SoCal Fires! WOW!
glad to hear everyone in SD is doing fine and made it through.
business as usual here in temecula.. playing it all by ear with the fallbrook fire nearby..
be safe everyone
business as usual here in temecula.. playing it all by ear with the fallbrook fire nearby..
be safe everyone
Originally Posted by aHero4Eternity
since classes were canceled, i decided to go home (LA).
Originally Posted by HYBRID ITR43
Hey everyone,
My home in RB is still standing I think, maybe some smoke damage. Monday morning I was woke up to the police cruiser telling us to get the f@CK out RIGHT NOW!!!! We had less than 5 mins to get out. As I opened the door plumes of thick smoke were blowing accross the lawns and the sky was bright red and it was loud, full of rumbles. My roomies and I grabbed our files, some clothes and bailed out. We litterally had to dodge fire's on the side of the streets in order to get out. **** was intense. Fire was only 30 yards away from our front door.
We fled to my parents house in Scripps Ranch where later in the day we had to evacuate there as well. We ended up in Mira Mesa at a friends house until this afternoon when SR was opened back up. I am at the parents house still, since our neighborhood in RB is still closed off. Not sure when it will open up, hopefully tomorrow.
Glad to hear that everyone is safe. Good luck to thoes who are still in a state of evacuation. Hope we can all get home soon.
My home in RB is still standing I think, maybe some smoke damage. Monday morning I was woke up to the police cruiser telling us to get the f@CK out RIGHT NOW!!!! We had less than 5 mins to get out. As I opened the door plumes of thick smoke were blowing accross the lawns and the sky was bright red and it was loud, full of rumbles. My roomies and I grabbed our files, some clothes and bailed out. We litterally had to dodge fire's on the side of the streets in order to get out. **** was intense. Fire was only 30 yards away from our front door.
We fled to my parents house in Scripps Ranch where later in the day we had to evacuate there as well. We ended up in Mira Mesa at a friends house until this afternoon when SR was opened back up. I am at the parents house still, since our neighborhood in RB is still closed off. Not sure when it will open up, hopefully tomorrow.
Glad to hear that everyone is safe. Good luck to thoes who are still in a state of evacuation. Hope we can all get home soon.
Originally Posted by HYBRID ITR43
My home in RB is still standing I think
I don't know if you guys have seen the map yet or not, but here it is http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0...8ac31fe3357571
I could see the Santiago Canyon fire in the hills last night from where I live in Irvine. The air quality is way worse today...so much ash and smoke blowing around. I'm at work and the entire building reeks. Our SVP sent out an email saying if anyone leaves early due to the smoke smell, it'll count as a vacation day. It's nice to know how much my employer cares about our health...f-ing a$$holes 
My heart goes out to all of those that lost their houses and to all the firefighters helping out.
My heart goes out to all of those that lost their houses and to all the firefighters helping out.
Originally Posted by misSxhuStLer
...if anyone leaves early due to the smoke smell, it'll count as a vacation day...
. What about people who's houses may be in danger, does that count as vacation as well ?
I just go the call that we (Navy personnel) have to return to work tomorrow. We still had 2.5 days off for free. Sometimes it's nice to be a government employee 
Originally Posted by psedog
I don't know if you guys have seen the map yet or not, but here it is http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0...8ac31fe3357571
cot damn....ohh yea this reminds me..eddie could you send me the link for how you made your blackberry theme look like an iphone theme..thanks... but thats alot of stuff in socal
Originally Posted by psedog
Holy crap, what an a$$ . What about people who's houses may be in danger, does that count as vacation as well ?
. What about people who's houses may be in danger, does that count as vacation as well ?
here's some pics i pulled from NASA (LINK)
NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the immense scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned over 335,000 acres in Southern California. The fires have continued to spread due to the fierce, dry Santa Ana winds.
These new NASA satellite images of the wildfires show the area between Los Angeles and San Diego, California. Fire activity is denoted with red pixels. Vast plumes of thick smoke can be seen blowing out over the Pacific Ocean.
The first image was captured by NASA’s Terra satellite at 2:25 p.m. EST on October 23, 2007. The second image was acquired by NASA’s Aqua satellite at 5:40 p.m. EST, just over three hours later.
NASA satellites have obtained new images of the California wildfires, illustrating the immense scale of the blazes. The National Interagency Fire Center reports that 12 large, uncontained fires have burned over 335,000 acres in Southern California. The fires have continued to spread due to the fierce, dry Santa Ana winds.
These new NASA satellite images of the wildfires show the area between Los Angeles and San Diego, California. Fire activity is denoted with red pixels. Vast plumes of thick smoke can be seen blowing out over the Pacific Ocean.
The first image was captured by NASA’s Terra satellite at 2:25 p.m. EST on October 23, 2007. The second image was acquired by NASA’s Aqua satellite at 5:40 p.m. EST, just over three hours later.
I'm really sorry to hear that the fires are affecting you guys, your friends, and your families. Hope everyone is able to come home with their cherished belongings intact.