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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 5:47 pm
I hate to say this, but about an hour ago the winds started back up here enough to make the windows rattle. Nowhere near what we had last week yet. Are you guys starting to get it as well?
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 5:59 pm
ACK, War!! There is some breeze here right now, probably more than most nights at this time, but nothing alarming!
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:08 pm
I can never tell with our weather, I think we are usually windier than most places in So Cal, at least it feels like that! We're gearing up for our traditional first night (Halloween night) of nasty weather which usually includes higher winds and cooler temps.
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Sportsfan
Member
09-03-2007
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:17 pm
WELCOME BACK BEEK!! We were all worried about you! Thank goodness you, your family and your home are all ok.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:19 pm
Per The Weather Channel website, the wind here in FV is 12mph from the West, so normal onshore winds. Your wind SAYS it is 15mph from the SSW so also onshore, but it sounds like your real wind must be higher than that.. Lake Forest is 9mph from the west. Fingers crossed..
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:47 pm
YAH Bee! so glad you are ok Bill doesnt have to go to the ER shelter, all animals were picked up today...which is great news
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:56 pm
Add me to the list of people glad to see Bee's name in the posts again. So glad you made it through safe! Also been keeping you in my thoughts Costa. And glad to hear you are doing better too. {{{{Hugs to all my CA friends}}}}
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 6:59 pm
Bizarre desert weather. Just got back from taking my aunt her dinner. On the way over it was really wind. Coming home there's nothing but a gentle breeze. Hope it stays calm for everyone tonight!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 7:03 pm
So great to hear from you Beekind and know you are alright! Wow, those pictures are something else! I'm so happy your home was saved. That is great news, Pamy! Yay! I pray things stay under control.
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Meme9
Member
07-30-2001
| Monday, October 29, 2007 - 9:19 pm
Yay Bee! Welcome Home! Costacat, we all have our moments, glad it's better for ya.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 7:27 am
We'll be having a couple of days of cooler weather with onshore flow, and then... they are expecting another Santa Ana Friday. Firefighters are staying in the region where they can, with worst winds expected Saturday night. By this weekend, all fires are expected to be contained, but that does not mean they are in control. So keep your fingers crossed that nothing else starts up this weekend. They know the cause of two of the fires here (Rice was a downed power line; Poomacha was a house burning that got out of control but dunno if it was arson or what). They suspect they know the origin of the Witch Creek fire (again, downed power line). Nothing on the Harris fire yet. Bee, be sure you do NOT wet down any of the soot/ash. It's much harder to clean up when wet. Do wear long sleeves, long pants, gloves, and a particulate mask. And do expect that you will be cleaning for months and months and months. Damned soot hangs around for, like, forever! You can get the initial mess cleaned up though, and that will make you feel like you're "back to normal!" Have fun! And finally, in the midst of all this tragedy, I gotta share this with you... Sunday my dad was working on the forklift and dozer, just to be sure everything was "ready in case." He crushed the pinky finger on his right hand, and I got a call from the emergency room what happened. So the ER sends him home with stitches and his ENTIRE ARM in a cast! ENTIRE ARM!!! With instructs to contact his ortho guy because they couldn't tell if the bone had been crushed. So daddy goes to ortho guy yesterday. Walks in with a full arm cast (well, we joke it was a full body cast) and walks out with... Wait for it. Wait... A frickin' regular sized Band Aid on his little finger. A Band Aid!!!! I'm still LMAO at that! (And I guess you would rather have the ER err on the side of too much caution than not enuf, yes? Still... LMAO. And my father is NEVER gonna live this down with his ortho guy. Ever!)
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 9:12 am
Sorry you're dad got hurt, Costa, but that is funny about the whole cast, lol!
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 9:48 am
Oh, Costa...love the Band Aid story! So glad your dad is allright. That is so funny. We have begun clean up. It's not too bad, really. All things considered, I can deal with this. Last night I crashed and burned! I had done a ton of laundry, cleaned the living room/kitchen/dining room and was so enjoying being HOME, just the physical being here, and took a soak and fell asleep in the bath. LOL Crawled out of the tub and into bed and slept a sound night's sleep for the first time in a week. There is no place like home. I have a new appreciation for all the little things I paid no attention to before this happened. And this: We have a grand daughter who is four years old. Her mother has been out of our lives for two years and we have not seen or heard from her for all that time. Last night I received an e-mail from her because she had heard about the fires. She included a wonderful picture of our little grand child and we have made plans to get together in a few weeks. Out of the bad often comes good. You never know what a day will bring. Yesterday brought my grand daughter. AND my home!
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 11:01 am
Bee, what a poignant story! Talk about miracles rising from the ashes... Costa, that's downright hilarious!!! ETA- But I'm sorry your dad has a booboo. (If it's in a bandaid it can't be so bad. Right?)
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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 2:27 pm
What great stories to read. Costa you had me worried about your dad there for a bit then had to LOL at the bandaide story. Sorry he had to have stitches and glad it was not worse. Fingers are crossed for a safe weekend without any more fires starting up. Bee what a wonderful blessing to come out of this. Sometimes it takes something close to home to hit before family realize how important they are to us. Happy that you heard for your grand daughter's mother. There is no place like home.
