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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 11:24 am
Jeeminy Christmas, I can't imagine. We don't get anything like that here in Indiana, although we do get weird underground peat fires that go on for years and ash bores that destroy our trees. They don't take out homes, though, or people. Hope everyone stays safe.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 12:04 pm
I have to agree with GAL. We don't get nearly anything that bad here in Buffalo so its hard to imagine. Geez, you guys all stay safe out there.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 12:49 pm
You're right, Twinkie. We get blizzards with snow that can strand people where they are, but it melts sooner or later. Must be very scary year after year to worry about wildfires, hurricanes, etc. I wish everyone out there well, and hope the fires are under control quickly.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 12:57 pm
Dove...I'm curious about your link, but it didn't work for me. Just got a "Page not found". If you have another one, could you please post it? Thanks!!
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Rosem4243
Member
06-27-2005
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:10 pm
Wow, that is scary! The smoke looks like billows of clouds that we get in Central Florida with our severe thunderstorms - we don't have smoke below them, though. Please stay safe everyone, and check in here from time to time to let your TVCH friends know you're ok.

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:30 pm
Try starting at.. http://www.socalmountains.org/e107_plugins/forum/forum.php
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:32 pm
We don't get hurricanes much and the tornadoes or waterspouts are pretty laughable compared to the big, honking tornadoes that many states get. But quakes and flood and fire risk.. yeah..
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:35 pm
Thank you, Sea!
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Mindeegap
Member
07-20-2009
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:36 pm
Thank you for leading me here, Bee.
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Laurellee
Member
08-03-2009
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 1:54 pm
I am 5mi. from Oak Glen and Yucaipa fires, smoke is blowing to east but is going thru pass, not crossing freeway to my side. Both fires almost contained. Firefighters worried about chance of rain tonight [20%] fear for lightning strikes. Fires have luckily not gone to apple orchards, and everyone has been allowed back home.
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Laurellee
Member
08-03-2009
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 2:01 pm
Seamonkey I don't know about about you, but as native of this state I would rather live with our natural disasters than tornado's or hurricanes. I lived through major quakes unharmed, and cleaning up after fires that are nowhere near but winds bring it all to you are nothing compared to damages done by those funnels. Its rare for big quake and we ride others out daily in CA.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 2:18 pm
Laurellee, the rain and thunder have begun.
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 4:59 pm
That was a dud. Not enough rain to even cover the sidewalks.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 5:41 pm
Stay safe Laurelee!
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 7:59 pm
I'm glad to hear the fires in Oak Glen and Yucaipa are almost contained. Every October we try to visit Oak Glen and gather up some delicious apples. It would be sad if those orchards were lost. I'm happy to hear people have returned to their homes.
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 8:45 pm
sorry i didn't get that link to you, bee. i just remembered this thread. lol we actually got some rain here in fawnskin, but the other side of big bear got nary a drop. it is strange that way up here.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, September 02, 2009 - 11:23 pm
Rosie, that's pretty much what we had yesterday morning, a couple minutes of very light sprinkling. The smoke got really bad here today and we had more ash falling. Dakota came straight home from school and used her nebulizer and then again this evening. Her coaches cancelled practice (which was good, cuz I wasn't going to take her anyways.) It's terrible for everyone, not just those with breathing problems. Did anyone hear if the E.T. house was ok? I think that was yesterday I saw on the news the fires were right there and the news people were talking about it.
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Dovez
Member
08-27-2005
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 7:51 am
wow...bad bad smoke up here at big bear this morning.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 1:08 pm
I saw the coolest, most touching, sweetest, and saddest thing today. Let me back the story up by saying that a couple of weeks ago Dakota and I were leaving the grocery store and spotted something rather odd. First we saw a helicopter hovering in the air, barely moving, then Dakota pointed out all the flashing lights...there must have been 7-8 firetrucks, search and rescue vehicles and a fire chief car. All with lights, all moving slowly with the helicopter following them, it was only as they got closer that I saw the hearse in front of them. There was no other sign of a funeral procession though and someone later told me that when a firefighter dies, they can have the procession that accompies their body between wherever and the funeral home. And sure enough, that's what it was, there'd been a chief who had died in a motorcylce accident a few days before that. I thought that was very touching. Today, though, sis and I went to Costco and when we were done loading the groceries in the car, she took the baby and put her in her car seat and I pushed the cart to the corral. Our Costco sits right off the freeway and as I glanced up I saw 8 or 9 people standing on the overpass and it really struck me as odd when I realized they were Costco employees (they had the name badges, some in aprons.) When I got in the car, I told sis that I wanted to show her something weird and she said all the people standing on the overpass? Yep, we couldn't figure out why the heck they were out there. As we left and went to turn that way the first thing I noticed was no traffic from the opposite side of the street. And then I saw the firetrucks, quite a few, maybe 9 or 10? and the chief cars. All with lights on, just parked on the side of the overpass and a couple cop cars behind them blocking those lanes of traffic. And then...people, lots and lots of people lining the overpass, big groups, individuals, a lot of them holding flags and signs. And some holding a large banner than said "In Loving Memory..." That was about all I saw since I was driving but we realized that they were waiting for the funeral procession of one of the fire fighters killed this weekend in the Station fire (he was from Palmdale.) I'm guessing the fire trucks were waiting for the procession to come off the freeway so they could join. We had one more stop to make and as we were leaving (about 20 minutes later) we saw the LA County fire helicopter hovering over the overpass by Costco. On the drive back to my aunts house, the radio station was following the procession and talking about all the events being held in the coming days to raise money for their families.
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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 1:24 pm
No worries, Dovez. Very touching story, War.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 1:41 pm
This one is chilling - I can't imagine being these people watching. I almost was, about 5 years ago, but we were very lucky. (from LA Times)

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Beekindpleez
Member
07-18-2006
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 1:57 pm
Oh, man, Bonza. That's pretty much what it looked like for us in 2007. We sat and watched it just like that. So hard. I tear up just looking at that picture. My thoughts are so with those folks.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 3:27 pm
Picture brings tears and that story does as well, War. I'm not a native Californian but totally assimilated.. I don't remember Maryland, DC, etc from my very first few years. I remember Detroit pretty well, especially the hot humid mosquito ridden summers and the cold grey winters. We saw the aftermath of tornadoes in Michigan and also Indiana where most of our relatives lived. I do not want to go through a huge quake but I do love it here.
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Bonzacat
Member
07-08-2003
| Thursday, September 03, 2009 - 3:44 pm
War, a very touching story, indeed. Here is a Ch. 5 video report about the E.T. house (links directly to KTLA.com): http://tinyurl.com/nnrzs4
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, September 04, 2009 - 8:23 am
av press Here's a pic of what sis and I saw yesterday, all the people, fire trucks, and flag. Er, let me correct that a bit. Judging by that picture, people, fire fighters, cops, etc, must have been lined up on several overpasses between Palmdale and Lancaster cuz that one in the pic is about 2 miles from the one we saw. Where we were (on Ave. L) people were lined up on both sides of the street and down both sides of the overpass. Sorry to say, you can't read the article, just see the pic on the front page. The local paper recently changed and now can't read online unless you subscribe to the newspaper.
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