California MR people - are you all OK?

[ohsherrie]

Deb mentioned this in another thread. We'd like to know if you all are safe.

[Indyjoe]

Deb mentioned this in another thread. We'd like to know if you all are safe.

Thank you for checking. I had put this in a thread to thank the firefighters, so forgive the repeat, but I wanted to put it here to thank you!!

We're safe. We had been told to prepare to evacuate, but never had to. Where I sit(in Orange County)I am surrounded by the fires. We live pretty close to the hills and some nurseries that had been set on fire. That is the heartbreaker - the fires here are ARSON. The smoke was so bad just out the door it looked like a really foggy day and you could hardly breathe. The local schools closed due to the air quality. It is a little windy today, but nothing like it was so Lord willing they can get a handle on the fires. There are many more of course further north and south of us. So sad.

But I am so thankful to the firefighters!!

Thanks,
Wendy

[Deb]

Deb mentioned this in another thread. We'd like to know if you all are safe.

Thank you for checking. I had put this in a thread to thank the firefighters, so forgive the repeat, but I wanted to put it here to thank you!!

We're safe. We had been told to prepare to evacuate, but never had to. Where I sit(in Orange County)I am surrounded by the fires. We live pretty close to the hills and some nurseries that had been set on fire. That is the heartbreaker - the fires here are ARSON. The smoke was so bad just out the door it looked like a really foggy day and you could hardly breathe. The local schools closed due to the air quality. It is a little windy today, but nothing like it was so Lord willing they can get a handle on the fires. There are many more of course further north and south of us. So sad.

But I am so thankful to the firefighters!!

Thanks,
Wendy

Thanks Wendy. Need our other So Cal people to check in. Where's our other Wendy(Tree), Tammy, Tracie, Dean and Lu, Jeff and Becca and many others? Cindi(Renegade) please check in and let us know if you had to evacuate last night?

[ohsherrie]

I'm glad you and your family are safe Wendy. Every year it seems like I hear that arsonists start some of those terrible fires. What kind of person does things like that? It's just inconceivable to me.

[Playitloudforme]

No issues by me, but the air is awful. Hope everyone else is ok.

[Barb]

I'm in Nor Cal, so I'm fine, but have a lot of work friends who work at our San Diego site that have had to evacuate and am worried about all of them.

[Fourt9rkim]

I'm in Central Cali....so I'm safe from the fires....hopefully we won't get the smoke drifting up north like we did with the other fires a couple of months ago. ALOT of people here have asthma and breathing problems, and they had a hard time during those fires. I hope everyone down south is ok!

[RPC13]

Another exciting night here in Simi Valley. Went through this four years ago with a fire that started near Magic Mountain and traveled twenty miles overnight. Got within 3 blocks of our house before the fire-heroes just wiped it out. They let it burn the grass in the mountains. They don't care about that. But the moment it gets near the houses, they just trounce it.

This year, another fire started at Magic Mountain. It's beeing called the Magic or Stevenson Ranch fire. That's the one we're watching. Still about 15 miles north east of us, but the wind is still 30 mph and blowing Southwest (of course). Seems to have lost some steam overnight, but still have the TV on.

The air is terrible. SO terrible that all Simi Valley schools are closed today, so I am home with the boys ready to pack up if need be. Already took the video camera and filmed all our goodies last night for insurance purposes.

There's another larger fire being called the Buckweed fire that is above us and moving sortof south westerly toward Piru and Fillmore. Hopefully that one will miss us to the west.

It's going to be 100 degrees in Simi today. Add thirty mph winds... Gonna be a long day.

Winds supposed to START dying down this evening. Temperature drops ten degrees tomorrow with nothing more than light breezes. (5-6 mph).

If we can just get through today...


Bobby

[Playitloudforme]

Another exciting night here in Simi Valley. Went through this four years ago with a fire that started near Magic Mountain and traveled twenty miles overnight. Got within 3 blocks of our house before the fire-heroes just wiped it out. They let it burn the grass in the mountains. They don't care about that. But the moment it gets near the houses, they just trounce it.

This year, another fire started at Magic Mountain. It's beeing called the Magic or Stevenson Ranch fire. That's the one we're watching. Still about 15 miles north east of us, but the wind is still 30 mph and blowing Southwest (of course). Seems to have lost some steam overnight, but still have the TV on.

The air is terrible. SO terrible that all Simi Valley schools are closed today, so I am home with the boys ready to pack up if need be. Already took the video camera and filmed all our goodies last night for insurance purposes.

There's another larger fire being called the Buckweed fire that is above us and moving sortof south westerly toward Piru and Fillmore. Hopefully that one will miss us to the west.

It's going to be 100 degrees in Simi today. Add thirty mph winds... Gonna be a long day.

