Big Fire In The Southern Cal

6/6/02 | Self

[DCBurgess58]

As I sit here in the High Desert of southern California, in the town of Palmdale, a pall of white smoke is blocking the sun. My wife called me about twenty minutes ago to ask about the smoke over our house. I went outside and saw that the whole northern horizon was filled with greyish white smoke, from as far as the eye can see. The smoke has now continued expanding and is overhead here. A co-workers wife called to say that the town of Apple Valley some 50 miles east of here is being evacuated. I will post more when I know more of what's going on

[tallhappy]

Plenty hot today.

I noticed it was hazy here in LA.

[Sir Gawain]

I will post more when I know more of what's going on

I think something's burning.

[FreePaul]

I noticed it was hazy here in LA.

Is that a weather report or a mental condition endemic to LA?

[DCBurgess58]

Hotter than the dickens here today, really glad I installed a 5000 cubic feet per minute swamp cooler last summer.

[Freebird Forever]

It's just locals celebrating the Lakers first win.

[cmsgop]

Is that near Landers?

[chance33_98]

Keep us posted! I used to Live in Tehachapi as well as Ridgecrest for awhile. Seen some might big fires that way before. Hope all goes well!

[DCBurgess58]

No Watson you idiot, someone's stolen our tent

[chance33_98]

swamp cooler

I had never heard that term until I moved to Ridgecrest. Out in the midwest we call em AC's ;) BTW - what IS the difference between them?

[montomike]

swamp coolers use magic, AC units use electricity!

[Map Kernow]

BTW - what IS the difference between them?

BTU's.

[tallhappy]

Is that a weather report or a mental condition endemic to LA?

Concerns the air.

Not too bright are you?

[DCBurgess58]

HUGE difference, a swamp cooler is not an air conditioner. It's a box that has a water source attached to it, that saturates a large air filter. A high power fan then sucks the hot outside air through the filter, cooling it to less than 70 degrees and expells the cool air into the house. Unlike the air from an air conditioner, which fills your house from the bottom up, mosture laden air from a swamp cooler will move to any exit you give it, thus allowing you to open a window upstairs and channel the cool air to your bedrooms (or wherever else you wish). The electrical operating cost of my high velocity swamp cooler is the same as a fan, while my friends and co-workers electricity bills go up over $300.00 a month running their air conditioners. I have an AC, but never even bother to turn it on now. The only catch is that swamp coolers only work in dry climates, humidity defeats their ability to cool air.

[stumpy]

Actuallyl, what is burning is the fire from Saugus yesterday apparently is approaching the Antelope Valley. Yesterday it was burning in San Francisquito cyn. and according to one of my co-workers (who rushed home to check on her animals) they were evacuating Green Valley.

For those in the North L.A. County area, the area is near Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes, Leona Valley Area. That puts it North of Castaic Lake and East of I-5.

[stumpy]

Actuallyl, what is burning is the fire from Saugus yesterday apparently is approaching the Antelope Valley. Yesterday it was burning in San Francisquito cyn. and according to one of my co-workers (who rushed home to check on her animals) they were evacuating Green Valley.

For those in the North L.A. County area, the area is near Lake Elizabeth, Lake Hughes, Leona Valley Area. That puts it North of Castaic Lake and East of I-5.

[tallhappy]

Thanks stumpy.

[KissOfTheSith]

>As I sit here in the High Desert of southern California, in the town of Palmdale, a pall of white smoke is blocking the sun...

Don't be alarmed. It's just Billy the Mountain and his stunning wife Ethell (a tree) cashing in on his royalties and heading off to Las Vegas to check out the lounges, pull a few handles, and drink a few beers...

-- KotS

Billy The Mountain -- the libretto

[hole_n_one]

Major power lines are in danger..........500,000 homes may be subject to power outages........