*Hack* Cough* Massive Fire in San Diego County

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-10-26 04:03pm

So, Lonestar gets up this morning bright and early to go topside and get a smoke on the Fantail, like he does every damn morning.

I step outside around 8ish, and lo and behold it looks as if the Gates of Hell have opened up somewhere north of the city. after Polluting my lungs with the smoke of my choice, I walk my happy ass out to my car, to see it pretty well covered with soot and ash. The Radio says they're evacuating everyone and their brother from around Miramar and Ramona. I hope everyone lives.

But most of all, I hope it rains. My car looks like a complete bag of ass.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2003-10-26 04:15pm

Oii, that sucks. Must have looked cool though.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-10-26 04:20pm

Thousands are being evecauated. Two shipmates who live off ship just showed up, saying they were recommended to evacuate. Even inside I can taste the smoke.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-26 04:25pm

Well at least Yellowstone hasn't blown up yet.

My area's just had a fairly big brush fire. Some homes under development burned down. The silliest explanation for this that I've heard is "Islamic terrorists."

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-10-26 04:36pm

Shinova wrote:Well at least Yellowstone hasn't blown up yet.

My area's just had a fairly big brush fire. Some homes under development burned down. The silliest explanation for this that I've heard is "Islamic terrorists."

See, I'm leaning more towards "Some dipshit threw a lit cigeratte out" theory myself.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-26 06:03pm

Update: There are now TWO brush fires in my area. One is fairly big: you can see this mushroom cloud like thing just behind a mountain.

The other is HUGE. Try mushroom-cloud with three times the width and twice the height.

Good thing they're both pretty far away from where I actually am.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-10-26 06:11pm

I'm South East of LA (About 30 min drive), and the whole area has ashes falling from the sky... Got up today, went to get the newspaper, and the car was covered. Air quality is really bad too...

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-10-26 06:26pm

I'm right next door to San Bernadino.. past two days has been an orange/red sky and ashes are falling a la Schindler's List.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2003-10-26 06:27pm

Well, you people keep alert and don't hesitate to evacuate--possibly you should prepare any vehicles you have drivers for by filling them with valuables right now if you are near one of the fires. Fires in that area, as I understand, are not slow-moving like forest-fires at all, but can rapidly approach depending on wind conditions, giving comparatively little time for escape.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-10-26 06:34pm

Fortunately, I'm right here on the waterfront, so in the event of a fire, my ship will probably be told to set sea and anchor detail and float out to the bay or something.

Trytostaydead · Post by **Trytostaydead** » 2003-10-26 06:35pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Well, you people keep alert and don't hesitate to evacuate--possibly you should prepare any vehicles you have drivers for by filling them with valuables right now if you are near one of the fires. Fires in that area, as I understand, are not slow-moving like forest-fires at all, but can rapidly approach depending on wind conditions, giving comparatively little time for escape.

Not that bad.. and I live in the ubran area and the only "nature" we have are big rocks.. those won't catch on fire. But I'm thinking about starting a fire near my administration building where they keep all my records..

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2003-10-27 01:37am

Check out this satellite picture (warning, 2.2 meg, 3300x4400 pixel image)

Southern California

Look at how far the smoke extends to the south. Simply amazing.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-27 01:45am

Holy shit!

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-10-27 01:45am

Nothing like an atom bomb to smoother a forest fire.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-10-27 01:56am

I think this might be a good time to say,

"Proud to be a Californian!"

Though seriously, I didn't think the problem was that bad until that pic.

Jason von Evil · Post by **Jason von Evil** » 2003-10-27 02:54am

Bloody fucking hell, that's alot of smoke.

Anyways, mushroom clouds and ash? Ok, who set off a nuke?

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-10-27 04:37am

The smoke from these damned fires is a ways aways from where I live in South orange county, yet the pool in the backyard was full of ash and black crusties today and the sky was a beautiful shade of grey. reflects my mood perfectly.

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-10-27 04:52am

This is God telling us that we shouldn't have elected "The Terminator" as Governor...

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-10-27 05:07am

No, this is what you get for building homes in hazardous fire areas.

EDIT: like those idiots that like to buy beachside houses overlooking a cliff for a shitload of money, then wonder what the hell happened when the ground underneath falls out and the house goes down the cliff, smashing into a thousand itty pieces. Bwahahahah, Erosion is natures form of vengeance kids.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2003-10-27 11:41am

Lonestar wrote:Fortunately, I'm right here on the waterfront, so in the event of a fire, my ship will probably be told to set sea and anchor detail and float out to the bay or something.

Just get all of your P-250s set-up and ready to start pumping water.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2003-10-27 12:44pm

Howedar wrote:Holy shit!

Ditto

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-10-27 12:59pm

HOLY SHIT! You can't see San Diego through the smoke!

No doubt a lot of lives are being destroyed as we speak.

damn shame.

EmperorChrostas the Cruel · Post by **EmperorChrostas the Cruel** » 2003-10-27 04:10pm

I live in Simi Valley.
Sunday morning, at 4:45 AM while driving to work, Simi looked like Hell, or maybe just Purgatory.
The sky was dark, thick and black, without the usual cheery backlit glow the streelights shining in the background. The air was thick with smoke, yet the valley was well lit with the red light of flame! Like a neon lamp 5 miles long, and 50 feet wide, (The size of the fireline that was VISIBLE, yet less than half of the totalblaze) it wasn't intence, but the aggregate amount of light the fires were putting out was greater than the normal output of the streetlamps, by at least 3 times!
The normal sodium orange hue my city once was, was replaced by a nightmarish bloody red. The city was strange, so very well lit, in such an alien color. Like being transported to a world with a red giant star.
At 8:00, I turned off the outside lights. At 10:45, I turned them back on, as it only got darker that day until I left at 2:00 PM.
Staying indoors for a few hours, the fire had shifted, and I was no longer directly downwind, so we got some fresh air later that day. My bud and me hiked onto a local hill, and observed the flames. Flames shooting into the air for hundreds of feet into the air as it whipped through canyons.

The worst has passed today, burning around the city, and scorching a few houses on the perimeter. As it is driven south Chatsworth and Wood Ranch are now in peril.

Good news for any old movie buffs. (Or Manson Family fans)Both Hopetown and Corriganville Park were saved.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-10-27 07:19pm

Darth Fanboy wrote:No, this is what you get for building homes in hazardous fire areas.

Agreed. I saw the news reports, and the first thing to come to mind was: "again?" It seems that SoCal goes up once every five years. Or just long enough for the people to forget what happened last time.

If anything were to make me move there, I'm building a moat around my house.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-10-27 07:27pm

My sincerest simpathies to all the affected people. I also suffered a lot this Summer, although nothing compared to those who lost their homes or were actually affected by the loss of their crops and trees. The people responsible for this shit deserve no mercy.

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Hack Cough* Massive Fire in San Diego County

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