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Heaven45
Member
08-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7:33 pm
My in laws live down the street from Camp Plenty in Canyon Country, that was shown as having houses that burned. They spent the night in a motel and are staying there again tonight. We were in Rancho Bernardo for a wedding on Saturday and I hear there are fires there, too!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7:54 pm
Oh Heaven, that area has been really hard hit.. RB and nearby. I think there have been homes lost there, for sure.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 7:57 pm
Bill is on standby for animal rescue here. ok now gotta figure out how to get 5 pups, RC, 3 big dogs, and 6 cats to behave inside all at once! LOL
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 8:10 pm
Really.. that is a challenge for sure! If only you could teach them all to play poker. I think RC and Dopey would win.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 8:35 pm
LOL!
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:20 pm
It's getting worse out here now. There was a group of firefighters who had to throw the fireproof blanket over themselves as fire flashed over them. They called begging for air support but when none was sent they had to retreat and give up. They are now taking a stand in one area to try to save those homes, but winds are picking up and the ridgeline I see from my house is glowing orange. Big pieces of ash. Major smoke. Many roads closed. We fear we may have to take a stand on our own tonight as all firefighters are in other areas. Scary night, folks.
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Heaven45
Member
08-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:24 pm
Bee, what city are you in? You are in our thoughts in prayers! Little angel smiley to watch over you......
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:27 pm
I'm in the canyon behind the Foothill Ranch fire.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:29 pm
That sounds just too scary for me Beekin. I certainly hope you make it through the night without incident. Then come morning, I would be outa there! ehehe Good luck to you.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:33 pm
Oh! Are you saying you are on the EAST side of the fire and it is burning to the WEST? So it would have to come back over an area already burned before it reached you?
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 9:37 pm
It's west of us and it's burning southeast. It is growing and spreading in many directions.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:14 pm
Beekindpleez, why didn't you evacuate already?
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 10:17 pm
Thank you for clarifying that for me. You are a strong woman and you will make it through this.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:10 pm
Chili...no need yet. If it gets too close, we will. We have our hoses out and we will make a stand to a point. But not so much that we are truly endangered. It's a waiting game at this point. This is a lousy cell phone photo from my front porch. It's the only way I know to get a pic on here.

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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:15 pm
another:

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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:22 pm
one more: The black is basically my front yard (acreage) The fire is on the ridge just beyond. Wish I knew how to do better pics.

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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:45 pm
You all are in my thoughts and prayers as well as all the people in the areas and the brave firefighters. Gosh this is scary. 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 22, 2007 - 11:47 pm
Those pics are clear enough Bee to show how close that is to you. My thoughts and prayers are with you tonight.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:00 am
Sounds like a sleepless night, Beek.. I will be thinking of you and praying that the fire lays down and then that you get your firefighters. I know they sent one company from Malibu to Arrowhead and of course San Diego has full hands. Hope those coming from Oregon can get through and some come out your way. I think they were going to be coming from Arizona, too. New fires keep starting and they were saying that the three fires up toward Heaven may merge and that is truly not a good thing...
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:11 am
Sea...that's what's happening with these. The Foothill, Portola and Modjeska ones are coming together. Every time we think the winds are calming they kick up again. We walked to the top of a nearby slope and it's truly scary to see the line. It's so long. And then big flare ups, particularly in the little valleys. It's raining ash...looks like snow now. We're keeping an eye out for embers. Sea...If you know Cook's Corner, they've got about six guys just hosing it down, keeping it wet. We've soaked our eaves, etc...and the sprinklers are on top of the house. Hoses lined up on all sides for direct water shots. Coffee still brewing, and sandwiches made.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:13 am
Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers. I'm so keyed up I keep forgetting to add my thanks to my posts...but I SO appreciate all good thoughts. And I appreciate having somewhere to talk about it, too. All the local news is off now and even the radio station that comes in clearest has gone to a syndicated show. So being able to talk here a bit helps. I love TVCH. Thank you all!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:37 am
I do know Cook's Corners.. but things were so much simpler when I lived in Modjeska.. NO toll roads, no parkways. We could come in on Chapman to Santiago Canyon road and then around Irvine Lake across the bridge before Silverado (that bridge was washed out one year and for many weeks we were cut off from that route) and on to the Modjeska turnoff, and Cook's Corners was the turnoff for Trabuco, Holy Jim Cyn and Coto de Caza, which was a bit private hunt club at that time. And a dead end. The only other way to get up there was up El Toro Road The last time I went out there was when my ex and his wife were finally being forced to move out of Modjeska (the next door neighbor bought from their landlord so they could double their lot) and I went out to get some stuff from a trunk that he finally admitted held some stuff of mine.. and it was confusing! Too many roads. Too bad there isn't an internet site with the local scanners like they have for Big Bear/Arrowhead.. Then you could hear the fire calls.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:44 am
Oh, how I wish I could hear the calls. Or even a site that kept up with it. I feel quite helpless not really knowing what's happening. I don't want to leave the house at all right now to drive out a bit or hike up a bit to get a better vantage. What I am seeing from about 150 feet up behind myself is a huge orange glow all along the west. So eerie. And, really, it's like a light snow storm with all the ash. Whenever the wind gusts, the orange gets brighter and reddish along the bottom. My eyes are burning from the smoke, too. We're taking turns napping. Sons are sleeping now. DH and I will sleep about 4am. We've got our plans and precautions in order. I remember when Coto was like that. And when those were the only ingress/egress routes. Times have changed. All these homes in danger weren't even built when we moved here.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:49 am
This site will give you a little info but it still doesn't tell you any of the down and dirty details. I hope it helps. Inciweb
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 12:56 am
Thanks Chili. I couldn't find anything on there about our Orange County fire.
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