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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 7:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Those fires are terrible. Thinking of you.

Beekindpleez
Member

07-18-2006

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 8:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
All is well here this morning. They actually sent up some air support! I'm so proud of them!!

Still under Red Flag, but I just can't tell you how happy I am that they fought hard over night and made such great progress.

Hopefully, no more will kick up today.

Thanks so much for the good thoughts, guys.

Scooterrific
Member

07-08-2005

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Glad you're safe Bee...we are too :-) In neighboring Yorba Linda.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 8:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks for letting us know the great news!

Beekindpleez
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07-18-2006

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beekindpleez a private message Print Post    
Yay for safeness, Scoot!
Do you have wind warnings thru 10am tomorrow, too?

Ugh!
Not very Thanksgiving-y, is it?

Scooterrific
Member

07-08-2005

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Scooterrific a private message Print Post    
Yes we are Bee...I thought I heard 3, but I was listening to the news on in the living room while in my bathroom with Sponge Bob coming from my kid's room...so I could have misheard. And no not very Thanksgiving-y at all. We are going out to Murrietta tomorrow...uugghh!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
It was hotter than heck all over today.. Fountain Valley, Newport Beach, Irvine, Orange, Anaheim and all points between..

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 7:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I hate posting to this thread.

We've been under a heavy cloud of smoke all afternoon/evening from fires that are going on all around us. West side of Lancaster (probably more Quartz Hill than Lancaster,) up near Santa Clarita, Leona Valley, and a couple going on in Tehachapi that started yesterday and the night before. It's pretty nasty out and we're just getting the smoke (quite a bit of wind) and a lot of ash here.

I'm wondering about Weinermr, I think the one near Santa Clarita is a lot closer to him than to us. I haven't heard if anyone is being evacuated or how big these fires are or if they're anywhere near containment yet.

Jmm
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08-16-2002

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
War, I saw Weinermr posting today and he didn't say anything about it.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, July 29, 2010 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Jmm. Hope it was later this afternoon that he was posting and he wasn't effected. We noticed the sky darkening around, hmmm...4:30 or 5? I know it wasn't much later than that.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 2:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Hi War, I hope they put those fires out soon and that you and everyone else are safe and well.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 7:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
Aggressive attack on tap for L.A. County blaze

Tehachapi's fire is 44% contained (at the time of this article.) The other one hasn't been contained at all yet. We're not getting as much smoke as yesterday with the Tehachapi one somewhat contained, but it's still pretty bad coming from Leona Valley.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
My thoughts are with you all! Be safe.

Jmm
Moderator

08-16-2002

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jmm a private message Print Post    
War, It was 4:34 board time in the Top Chef DC thread.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, July 30, 2010 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I don't know how much progress they made today, but during Kota's practice, we watched the planes going back and forth for water drops. By about 5pm, the air was pretty clear compared to how it had been. I hope that's good news and the fire dept is getting the upper hand on the fires.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2010 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
The good thing about where Weinermr lives is that it was a community designed intelligently in terms of these fires.

Of course if the smoke is coming their way, they still have to evacuate and nothing is 100%.. hope they are ok.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 04, 2010 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I don't know how much damage the fire ended up causing, but they did a good job getting it out. Sunday when we headed to Palmdale there were still a couple spots burning. We watched the water dropping planes for a couple days, they went pretty much nonstop the whole time they could.

When I took the kids to the dr on Monday, we could see just how much of the mountains had burned. I knew it had been big, but was still shocked by how far it went.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 10:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
:-( It isn't a wildfire, but a horrific fire in San Bruno just south of San Francisco. (It is between SF and SF airport which is in the city of South San Francisco.) PG&E has taken responsibility for a natural gas leak. So far 3 are reported dead, many injured, and 53 homes destroyed. It happened at dinnertime. It is now 50% contained.

It is aaaaawful. Some thought a jet had crashed and exploded.

Thoughts and prayers to all who are affected by this.

Landileigh
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07-28-2002

Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
my husband's boss for the last couple of years is also the mayor of san bruno, jim ruane. he also owns Ruane Plastering where my husband works. he's been all over the news. i know his family lives there, and many other people that my husband has worked with. He is visibly shaken over the news and until we know more details this is like Loma Prieta or the Oakland Hills all over again.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Thursday, September 09, 2010 - 10:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
ABC news has also said that a water main broke and for a while at the beginning they had no water, they have had to bring it in. Said it took 30 minute to get water to start fighting it. Some reported smelling gas before it happened, pg&e says they heard it on news reports, can't confirm if people called to report it. And schools in the area? city? will be closed tomorrow. Horrible.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 3:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
OH it's awful!!! I hope people were able to get out in time!

Karuuna
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08-30-2000

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
That's a tremendous amount of damage for an explosion. I"m so sorry for those who lost a loved one or their home.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Landi, I read in another thread that all with your husband's company are safe, thank God. So very sorry to hear two of them lost their homes. :-(

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 9:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Horrific! ((llandi))

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Apparently as horrible as it was, the reports last night were including ANY damage, such as loss of some shingles, so the numbers have been greatly reduced. But the houses that were involved.. terrible losses and of course the deaths are tragic.

and as my brother said to me .. undoubtedly many areas with neglected infrastructure could be in jeopardy for evens such as this..

The pics last night were just horrible.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 12:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
38 houses were completely destroyed, seven more seriously damaged. If anything, in the light of day it looks worse than it did last night.

So scary that it could happen anywhere. It wasn't even a run down area.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Friday, September 10, 2010 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I agree.. it really could happen anywhere.

Happymom
Member

01-20-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Yesterday, I heard on a 24 hour news radio station out of San Francisco an expert talking about how it is not common for this to happen. That was comforting to me to hear. He said it does happen but that only about 5 people a year die from it. He also said we'll most likely hear political figures talking about it.

Kitt
Member

09-06-2000

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 10:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
It seems (or at least the grapevine is saying) that this might be more a case of a bad repair. Shocking to see everything go up so quickly.

Before:
before

After:
after

the blast site is to the left, almost off the screen.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
The San Francisco Giants announced that they are donating $3 from every ticket sold for Tuesday's home game against the Dodgers to the City of San Bruno Glenview Fire Victims Fund, and they will also collect donations from fans attending the game.