Winds supposed to START dying down this evening. Temperature drops ten degrees tomorrow with nothing more than light breezes. (5-6 mph).

If we can just get through today...


Bobby

Hang in there Bobby!!!

[tammy]

Hoping the best for you, Bobby, Wendy, and everyone affected by these fires. I live in the middle of the San Fernando Valley so we don't have the worry. Honestly, I don't think I'd ever want to live in or near the hills & mountains with the threat of fire every year & losing everything. Sometimes the fires around here come so fast & furious with the Santa Ana winds that people who are at work or away from home are barred from getting back to get their pets. I remember seeing that on the news & it is so sad. The firefighters just won't let anyone in.

And, yeah a lot of these fires start by idiots with cigarettes (last May it was a homeless man who started the Hollywood fires) or arson...several years ago the really, really bad Malibu fires were started by two jerks (men) who wanted to show they could be firefighters! Lives were lost in that one...I remember one being a man who ran back to save a cat.
Just heard on the News that one of the fires was started by a spark from a construction crew! A lot of these could be prevented - especially when we've had such drought this year - it's like a tinder box.

Today is a very windy & HOT day and that isn't helping.

[stevew2]

[quote="RPC13"]Another exciting night here in Simi Valley. Went through this four years ago with a fire that started near Magic Mountain and traveled twenty miles overnight. Got within 3 blocks of our house before the fire-heroes just wiped it out. They let it burn the grass in the mountains. They don't care about that. But the moment it gets near the houses, they just trounce it.

This year, another fire started at Magic Mountain. It's beeing called the Magic or Stevenson Ranch fire. That's the one we're watching. Still about 15 miles north east of us, but the wind is still 30 mph and blowing Southwest (of course). Seems to have lost some steam overnight, but still have the TV on.

The air is terrible. SO terrible that all Simi Valley schools are closed today, so I am home with the boys ready to pack up if need be. Already took the video camera and filmed all our goodies last night for insurance purposes.

There's another larger fire being called the Buckweed fire that is above us and moving sortof south westerly toward Piru and Fillmore. Hopefully that one will miss us to the west.

It's going to be 100 degrees in Simi today. Add thirty mph winds... Gonna be a long day.

Winds supposed to START dying down this evening. Temperature drops ten degrees tomorrow with nothing more than light breezes. (5-6 mph).

If we can just get through today...


Bobby[/quote] Stay safe there Bobby. I dont see how you westerners cope. You got more balls than me.

[Renegade79]

Thanks Wendy. Need our other So Cal people to check in. Where's our other Wendy(Tree), Tammy, Tracie, Dean and Lu, Jeff and Becca and many others? Cindi(Renegade) please check in and let us know if you had to evacuate last night?

I'm fine! I had to drive through the fire on both side of the freeway last night to get home. The hill that was burning, is isolated from the other hills, so the fire department just protected homes on the other side. They let the rest of the hill burn. The mountain range behind my house is burning in several places. As long as it doesn't get to Crestline, and blow down the hill, our area will be fine. Same thing with the Devore fires. As long as the wind doesn't change, we will be fine.

[treetopovskaya]

i'm okay. we're in costa mesa... next door neighbors to irvine. so we're just getting the smoke & some ash. it was pretty scary sunday night... the wind was insane & i felt like packing up & getting the heck outta here. my hubby works in irvine... the fire was across the street from his office... pretty scary. }:C\ my thoughts & prayers go out to all those people who lost their homes... thank god indyjoe & her family are safe! }:C))

i firefighters!!

[Shadowsong]

Ok. safe in the concrete jungle
but got MAlibu fires to East
& Santa Clarita North

Air isn't that good
but I guess unless all the fireman desert us I'm safe

Still I;m getting together a bag of important things & a blanlet to thriw in the benz & get the hell out

She;ll do 150 mph
No one will catch us./...

[Marzdog]

I am on the border of where Portola Hills and Mission Viejo meet, and roughly one mile away from this fire. This was the view from my house this afternoon at 515pm:



Oakley's headquarters were right across the street from one side of the fire from noon until 4pm today. The firefighters have been running back and forth and doing a great job for us.

Kudos to our Assemblyman Todd Spitzer for standing up for Orange County. He was VERY outspoken today on a number of issues! I have no doubts that we will remember his efforts come election time.

[Shadowsong]

One mile is too close
I know a chap in Acton
Top of a mountain
1 mile away from fire
He's got horses
Just too close for comfort

I don't even have fire 30 miles away
but they can travel 20 + miles an hour if unchecked...

Keeping everyone in my thoughts

[Rockindeano]

Hell on Earth.

If I was a terrorist, I would use fire as a tool..I hope they don't get this idea.

