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Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:31 am

My deepest condolences to anyone who has lost property and more. So far no deaths are reported, let's hope it stays that way. Today the wind seems calmer.

When fierce dry winds push the flames, there is little hope for homes in the path, even stucco houses with cement tile roofs. The wind drives embers into crevices and through attic vents. Unless someone is there to chase down spot fires, the building will soon be engulfed.

I live in a spot that usually remains calm during Santa Ana wind events. However, I know how crazy it gets in the wind prone areas in and around canyons and passes. These are the places where we have seen multiple house fires.

One of yesterday's fires started in Corona, not far from Wolfsburg West. It quickly grew into a monster that has spread in four directions, and has burned down a lot of homes and apartments. It is close enough that I can see firefighting airplanes. Wow, it is quite a sight to see a DC-10 jumbo jet maneuvering low over the hills as it prepares to drop a huge load of phoscheck. Last night I could sometimes see a bright orange light glowing on the underside of the smoke clouds. At 10:30 PM all was dark and I went to bed. But when I was up at 2:30AM, the orange glow had returned. The wind had picked up somewhat. I took this photo yesterday from my front yard. Today it is much more hazy, the smoke cloud rises straight up, and I'm inside with the HEPA filter.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:07 pm

I'm about 3-4 miles north of where the fires are right now.

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fire-map-orange-2191967-county-perimeter

Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:20 pm

Can`t breath for shit outside... This reminds me of the LA riots we had when the whole town was burning.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:24 pm

Where is your bus Carlos??

Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:30 pm

Russ Wolfe wrote: Where is your bus Carlos??

Its in its home with climate control, video security and away from any possible harm. Ill go check on it later on.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:31 pm

The DC-10 flew right over my house a few minutes ago. Cool. I could see the the bay doors in the belly. He was flying circles around the smoke plume.

I heard they canceled the first inaugural Pasadena Marathon this morning due to air pollution. That's not far from Highland Park. I praise my HEPA filter. Boo, wildfires. Stay safe everyone.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:00 pm

Hope everyone is ok. XOXOXOX

Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:33 pm

twinwindows wrote: This reminds me of the LA riots we had when the whole town was burning.

Why? You getting a new flat panel TV today too?

Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:43 pm

ya i had to help my boyfriend and his brother evacuate and when we were loading up his truck, we couldnt breathe for shit. when we were leaving down Weird Canyon road the side of the road was on fire, which was like 8feet away from us. we could see the Weird canyon on ramp on fire and the bridge to la palma on fire and the houses/apt on fire off serrano too.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:04 pm

coad wrote: twinwindows wrote: This reminds me of the LA riots we had when the whole town was burning.

Why? You getting a new flat panel TV today too?

O' Coad, you so funny.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:22 pm

Just saw this on LA times.com. Is that an oval?

Sad:

Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:13 pm

judging by the turn signals, shape of the windshield, and that oval shaped rear window, yeah, it's an oval.

Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:16 pm

Im in sacramento have not even smelt or seen smoke yet
that sucks

Sun Nov 16, 2008 9:16 pm

Seb67 wrote: Just saw this on LA times.com.

Sad:

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:15 am

Could be a split too.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 6:25 am

I took this pic last year during the CA wildfires. This is out the windshield of a Hawker 800 bizjet at 24,000 feet. Those arent clouds, either...its all smoke...

Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:21 am

This sucks. I personaly know 4 families that had to evacuate their homes. A couple people at work too. As long as the winds stay calm we should be ok.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:50 am

Im not liking it at all..but then again who does. Im keeping a close watch on it. I just hope everyone is ok.

Plus ill be down there next week an i hope its all better by then.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:56 am

KrAzY-BaJa wrote: Im in sacramento have not even smelt or seen smoke yet
that sucks

Crazy. I smelled some nice BBQ that was going down in King City and I'm not even the 400 miles away from the nearest fires that you are.

Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:05 pm

I haven't seen or smelled any signs of it here either.

I am happy to see that the threat to Hamburger Brad is much lower today.