Still here; evac'd out to Claremont/Pacific Beach area - (central SD close to ocean). North County and south near the border look like a war zone. Spent last night at a volunteer center working with Office of Emergency Services (I've some history with emergency management) and slept at my daughter's apt once my shift was over. On line intermittently. CAL Fire is doing a great job with the resources they have. Lots of help pouring in from other parts of CA. You can get good updates from the "twitter" section of KPBS.org
Winds still erratic but things are clear enough now for air support. Lots of militia in North County.
Oh well - better than going to work I suppose.
AQ is bad here so anyone who is a SoCal GSCer should check the AQ and consider getting out of the area if you have respiratory issues.
My son is still safe and has not suffered loss. He said being there and not knowing when it will end with all that has been lost so far is so helpless it makes it hard to function.
My prayers continue for all that are dealing with this horrible disaster.
Just heard from Mama and all my cousins are safe - all their houses, too! The house in Ramona made it - it's covered with ash from the surrounding fires and and they can't get back into the house - there's no water in the area, but the house is there. *whew*
I hope our beloved Greasespots and their families are faring well, too!
I hope our beloved Greasespots and their families are faring well, too!
We're all good here. Here's an update from the Santa-clarita.com website where I live. (I live in Stevenson Ranch)
October 24, 2007 - UPDATE - 10am:
Buckweed Fire: (Santa Clarita, Agua Dulce areas) This fire is now 94% contained. There are no deaths as a result of this or any of the fires in Los Angeles County. A total of 5,500 homes were threatened and over 38,000 acres have burned.
Magic Fire: (Magic Mountain and Stevenson Ranch areas) This is 100% contained, no structures were lost or threatened. A total of more than 2,800 acres burned.
So even though it was looking kind of scary here for a while, it appears that the fires in our area are contained and hopefully the winds are dying down.
We're still praying for San Diego and the San Bernardino mountain area and Orange County too...
Here's a little ditty we made at work for Cal Fire. I'm not going into details but essentially you are looking at a "true color" base map with hot spot detection from more images - so you will see fires animated at a different rate than the true color images. The base map came from a pair of NASA satellites (Terra/Aqua) and the infrared hot spot info comes from the same as well as a bunch of other birds we track.
You need something that plays WMV files to watch. No sound needed.
Things are slowly down slightly here in SD. My area (Rancho Bernado) is open back up on a very limited basis, i.e. to go in and get meds etc if you have proof of residency, your house is relatively untouched, and you are escorted in and out. There are still a lot of fires but the Santa Annas have died down somewhat and the fires are slowly being contained. My specific neighborhood is unscathed - almost completely - dunno how that happened but not complaining. We had four employees (that we know of) lose everything - five more unheard of as of yet but were in Ramona where some of the worst of the fires were...that's in a company of less than 40 people...
Notta, your sister is in No Cal with Socks and Jim, right?
Who is from the So Cal area so we have names to go with those prayers? RumRunner?
Yes, my sister is fine. I don't think she's close to any fires. I've talked to her on the phone almost every day, and she actually hasn't said anything about fires at all.
I was thinking about Rummie though knowing he lives near Rancho Bernardo.
I think these fires are way worse than the ones in 2003. It seems there is a lot more damage.
And what is "AQ"? Rummie, you mention it in your post.
I was thinking about Rummie though knowing he lives near Rancho Bernardo.
I think these fires are way worse than the ones in 2003. It seems there is a lot more damage.
And what is "AQ"? Rummie, you mention it in your post.
Thanks Notta -
My place is, amazingly, OK. I live in the south end of Rancho Bernardo. Kicked down some embers but nothing serious...relatively speaking. We're OK - have services and our area will be open tomorrow AM.
AQ is air quality - sorry for the jargon.
Check out the satellite animation I just posted a while ago - it tells a bit of a story.
Glad you guys who have responded are okay! Still praying for everyone out there.
wrdsandwrks, I have a good friend who lives in Valencia. Isn't that right next to Stevenson Ranch? I tried to call her but got voice mail and no response yet. Were a lot of people in Valencia evacuated?
Glad you guys who have responded are okay! Still praying for everyone out there.
wrdsandwrks, I have a good friend who lives in Valencia. Isn't that right next to Stevenson Ranch? I tried to call her but got voice mail and no response yet. Were a lot of people in Valencia evacuated?
I think Valencia was fairly unscathed although the Agua Dulce fire may have come into parts of Valencia. I didn't hear about any houses lost in Valencia so she's probably fine.
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excathedra
i've been thinking about the same and praying
for everyone there
so worried
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Yes!