Love to all,

Dean, Lula, and Wyatt

[Shadowsong]

Hell is not a place
Its a oportunistic entity
Living amongst us
& within us
preying on the fears & doubts of humanity.

I agree
looks like Hades
& some of those fires were set by the hands of man.

Man so absolved of love that they allow themselves to be the pawns of evil.


Stupid flea brains!
Hope they get an eternal itch that can never be scratched!

[stevew2]

[quote="Rockindeano"]Hell on Earth.

If I was a terrorist, I would use fire as a tool..I hope they don't get this idea.

Love to all,

Dean, Lula, and Wyatt[/quote]
Some of those fires were arson,I was thinkin the same thing . Be safe,take care buddy

[ohsherrie]

It's great to hear from all of you. Especially you Dean. Stay safe everyone.

Marzdog - That pic looks eerily like the view from my deck a couple years ago when the mountain behind my house was burning. That was scary enough and it was only one fire on one mountain.

[johnroxx]

Just checking in...here in Oceanside (northern San Diego County), the air is still heavy with the smell of smoke, however we have a blue sky directly overhead, a nice change since yesterday, when it looked like it was 6:00 PM all day long.

BUT... we can now see increased smoke to the north over Camp Pendleton, where a "back fire" set on the base last night got out of control and jumped the I-5, resulting in the closure of both the north and south lanes in the area of the base. Southbound lanes now open; still closed to the north, with traffic being diverted off onto the eastbound 76...a major traffic mess in progress,.

Things seem to be looking up, but this isn't over yet.

;^)

[stevew2]

It must be hell ,Ive been watchig it on MSNBC ,you could hear the artillery going off at Camp Pendellton. Hang in there

[Indyjoe]

Just checking in...here in Oceanside (northern San Diego County), the air is still heavy with the smell of smoke, however we have a blue sky directly overhead, a nice change since yesterday, when it looked like it was 6:00 PM all day long.

BUT... we can now see increased smoke to the north over Camp Pendleton, where a "back fire" set on the base last night got out of control and jumped the I-5, resulting in the closure of both the north and south lanes in the area of the base. Southbound lanes now open; still closed to the north, with traffic being diverted off onto the eastbound 76...a major traffic mess in progress,.

Things seem to be looking up, but this isn't over yet.

;^)

That's great that you now have some blue sky! The sky here is still brown although the smoke isn't quite as bad as a couple days ago - not down to the ground like it was, but today it has been raining ash - really nasty. We didn't have all the ash when the smoke was at it's worst.

~Wendy

[RedWingFan]

Anyone out there, do us all a favor if you see this going on shoot them on sight. Unbelievable.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/breakin ... mente.html

[TRAGChick]

I heard that "New York's Finest & Bravest" are going out to California today to give you guys help, relief, and support.

BRAVO!!

[Playitloudforme]

I heard that "New York's Finest & Bravest" are going out to California today to give you guys help, relief, and support.

BRAVO!!

We are honored to have them. Cool.

I'm fairly 'away' from the fires, but I still ended up with ash on my car this morning. NASTY. So much for biking to work today or tomorrow.

[Indyjoe]

I heard that "New York's Finest & Bravest" are going out to California today to give you guys help, relief, and support.

BRAVO!!

That is AWESOME!!

~Wendy

[ohsherrie]

I heard that "New York's Finest & Bravest" are going out to California today to give you guys help, relief, and support.

BRAVO!!

It was on the news here yesterday that our(Virginia's) firefighters were asking to go but the forest service vetoed it. They said that due to the drought it was possible that we could be in the same situation at any time. Of course we don't have the winds or the density of population, but they meant that the conditions condusive to fire here were much too great to send our firefighters away.

[chynablue]

Hey folks...thanks for all the well wishes regarding the fires. I just got back from the U.K., and I didn't know the fires were going on until I saw them on the BBC. Our fires here made front page news over in England for most of the week, which amazed me. The fire was nowhere near our house, but my wife says the sky was grey and smelled like ash here for days.

Ironically, I missed all of this because I was at "Fire"fest. Wow, I didn't realize the unfortunate word play until now! Some quick clips
here.

[Indyjoe]

Hey folks...thanks for all the well wishes regarding the fires. I just got back from the U.K., and I didn't know the fires were going on until I saw them on the BBC. Our fires here made front page news over in England for most of the week, which amazed me. The fire was nowhere near our house, but my wife says the sky was grey and smelled like ash here for days.

Ironically, I missed all of this because I was at "Fire"fest. Wow, I didn't realize the unfortunate word play until now! Some quick clips
here.

Thanks for the clips!! Great to see you made it back home safely and that your place is fine!

BTW - It was nice meeting you at Paladinos - my husband and I were sitting with the group - Debbie, Deb...

~Wendy