Posted on 08/30/2009 12:03:09 AM PDT by Deo volente
The unstoppable Angeles National Forest fire threatened 10,000 homes Saturday night as it more than tripled in size and chewed through a rapidly widening swath of the Crescenta Valley, where flames closed in on backyards and at least 1,000 homes were ordered evacuated.
Sending an ominous plume of smoke above the Los Angeles Basin, the fire was fueled by unrelenting hot weather and dense brush that has not burned in 60 years.
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well, nature sure knows how to take of the excess inventory, doesn’t it? sort of like those firestorms that tear through Yellowstone every so often.
Yep, if man won’t take care of the problem nature will.
The winds were hot and dry today in the Silicon Valley - I was thinking that this spelled bad news for any fires going on.
Say your prayers for the people in the path of these blazes - it is terrifying to think of losing all you own to such a violent force of nature.
BS spewing liberal media are seldom right, but - LOVE to feed the flames of fear! Bastards!
Well it’s burning now.
The smoke plumes can be seen from space too. Pretty scary stuff.
Even "mobile home" installations need sprinklers now.
Thanks to the CA beaurocrats.
It is the fact that we stop a ton of small fires that lead to these wildfires. On top of that clear cutting is not allowed which would create break lines to naturally contain fires.
Or, if man is not allowed to take care of the problem nature will.
Across the street from my house is a hill that slopes up to the freeway. The land is owned by the Parks and Recreation district. They used to have the California Conservation Corps send a crew through every year to clean up loose brush and generally get reduce the amount of flammable stuff on the hillside. But for the last ten years or so the budget in CA has been a mess and there is never any money for this expense. So it does not get done. When I contacted the Rec district about getting some volunteers to go clean it up, they said that they were terrified of lawsuits should one of the volunteers doing the work get injured. And they clearly nixed a volunteer effort.
The hillside burns about every three years.
from the story linked above:
“Officials predicted that the blaze would continue its march toward homes and across hills through the night with flames that could reach as high as 80 feet.
Late Saturday, U.S. Forest Service officials said they were moving “several hundred firefighters” into the Acton area, where they expected the fire to reach this morning.
Forest Service officials said three civilians were burned and airlifted from rural Big Tujunga Canyon, where at least three to five homes were destroyed. One fire official, after surveying the canyon, estimated that the damage toll may be much worse.
No other homes had been lost by early evening as throngs of residents — belongings loaded in cars — descended from the hills.”
This could really turn out to be a very large disaster with this many homes potentially lost. It would set back California economically by a large factor. Even more than it has been.
Prayers to all who are in the fire’s path or within range of its wind shifts. Also my heart goes out to all in LA who are stifled and choking on the smoke. It is unsettling and always a time of prayer for firefighters as well as residents.
I live in the hills where fire is a major threat.
The day before yesterday was the hottest day at 104 so far this year.
I’ve trimmed all the brush that I can on my property but the trees are the biggest threat and you aren’t allowed to cut any of them down... So all you can really do is sweat it out...
Prayers up tonight for everyone in the fire's path, and for all Angelenos.
Spooky. That looks like the huge fires we had in the Santa Ana Canyon last year. Those flame fronts can ignite your clothes from hundreds of yards away, the heat is incredible.
“but the trees are the biggest threat and you aren’t allowed to cut any of them down... “
Eucalyptus?
Hang in there! I hope and pray your home will be safe.
They were able to save several hundred homes in Palos Verdes the other day because they had five helicopters with powerful night vision dropping water on the fire all night long. But there’s not that many of those copters to go around, they’re relatively new.
Oak.
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