California burning

[YarisFan007]

Ugh, it sucks to see smoke everywhere you go. For the last 5 days here in Glendale (L.A. county) it has been hot and smoky. I live about 5mins away from the LaCanada and "Station" fire and I'm getting ashes on my Yaris every morning. This morning I could really smell the fire from by bedroom... and at night I had to close my windows at turn on the a/c instead.

"ashes ashes, we all fall down":frown:

[Tamago]

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[TLyttle]

We have the same problem in BC; even Washington State is contributing to our smoke problems. Last number I heard here was in the 500 square kilometers burned, and no containment on some of them. Lots of heat in the forecast, no sign of rain!

[KRAZGRL]

Remember the Santiago fires last year? Yikes! Those were only like 10-15 miles away from where I live/work. I'm seeing the LA ones quite a bit since I'm in El Segundo on the weekends.

I just hope Mount Wilson doesn't burn. :(

[SilverBack]

The mushroom cloud / volcano plume is moving closer to my parts. Good news is that the nearly contained Morris fire should create a natural break. Meantime I just hope it doesn't cook Mt. Wilson. I need my TV :frown:

And as of last night you can see the flames from my driveway with the naked eye. Amazing view

[Slick]

Silly Californian's and your fires :)

[dvlnblkdrs]

silly texans and ur hurriacaines and softball sized hail!!!


heres a pic of the cloud plume from huntington beach

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y193/dvlnblkdrs/firecloud.jpg

[cali yaris]

it's been pretty bad here in the West Valley. Very smoky and tough to get much work done.

[1NZYaris1]

As long as you all stay safe , there won't be a problem .
You understand :biggrin:
Don't play with fire and you won't get burnt :tongue:.

[Slick]

Yeah, hurricanes are a bitch, not doubt about it. Though i live in the country, so being w/o power for 2 weeks just meant that I needed more ice to keep my beer cold :)

I hope everyone stays safe. If your house burns down you can come live with me :)

[1NZYaris1]

Yeah, hurricanes are a bitch, not doubt about it. Though i live in the country, so being w/o power for 2 weeks just meant that I needed more ice to keep my beer cold :)

I hope everyone stays safe. If your house burns down you can come live with me :)

Setting fire to my house now :biggrin:

[Slick]

Hmmm, NZ eh? sounds fun? you can only come over if you have a different accent. Then we could argue that we cant understand eachother. Texas draw meets... whatever the hell NZ has lol

[Altitude]

All that smoke has made its way to Colorado. The sky was uncommonly hazy today and it didn't occur to me why until I saw it on the local news. Same thing happened a couple of years ago when Arizona was on fire.

LA burning seems to be an annual occurrence these days, almost guaranteed. I don't remember it being this common. Are you guys having some sort of major drought or have the Santa Ana's just gotten hotter/drier?

[dvlnblkdrs]

lots of arson..

[SilverBack]

That's my bet too. Though downed powerlines from winds are also notorious. Who knows at this time

LA burning seems to be an annual occurrence these days, almost guaranteed. I don't remember it being this common. Are you guys having some sort of major drought or have the Santa Ana's just gotten hotter/drier?

Fire season is almost year-round now due to global warming. We've haven't had any Santa Ana's yet, but for now it's the heatwave, slight winds, and dry conditions that are causing the fires to explode in the daytime. These warm nights aren't much help either

Rigth now they're saying it's at 105K acres and it's expected to be out in 2 weeks

[supmet]

Here's a crazy timelapse video of the santiago fire

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-322595

[TheRealEnth]

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Silly Bear, fires are for californians

[KRAZGRL]

Here's a crazy timelapse video of the santiago fire

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-322595


Amazing footage. Looks like the view is from West of the 73. I remember driving the 73 home at night and seeing all the hillside lit with orange flames. Not to mention all the ash. I had to stop commuting on my bike since I could barely breathe.

[brotan1x]

My wife asked me if I wanted to move to CA.. I told her we'd have to live in the city cuz I didn't want to deal with all the fires.

She said what fires...

I turned on CNN... 'nuff said?'

Nothing against all you in CA.. I deal with DFW because i have to. Moving to a place with Earthquakes and the Annual Fire.. .. Not my cup-o-tea.


I'll just deal with the 3 months of scorching heat in the summer and the WAY high electric bills.. We also only get one maybe 2 days of snow.. Other than that.. TRAFFIC TRAFFIC TRAFFIC... At least that is predictable

[eTiMaGo]

Earthquakes, wildfires, man-eating sharks, rampant celebrities, small price to pay...

[SilverBack]

You forgot the aftermath of fires in the winter: mudslides. Those are always fun :thumbup:

I don't know bout you guys, but I'm starting to get tired of the news on the fire. Whatever happens, happens. Big deal...

[brotan1x]

its either the fire or something about what is happening in the Middle East .. I'd bet that the folks reporting the news on all the 24hr news networks heads would explode if they stopped talking about the same thing over and over..

[KRAZGRL]

Some crazy pics....

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-0826-morris-fire-pictures,0,2039975.photogallery

http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49011239.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-09/49005533.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-08/48944526.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-08/48986668.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2009-08/48982075.jpg

[YarisFan007]

Earthquakes, Fires, Heavy Rain, Floods, Mudslides, Traffic, Smog, Riots, Drugs, Crime, Paris Hilton... Oh, I LOVE L.A.!!!

It's never a dull day out here. There's always something going on.
: )

...speaking of which, Michael Jackson is buried here in my hometown of Glendale. I just live a few blocks from Forest Lawn. Talk about horrible traffic. The Paparazzi is everywhere here today. Lots of fans though.

[TLyttle]

Then there's the world's noisiest firetruck...

[mo_feezy]

http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/cafires_09_02/c34_20193205.jpg
what car is this?

[KRAZGRL]

^ How sad... but what an interesting picture

[dvlnblkdrs]

not our fault we got pyros here! most of our fires are arson.. as long as u live in an area that isnt tree/brush heavy, usually u wont catch on fire.. and iv lived in cali for 17 yrs and only felt 2 small earthquakes.. i will take fires and earthquakes over hurricaines, tornados and humidity with crazy heat..

[SilverBack]

Is the fire out yet? I wanna try GMR tomorrow