like the sky was on fire. The sun was like a fiery red. I went down to riverside a few days ago with my friend to help her choose a car, and it was really hard to breath. now the ash and smoke are in SD.

Now my her pool has all this white ash floating around in it

[jwren00]

it was 90ish today in santa barbara, and we're gettin the orange sky effect too. I dont see any ash falling here, but i sure as hell am having a hard time breathing, my throat at lungs are definately feeling the affects of the smoke.

[SpecialBlend2786]

i'm talking to one of my friends on AIM about the fire. She had some bad news:

cuddLeBunny59: my brother's friend's aunt was one of the people that died
SpecialBlend2786:

These fires are messing everything up.

[RoadDawg]

Thoughts and prayers go out to all those around these fires. It is real nasty everywhere. B_K if you see this or hear from DB my thoughts and prayers are with ya brother.

[Scooter/Cootie]

Best of luck to everyone invloved.

[TooDamnSweet]

Fires

There are fires everywhere. I'm not too sure about all the places, but at last count there were 7 or 8 different fires here in CA. When I left work today, it was dark from the clouds of smoke and I can actually smell the fire. (I'm in Van Nuys) There were ashes flying around everywhere. It's really scary. My prayers go out to everyone who has been affected by this including the firemen who are working overtime to put these fires out.

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

Good luck to Bad_Knees really is a great guy. I wish you and your family the best of luck.

[RoadDawg]

Bonx0007 is up near the latest batch of people being suggested to leave. He's up by Chattsworth. Hope all is well with him as well. Last I heard is that the square mileage of burned up area = half of Rhode Island. Over a 1000 houses have burned and 400,000 acres have also burned. There is a line of fire with several gaps basically reaching from Mexico to Northern Los Angeles. This is real eery. I am glad to see the Cali Air National Guard has been activated to help out.

[wolverine85929]

I feel for you guys. We had to evacuate last year for a fire, and came very close to doing it again this year. Hope every thing works out ok.

[DiRTyBuNNy]

This just in from B_K via MSN Messenger:

badknees858 says:
DOH!
badknees858 says:
I hope u are there
badknees858 says:
Saw the house...it is still there
badknees858 says:
I feel sory for some of my neighbors though...they weren't so fortunate
badknees858 says:
no power and that smokey smell in the house is keeping us from going back

[gibby]

Yeah, BK called me up earlier to let me know his house was spared. But he and his family were amazed at how much damage was done to some of their neighbors' homes. He told me that the $1M house down the street wasn't spared. He also said that the fire line was literally just a few feet away from his back yard? But he is greatful that his home was spared and his family are safe.

It's hard to not question whether all these fires are due to plain old stupidity, or if these are caused for a reason. Living out here in SoCal, brush fire is an expected event once in a while...but to see it happen all around us? I don't think it's ever been this bad.

So the count right now are 10 fires all around SoCal?

[DiRTyBuNNy]

for the Cali people..here's a picture from space of the fires..

[Sir. Foxalot]

From my view in Glendale, I can see smoke from the 3 biggest around me. Where I am is kinda in the middle (Chatsworth, Grand Prix, Old) and you can rally smell and taste the ash. I am watching on tv as my friends house is being blockaed by the FD in arrowhead, Crestline to be exact. Also my favorite vacation spot Bruin Woods on lake arrowhead is in real danger. Good luck to all the people and especally the FD's that are out there fighting. Kepp up the good work!