Originally Posted By Dave This was on the LA Times picture blog so all credit goes to their photog. <a href="http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/3709475/1/212610422#212610422" target="_blank">http://www.smugmug.com/gallery /3709475/1/212610422#212610422</a> It was from the Running Spings area of Lake Arrowhead (near the ElderPs...I hope to god it didn't belong to them)
Originally Posted By Elderp Nope, now if you start to see pictures of a lot of Adventureland stuff then I will start to worry.
Originally Posted By alexbook Just wondering: Has anybody heard from Autopia Deb this week? I haven't seen her posting lately. I know there were fires in the Santa Barbara area, but I don't know if they were anywhere near where she lives.
Originally Posted By LuLu AFAIK, there was 1 fire that was pretty far north of Santa Barbara. I don't know exactly where she lives, but the fire appeared to be about 30 miles from SB. I'd love to know if anyone hears from her tho!
Originally Posted By MissCandice Well, I heard that night that my cousin's house was destroyed. It's a roomie/rental so it's not his house but he lost everything but some photos, paperwork, and his snake. Another cousin asked me if I could see the smoke from here. I said um, not from 1000 miles away, no. I know the fires are bad but we still can't see them from Washington.
Originally Posted By DJ7K We get the "Local News" periodical everyday here. And, naturally of course for the past few days they've been covering the fires. Well, I walked outside this afternoon, picked it up. And there he was. The man I read on AT&T/Yahoo's homepage recently, was down to tour the areas the fires had hit. President Bush was on the cover. I can honestly understand why a lot of folks are angry with him for the stuff he's done lately, but looking at this picture and reading the caption, it made me sad, it painted a real picture of what these people just went through. I see this young girl, standing up straight, with one hand over her mouth (you know like after you've been crying?) approaching Bush as he walks up to hug her. The caption, "When he hugged my daughter, I felt like he wasn't doing it as a president, he was doing it as a father who sees a daughter grieving," said the young girl's Mother. The girl is holding a Snowflake Teddy in her left arm. And the govenor is standing behind Bush. Just reading that and seeing the picture, it really puts you in their shoes for a moment. Whether it's a lost loved one, lost home, both. It's almost an indescribable feeling. Hi Kira, where is Esperanza? I'm very glad to see you all made it out of mess safely though. I was picturing your area, based on my memory of visiting my friend and her Mom's mobile home area there, and the first thought that popped into my head was, "yikes! " Glad to hear though the good news about your friends and family out here though too, that the fires only managed to threaten their homes and not their lives, and that they were able to return to find everything still in tact How is everyone in Rancho Bernardo? The place my Dad works at, SeaCrest Village (a Jewish retirement center?) over there had to evacuate. I don't know if it got burned down or not though. >> Well, I heard that night that my cousin's house was destroyed. It's a roomie/rental so it's not his house but he lost everything but some photos, paperwork, and his snake << I'm sorry to hear that, Candice. Thats good though he managed to save some important stuff, especially photos which only possess priceless memories. And of course the survival of a loved pet is always good
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Here's more on the photo I posted the other day of the firefighters in their shelter suits. It turns out it was the first time they ever used them, and they stood in the fire in them for a long time. Unbelievable. <a href="http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2007/10/next_years_pulitzer_photo.php" target="_blank">http://www.laobserved.com/arch ive/2007/10/next_years_pulitzer_photo.php</a>
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=ef5dca17-1d95-489e-81cc-e88366080102" target="_blank">http://video.msn.com/video.asp x?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=ef5dca17-1d95-489e-81cc-e88366080102</a> This link deserves its own spot. It's the NBC video about the photo, and it's very moving. It shows pictures of the firefighters eventually getting out of their shelters, and the radio calls asking for air support that never came.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x DJ7K, the Esperanza fire was near the Hemet/San Jacinto area. It burned a lot of acres (can't remember the exact number) and killed 5 firefighters. It was arson, and they caught the guy, and he's since been sentenced to 5 consecutive life sentences. Kira is my sister's friend...I met her through my sister, before LaughingPlace. My sister, Kira, and my grandma all live in Hemet, and the fire was very close to them. It was scary to see...we're about 125 miles away, and the smoke was horrible.
Originally Posted By Kira Pirate Princess hit the nail on the head about the esperanza fire! =) I found some more information about it on wiki that can be read here... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanza_Fire" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E speranza_Fire</a> It says that the fire was started near cabazon...cabazon is directly on the other side of our "san jacinto" mountain range an the fire burned all over their side of the mountain as well as the hemet/san jacinto side. The smoke here was absolutly horrible for days and I was even evacuated off of my college campus because the fire was so close =S Unfortunatly the captian that lost his life in that fire was a guy that my dad used to work with in the fire dept. and another one of the firefighters was a son of a lady I work with =/ It was a very sad fire. I don't think anything compares to the fires that southern california is going through now as far as damages and losses go. =( I'm glad that everyone here has made it through fairly unscathed! stay safe guys!
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x Wow, Kira..I didn't know that. I think the dinosaur references in DCA are because of the Cabazon dinosaurs.
Originally Posted By LuLu Candice, sorry to hear about your cuz :-( SPP, thanks for the video link! We actually had a touch of rain here this morning. It's quite overcast. I don't know about further south where the fires are still going...
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Candice, sorry to hear about your cuz :-( SPP, thanks for the video link! I'll ditto that. Amazing video.
Originally Posted By avromark I'm sorry about your cousin Miss C, but I'm happy to see so far no other LPer has had as much trouble (not that it makes it better for your cousin). Knock on wood everyone will be safe
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I wouldn't want to be the parent of this kid: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/31/fire.california/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/ 31/fire.california/index.html</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I wouldn't want to be the parent of this kid:>> Me neither. Especially when they start getting sued by fire victims who lost their homes.
