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Fires in SoCal are destroying homes! (650 homes)
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| Stars N Stripes
Posted on 10/25/2003 4:47:00 PM PDT by Stars N Stripes
KNBC, KCAL and KTTV in Los Angeles have broken away from scheduled programing to report on a new fire in Waterman Canyon in San Bernardino. Several homes have been consumed by flames and many more are in danger of being destroyed.
More to follow...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: evacuations; fire; homesonfire; prayforrain; sanbernardino; wildfires
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To: al baby
Whoever that lady is, she just said "the situation is grim" and that they've put out emergency aid requests for other available FD's to come and help
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:36:49 PM PDT
by
lainie
Comment #82 Removed by Moderator
To: hole_n_one
I hope that's all it is. (can't believe I'm saying that, though) How awful this is.
83
posted on
10/25/2003 5:38:49 PM PDT
by
lainie
(thanks)
To: lainie
"Why does it look like homes are burning but no brush is between them?"
The problem is the extremely high velocity of the winds. The wind carries embers from the fire into the flatlands and to the homes. If the owners are not home their house is vulnerable...
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:39:11 PM PDT
by
Stars N Stripes
(He's crying? There's no crying in Glory Holing! Right you are Ken. Let's go to our MXC Impact Replay)
To: hole_n_one
Unbelievably, it appears that many of the roofs are (were) made of easily ignited wood shake shingles.I moved away from that area very recently. Shake roofs have not been legal for at least 20 years. People do use roof materials that look like shake, but are much less flammable. After a certain point, the house is going to burn, no matter what it's roofed with.
To: Stars N Stripes
Just saw some live shots, brutal, multiple home on fire....
87
posted on
10/25/2003 5:40:35 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Stars N Stripes
There is now a fire in Lake Arrowhead. They had to pull people off the fire down the mountain to go fight that.
In other nearby mountain communities, they are telling residents they may have to shut off electrical power for protection of the electrical system - don't understand that one exactly, but you heard it here.
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:41:55 PM PDT
by
BJungNan
To: Stars N Stripes
The problem is the extremely high velocity of the windsSome aren't familier with the devil winds....
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:41:55 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: Stars N Stripes
I'm at Highland and Willow.
To: NautiNurse
Many of the roads (including freeways) are closed. Looked like nighttime earlier today. Winds are blowing 50 mph at times--carrying burning timbers great distances Oh ok .. that makes sense
Thanks for the info
I've watching this news on and off .. sounds really bad
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:42:55 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: Coeur de Lion
50 homes burned so far........
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:43:55 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: BJungNan
There is now a fire in Lake Arrowhead. They had to pull people off the fire down the mountain to go fight that. Is that a third fire .. or a spread from the other fires?
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:44:22 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: Joe Hadenuf
If it jumps the road, the residents of Simi Valley are in it's path......
To: hole_n_one
Oh WOW!
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:45:30 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)
To: hole_n_one
Can't keep track of all the damn fires.......We were watching the fire at the base of crestline, waterman canyon area........Have relatives up in there....
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:46:35 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
To: BJungNan
Where in Arrowhead, any idea?
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posted on
10/25/2003 5:47:55 PM PDT
by
Joe Hadenuf
(I failed anger management class, they decided to give me a passing grade anyway)
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To: xusafflyer
Know where Crestline is, off the top of your head?
100
posted on
10/25/2003 5:48:21 PM PDT
by
lainie
(thanks)
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