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Kstme
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 2:46 pm
Both Bee and Costa, so are great stories. Costa, your poor Dad...still chuckling. Bee, I hope she keeps your granddaughter in your lives. That's such wonderful news!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 4:00 pm
Wow, what amazing stories! I was thinking about good coming out of bad, too.. for instance, while worrying about Bruce and Caroline, I googled and actually found an email addy for them and it actually worked.. now if I'm smart I'll try to get together with them when things die down. They are such great people. I have three of Bruce's acrylics of the canyons and he did a drawing of me that I have somewhere (it was for my dad and I got it back after my parents died). Costa.. I hope there is a picture of your dad with that cast!! I agree, better to err on the conservative side, but WOW! I bet his ortho guy about split a gut! And I'm still strongly hoping that the fires are beaten way back before those winds even think of coming this weekend! Bee, that is a wonderful story! I'm so happy for you getting this amazing gift, not to mention the soak in the tub and such a great sleep! So happy you are home!
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Tuesday, October 30, 2007 - 11:28 pm
Awesome stories Bee and Costa!!! I bet the ortho guy was thinking the ER had a bunch of doofus's working. LOL I'm praying nothing starts up again.
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Tanzanite
Member
06-28-2005
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 1:43 am
Well the news is all so good, it seems worthy of a celebration which I was about to entertain thoughts on, when I heard a news report from somewhere out that way, announcing an earthquake. So, I'm filled with wonder at how you all got thru the fires and now I'm hoping everyone made it through the earthquake with no damage. Thanks for the fun story Costa and thanks for checking in and giving an update Bee. Oh, but if we could be as assurred as the animals, huh? LOL I'm happy for all my ((((((CA.))))))) friends.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 10:09 am
OK, things seem to be looking pretty good. I just did a bit of a run down on these fires. Poomacha fire - located on the La Jolla Indian Reservation - is 70% contained. It has joined with the Witchland fire, which is 99% contained. Santiago fire - is 90% contained. Ranch fire - last reported 23 hours ago, as 97% contained. Harris fire - is 100% contained. All other fires are considered 100% contained. Lets remember, as someone above stated, containment does not mean these fires are CONTROLLED or OUT. They are still dangerous and still have the ability to escape the containment, if conditions are favorable. Higher winds are expected this weekend and that increases the danger. But the hope is that the firefighters will have pushed the fires back sufficiently to keep them contained. Meantime, I hope the air quality is improving for everyone and that none of you suffered extensive problems from breathing that stuff in for so long. Tanzanite, that earthquake occurred a bit south of San Francisco Bay and a bit east of San Jose. That area is mostly considered to be Northern California. The Quake didn't seem to do much damage. Just shook some buildings and furniture. No destruction. It was a 5.6 so that was not real severe. Of course, that depends on where a 5.6 happens, too.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 31, 2007 - 4:45 pm
Tanz, the quake was 500 miles away (approx), so wasn't even felt down here. But certainly EQ is possible in any and all of the fire areas...
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 6:17 am
All fires here except for the Poomacha fire are 100% contained. There are still evacuations up in Palomar and there is still some concern since it's burning in woodlands that haven't burned for 100 years or somesuch. Full control of all other fires isn't expected until next week. The forecast Santa Ana isn't expected to be as strong as the one that started all this -- winds to around 30 mph here. We've got a "fire advisory" rather than a "red flag warning". Basically, it means don't be an idiot cause conditions can still get out of control, but it's unlikely that downed power lines will start anything. Fingers staying crossed. The company for whom I work is based in the Bay Area (Palo Alto). About 15 minutes after the quake hit up there (and yeah, it's way too far for me to have noticed it!), I got a beep on my Blackberry. Our IT folks sent out an email saying that although the quake did some shaking and rattling, all systems were online in HQ. So now the joke in my group is... which end of California is gonna get it next? We've got me in San Diego, another writer in Thousand Oaks, and the rest strewn about up in the Bay Area. One last update... I saw my dad yesterday. He had a Mickey Mouse bandage on his little finger, but it was there just for me (he peeled it off and had a regular Band Aid underneath). His finger is fine... he wiggles it and all, and no pain. He goes back in 10 days to have the stitches (four) removed. So much ado about nothing and we are still chuckling.
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 9:29 am
Thanks for the update, Costa. Crossing my fingers right along with you for this weekend. Yep, then we just wait for the next disaster in California. ehehe Never a dull moment. California gets it all.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 9:49 am
Gotta love California. Never a dull moment. Costa...so happy your dad is okay. Sounds like he has a great sense of humor. Must be where you got it. lol Yesterday the helicopters were flying over the house ALL day here. I was on the phone with bill companies explaining that the payment might be a day or two late and I didn't want my credit dinged. I was surprised at who was understanding and who didn't care and wanted the payment NOW, no excuses. One of the nation's largest companies that we all shop at was cold as ice and less than understanding and told me where my nearest stores were to get my payment in. Even after explaining that I would have to go thru two checkpoints to get out to do that they still demanded it. If I wanted to make a payment over the phone, I could...for $10. Our fire is much better now and I think we are completely out of danger, though I don't have any containment numbers or anything. We drove the roads yesterday (when I went to make that darn payment) and the destruction was overwhelming to see. Burned out cars sitting in driveways with charred chimneys the only thing left standing of someone's home. The landscape looked like a winter wonderland in some areas where it was nothing but ash. Acrid smell and taste of smoke and ash everywhere. Our clean-up has gone well and we are nearly back to normal. Must have done twenty-five loads of laundry and two feet of mail gone thru.(Christmas catalogs accounted for one foot of it. lol)
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, November 01, 2007 - 11:15 am
Another little discovery: Ash shows all the cobwebs up in the corners we never knew were there.
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