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Update: Now 4 Firefighters Perish Battling Cabazon Blaze (Investigators: Arson Fire Palm Springs)
Los Angeles Times ^
| 11:20 AM PDT, October 26, 2006
| Michael Muskal and Maeve Reston
Posted on 10/26/2006 11:48:53 AM PDT by kellynla
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To: La Enchiladita
Hey,Dita,,,,Ya'll got smoke,,?
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:51:03 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Hi Counter TANKS for the ping..
what a mess this is.. Prayers for the CDF guys
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:51:25 PM PDT
by
markman46
(engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Oh, thanks for asking. No, I am way west of the fire. But it becomes big news for all of SoCal. Especially the tragic loss of firefighters. And the one survivor, who got burned, has to be in bad shape now.
:(
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:54:03 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: markman46
Roger-That,,,Ya'll got smoke,,,Wind,,?
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:55:26 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: TaraP
Is this anywhere near Pioneertown?
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posted on
10/26/2006 6:57:31 PM PDT
by
Hildy
(Some are born to sweet delight; some are born to endless night.)
To: La Enchiladita
They don't expect him to live, from what I understand...90 percent burns....God bless him.
If they were in/next to their engine when they got burned over, they had not much chance...fire burns hot around engines...extra hot.
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:01:40 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: La Enchiladita
Yep,,,I lived in Escondido in the 80's,,,Been in a few...
Anybody in front of this fire needs to get out now,,,
This one mite burn all the way to the ocean as the one in the 70's did,,,They cannot control wind driven fire in those mountains...
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:02:00 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Inciweb must be having problems. I just refreshed, and the most recent entry was from 9/29....
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:04:49 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
Wind still 40-50 mph,,FOX-NEWS
No way to stop this.
Must be attacked from the rear...
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:05:30 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
Officials worried the flames could reach an area of the San Bernardino National Forest where a bark beetle infestation had killed trees that could easily fuel a blaze. In the valley where the fire was burning, the ground cover is mostly grass and chaparral that burns fast and hot.
I am still remembering the fires of Fall 2003, covering all of southern California..
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:07:13 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
I just drove past this on the way home west on the 10 FWY from Palm Desert. Man, what a monster...
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:08:37 PM PDT
by
itsamelman
(“Announcing your plans is a good way to hear God laugh.” -- Al Swearengen)
To: Knitting A Conundrum
I believe they were in the engine, Knitting. How horrible. I don't know how the survivor is hanging on; hope he is unconscious.
This fire was fiendishly, deliberately set, taking into consideration wind direction, fuel, etcetera. Truly evil.
He said the Forest Service pulled all its personnel off the fire after the deaths so they could "gather their thoughts, say their prayers."
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:10:08 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68
direct attacking a fire like this is the most dangerous of things.
These guys know what they are doing.
I suspect it's in fuel model 10, chapparal with lots of dead fuel, which burns really, really hot and with wind, fast. And it's getting late, and starting to burn downhill which adds extra problems, with hot stuff rolling downhill.
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:12:14 PM PDT
by
Knitting A Conundrum
(Act Justly, Love Mercy, and Walk Humbly With God Micah 6:8)
To: La Enchiladita
I was in CA last week - Palmdale and then Santa Barbara/Montecito. Had a blast wine tasting! Truly God's country and painful to see burn.
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:13:20 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Iraq: terrorist flypaper)
To: BonnieJ
Apple Valley is quite a ways north of the fire area. No worry.
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:14:11 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: RDTF
Sounds like a nice trip. SB wines are the best, IMO.
Did you happen to drive Camino Cielo above Montecito?
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:15:25 PM PDT
by
La Enchiladita
(God bless America, land that I love. NEVER FORGET ... Some Gave All ...)
To: La Enchiladita
FOX-NEWS showing the force of the winds,,,It's blowing the fire Down-Hill,,Looks like a BlastFurnace,,,
Found "GAS-CAN" at it's origin...
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:16:22 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
To: La Enchiladita
Hmmm I'm not sure! My guess is no - I did go to the Santa Ynez (sp) wine country - did the 'Sideways' tour -(Jeff Bridges came into the Hitching Post while we were there!) My friend's wedding was at the 4 Season's Biltomore in SB.
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:19:25 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Iraq: terrorist flypaper)
To: RDTF
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:20:14 PM PDT
by
RDTF
(Iraq: terrorist flypaper)
To: itsamelman
Yes it is,,Trying to protect anything in front of this fire
is suicide,,,It is time to get the people out,,,Be Safe... I Pray that wind lays down,,,If it does not,Tomorrow will be a very bad day...
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posted on
10/26/2006 7:24:10 PM PDT
by
1COUNTER-MORTER-68
(THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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