California Wild Fires

[ORIGLS6]

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Beautiful animal. I'd be packed and gone! (easy for me to say.)

I heard from my cousin in Rancho Palos Verdes this morning. He said they're fairly comfortable at present, but do have a lot of smoke and ash falling around them. Bad situation.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Yikes, after just watching extensive coverage on these fires, my heart goes out to all the residents of the effected areas. There was a news reporter standing at the scene of his home of 20 years burning to the ground. They also showed several garages of "classic" cars, one having just been completed a few days ago, all burnt to a crisp. I did notice that some vehicles left out away from the house were spared.
Don't wait, get out now.


One newsman covered the history of the area known as Malibu and said that's where Chevrolet got the name.
I did not know that.

[Norm reynolds]

My mom live in carsbad in san diego. conuty and was foced to leave yesterday told her last night if her home makes it to sell that sucker and move back east last spring almost lost it in a mud slide and last year was the same thing with the fires it's only a mater of time if not allready
that house will be gone if it was me I would be gone
I will take a little snow and the cold have been in my house over 30 years and NEVER had to deal with stuff like this

[Norm reynolds]

any one know how Carsbad made out as with the firestorm

[NCGuy68]

I'am thinking that Mark has enough sense to get himself and the dogs outta there if push comes to shove ....at least I hope so.

Anyone know if his Dale Earnhardt Intimidator Camaro is in the danger zone?

[ORIGLS6]

I'm with you Norm. My cousin grew up here in central Illinois but moved to LA in the early 70s. His home AND GARAGE are built on steel piling due to the severe land conditions,.................... MUD SLIDE AREA!

He lived a little more inland until about fifteen years ago when he bought this place. Since then they've tripled the size of the house and built a nice big garage. Great view overlooking Catalina Island but I keep thinking they're gonna get a much closer look at it one of these days.

Not for me. I'll stay right here and take my chances with tornadoes!

[musclcar]

carlsbad is clear of the fire danger but the fire in rancho bernardo is making headway towards the pacific ocean and already threatening rancho santa fe .also really getting hit hard now is the residents of bigbear in the communities of arrowhead , green valley and running springs

this afternoon they showed the remains of a house in the running springs area of big bear and it was totally destroyed .what was sad was the news reporter and camera man showing the burnt out remains of a fully restored 57 ford thunderbird

we're really struggling here in socal with these fires as there is just not enough resources to help fight all the wildfires .and there just isn't enough aircraft to help but we're getting help from the military with water dropping C-130's that can deploy 3000 gallons of water .what is really cool to watch is the DC-10 aircraft as it get's down to almost tree-top level and deploys over a mile long of foscheck chemical .right now the local news channel that has been covering the fires non-stop since sunday is saying that the fires in big bear and in the socal area of irvine /santiago canyon are getting really nasty with the fires regaining intensity and threatening homes

[Norm reynolds]

Here in Philly we do not get that much snow I have 4 -4x4 jeeps and a nice snow blower My Mom keeps telling me she has a nice view of the ocean I keep telling her to move and I will get a big picture to hag on the wall of the ocean this past spring she spent over 700.000 to shure up her house because of the mud slides and last fall she had the same problem with the wild fires TO me IT just not worth the Hasel Just told her tonight to sell that sucker and get the hell out of dodge and I did not even in to all the earth qwakes she gets As for me I am staying right here never had any problems in 30 years there is enough problem's in life with out worring about if I might lose my house

[Norm reynolds]

Thanks musclcar I just call my mom and relayed the infor she left last night and started to drive up to northern Cal and is now at a motel she is 79 and way to old for this mess
Thanks for the update

[Late BrakeU2]

Hi Guys,
Made it through this one, fire got to within a couple hundred yards but those air crews did an amazing job-saved dozens of homes in my area.

All animals accounted for,still no power or phone since sunday morn but at least I have a home which unfortunately some people down the hill from me can't say.

Chad-you know where I keep the hot rods at,it's the earthquakes that will get you there!