Fires, Fires, Fires

[Mad Dog]

Fires everywhere. I'm home safe. I did evacuate. Spent the night in a friends motorhome.
I have several friends who have lost homes.

A great big thank you for the hoons who called and offered help.

[lewisclan]

Wow glad your ok, sorry to hear about the homes burned down

[britincali]

That sux, im glad you guys are OK.

[MrDude_1]

will cali ever start doing controlled burns so that big fires like this cant happen??
they do it in other parts of the country, and it pretty much stops everything from getting too out of hand.

[hoofarted]

What they need to do is stop the f*cking advertising to all the arson asshol*es out there on the news! ATTN! Red flag alert! Dry and windy! High Fire Danger...so if you're into fires, nows the time to light one up! Oh, and the likelihood that you'll get caught are nil. So feel free! Indulge yourselves! Start more than one!

Should catch them idiots and place them in a sealed burning enclosure of some sort and broadcast that on the news. Maybe then, the fires will slow. I dont recall fires being this prevalent as in the last 5-6 years...do you?

[dannygraves]

ya dude, wasn't that last fire up by your place before oct '03 in 1983???

[Mad Dog]

What they need to do is stop the f*cking advertising to all the arson asshol*es out there on the news! ATTN! Red flag alert! Dry and windy! High Fire Danger...so if you're into fires, nows the time to light one up! Oh, and the likelihood that you'll get caught are nil. So feel free! Indulge yourselves! Start more than one!

Should catch them idiots and place them in a sealed burning enclosure of some sort and broadcast that on the news. Maybe then, the fires will slow. I dont recall fires being this prevalent as in the last 5-6 years...do you?

It used to be there would be a big fire approx. 3-5 years somewhere in SoCal.

Now we have big fires every year all over.
The Santa Ana winds come every year. Yet most of the fires are when the winds come. So why is that? (Refer to hoof's comment)

We do have controlled burns and clearing all the time.
Most people think the Orange County Fire Authority is a PITA until you see something like this.

What most people can't fathom are the winds. 70 mph winds can take an ember several miles. That's the problem. They land in peoples trees, roofs etc.

I was evacuated but my neighborhood was safe. The fire was approx. 1/2 mile away when the winds changed and sent the fire up Carbon Canyon.

I drove through the bad area and it is amazing more homes weren't lost. The fire burnt all the open area right up to the bridle fences, (vinyl ones melted), but yet the homes across the street form these were safe. Amazing.
This is what pro activeness does.

The homes that burnt were from flying embers that light up roofs, trees, eaves etc.

TV pictures just don't justice to what it looks like. (Like most things)

[iggys-amsoil]

Drove by there today. Looked like someone started it right at the 71/91. The way the winds flow through Santa Ana canyon its no wonder.....

I can't believe all the ash thats in front of the hanger doors in Long Beach and ash is still raining down on my car now that the winds have turned on shore.



The 91 parking lot Saturday.


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