Southern California Firestorms

[fan_since79]

The fire in the Sepulveda Pass is very dangerous. There's an impressive effort to knock it down before the winds kick up later today.

 

[Tank]

2 hours ago, LHalo said:

Bel Air is now on fire. This is going to be expensive. 

The 405 is shutdown between the 101 and the 10. Talk about a traffic nightmare. Benedict Canyon and Laurel Canyon are going to get slammed. 

threatening the getty center the and skirball museum. irreplaceable things there and some incredibly rugged terrain to navigate. at least the winds have been calm enough to allow effective water drops.

[m0nkey]

 

[fan_since79]

Things are ramping up in Ventura. Firefighters are mounting a major assault from the air on the fire before it takes off into the Los Padres National Forest. 3000-gallon drops of retardant on the fire line, in an effort to contain this monster.

 

[Redondo]

 

200,000 Californians flee homes as wind whips wildfires closer to LA

Winds on Thursday topped 50 mph in some areas, and keeping residents across the region wary as people have been forced from their homes and nearly 200 homes and buildings have been destroyed.

 

 

[Redondo]

[OCAngelsNotLAA]

2 hours ago, Redondo said:

They probably left the camper there on purpose.  Collect the insurance money and get a brand new one.  

[Angel Oracle]

Does anyone still like these @#$$%&$%&* devil winds?     Might as well be tornados or Cat 1 hurricanes.

Destroy property, create health hazards with air quality through the fires, and spread disease.

[gotbeer]

Being in Vegas right now. It's surprising how little coverage is getting. Local stations of course aren't covering it at all. But whenever I turned into the national stations all they talked about was politics 

Just got a notification that there is a fire in Huntington beach

[fan_since79]

7 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Being in Vegas right now. It's surprising how little coverage is getting. Local stations of course aren't covering it at all. But whenever I turned into the national stations all they talked about was politics 

Just got a notification that there is a fire in Huntington beach

The winds are pretty fierce. This one looks dangerous. Vicinity of Beach Blvd and Adams Avenue.

https://twitter.com/_brookiemonster/status/938833419072454656/video/1

 

Edited December 7, 2017 by fan_since79

[gotbeer]

So what are my chances of flying in tonight to lax? Any news on them canceling flights? 

[fan_since79]

21 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

So what are my chances of flying in tonight to lax? Any news on them canceling flights? 

No plans by any airlines there to cancel or delay flights today.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

Wow thanks for the update about the HB fire.  That's a little over a mile from my house and while it may not be anything major obviously with those winds embers could get pushed to surrounding neighborhoods.  I called my neighbor just to have her give me an update if she hears anything.  Found an article online that says it's a small vegetation fire and they're evacuating some homeless people in the area which unfortunately leads me to believe that one of them probably started it on accident..  

They said this morning on the radio that despite the multiple fires going on that were all 5-10% contained luckily there hadn't been any lives lost.  Hope that trend continues.  

[Tank]

i hope the evil SOBs who started all these fires are caught and locked away in a very dark, deep hold in gitmo.

[fan_since79]

Title of thread updated to reflect the current reality.

The San Diego County fire is the latest. No end in sight to this disaster, it seems.

 

 

[fan_since79]

The so-called "Lilac" Fire in San Diego county is moving west at a fast pace and may go all the way to the ocean.

A family I know had to get out of there in a hurry. They're safe, but may not have a house to return to.

Edited December 8, 2017 by fan_since79

[gotbeer]

24 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

Title of thread updated to reflect the current reality.

The San Diego County fire is the latest. No end in sight to this disaster, it seems.

 

 

I'm hearing that some of San Luis Rey Downs in San Diego burned down.  That is a big training center for Thoroughbred Horses, and by the sounds of it, some died.  They haven't said which horses yet, but we are talking possibly some 6 to even 7 digit horses.  

http://www.drf.com/news/horses-killed-barns-destroyed-fire-sweeps-through-san-luis-rey-downs

[Angel Oracle]

On another front, why hasn’t the bark beetle been eradicated?

It’s contributed to countless trees dying, and adding fuel to the fires.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

On 12/7/2017 at 10:51 AM, gotbeer said:

Being in Vegas right now. It's surprising how little coverage is getting. Local stations of course aren't covering it at all. But whenever I turned into the national stations all they talked about was politics 

Just got a notification that there is a fire in Huntington beach

Not sure what station you were watching, but the local NBC affiliate had quite a bit of coverage of the fires.

[gotbeer]

this is pretty intense.

https://scontent-ort2-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t42.1790-29/10000000_512538735805587_2529209002554818560_n.mp4?efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6InNkIn0%3D&oh=ee2221f5ce80be5ed2ed99ae56a3414d&oe=5A2C41FA

[Tank]

Ventura fire now at 174,000 acres with some 600 bldgs burned.

hard to wrap my mind around this.

[Redondo]

 

Southern California's deadly and most destrcutive wildfires exploded in size on Sunday, taking the total number of residents forced to flee to more than 200,000 - including some of Hollywood's biggest names.

 

[Tank]

the ventura fire is now over 230,000 acres. unbelieveable.

[ten ocho recon scout]

Had just read that the fires grew yesterday. I thought the wind died down a bit?

Was on a fire at work this morning. Weird seeing all our guys in their backup engines, all the "real" ones are up north.

[Tank]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Had just read that the fires grew yesterday. I thought the wind died down a bit?

Was on a fire at work this morning. Weird seeing all our guys in their backup engines, all the "real" ones are up north.

the winds definitely have died down. i think maybe they're just letting it burn in some areas because the area is difficult to access and there aren't any structures being threatened. also helps to clear out some of the old growth that just serves as fuel.

but i could be wrong.