Notta, your sister is in No Cal with Socks and Jim, right?
Who is from the So Cal area so we have names to go with those prayers? RumRunner?
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We have a lot of folks in the LA area. Highway39, wrdsandwrks, SonoftheMaster, I'm not sure who else.
Basically, I'd say to just pray for that area.
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mike , pam sandiego sp well it sounds like she is in california .
mike is your believing ok? you home ok?
the thing is they have evacuated many folks so that is good and vewry few injuries or deaths just property .
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Both pamsandiego's area and my area are ok so far, but it's a pretty edgy situation.
The county (about the size of the State of Connecticut) is at a relative standstill.
We've been through this kind of thing many times, but it's still a great hassle.
Prayer works wonders.
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Tom Strange
that's good to hear...
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Still here; evac'd out to Claremont/Pacific Beach area - (central SD close to ocean). North County and south near the border look like a war zone. Spent last night at a volunteer center working with Office of Emergency Services (I've some history with emergency management) and slept at my daughter's apt once my shift was over. On line intermittently. CAL Fire is doing a great job with the resources they have. Lots of help pouring in from other parts of CA. You can get good updates from the "twitter" section of KPBS.org
Winds still erratic but things are clear enough now for air support. Lots of militia in North County.
Oh well - better than going to work I suppose.
AQ is bad here so anyone who is a SoCal GSCer should check the AQ and consider getting out of the area if you have respiratory issues.
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J0nny Ling0
RumRunner! Make sure all of those firefighters get their ration of RUM!
(glad yer okay brother)
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Belle
Thanks for checking in! :)
Praying for continuing good news.
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My son is still safe and has not suffered loss. He said being there and not knowing when it will end with all that has been lost so far is so helpless it makes it hard to function.
My prayers continue for all that are dealing with this horrible disaster.
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Still praying for everyone out there. RR, glad you're on the team. Thanks for all your help!
Suda
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Any updates from WordandWorks? :unsure:
Just heard from Mama and all my cousins are safe - all their houses, too! The house in Ramona made it - it's covered with ash from the surrounding fires and and they can't get back into the house - there's no water in the area, but the house is there. *whew*
I hope our beloved Greasespots and their families are faring well, too!
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We're all good here. Here's an update from the Santa-clarita.com website where I live. (I live in Stevenson Ranch)
So even though it was looking kind of scary here for a while, it appears that the fires in our area are contained and hopefully the winds are dying down.
We're still praying for San Diego and the San Bernardino mountain area and Orange County too...
Thanks for your prayers and concern.
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Here's a little ditty we made at work for Cal Fire. I'm not going into details but essentially you are looking at a "true color" base map with hot spot detection from more images - so you will see fires animated at a different rate than the true color images. The base map came from a pair of NASA satellites (Terra/Aqua) and the infrared hot spot info comes from the same as well as a bunch of other birds we track.
You need something that plays WMV files to watch. No sound needed.
Things are slowly down slightly here in SD. My area (Rancho Bernado) is open back up on a very limited basis, i.e. to go in and get meds etc if you have proof of residency, your house is relatively untouched, and you are escorted in and out. There are still a lot of fires but the Santa Annas have died down somewhat and the fires are slowly being contained. My specific neighborhood is unscathed - almost completely - dunno how that happened but not complaining. We had four employees (that we know of) lose everything - five more unheard of as of yet but were in Ramona where some of the worst of the fires were...that's in a company of less than 40 people...
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praying for you all
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Yes, my sister is fine. I don't think she's close to any fires. I've talked to her on the phone almost every day, and she actually hasn't said anything about fires at all.
I was thinking about Rummie though knowing he lives near Rancho Bernardo.
I think these fires are way worse than the ones in 2003. It seems there is a lot more damage.
And what is "AQ"? Rummie, you mention it in your post.
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Thanks Notta -
My place is, amazingly, OK. I live in the south end of Rancho Bernardo. Kicked down some embers but nothing serious...relatively speaking. We're OK - have services and our area will be open tomorrow AM.
AQ is air quality - sorry for the jargon.
Check out the satellite animation I just posted a while ago - it tells a bit of a story.
Thanks all.
RR
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Linda Z
Glad you guys who have responded are okay! Still praying for everyone out there.
wrdsandwrks, I have a good friend who lives in Valencia. Isn't that right next to Stevenson Ranch? I tried to call her but got voice mail and no response yet. Were a lot of people in Valencia evacuated?
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I think Valencia was fairly unscathed although the Agua Dulce fire may have come into parts of Valencia. I didn't hear about any houses lost in Valencia so she's probably fine.
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Thanks, w&w!
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