CA Fires- Los Angeles County

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » August 29th, 2009, 6:29 pm

Yeah, the La Canada fire is getting close to me (Pasadena), as fires go. It's a town away. It's close enough that I can see the plumes of smoke as I drive in the area and someone else was driving this morning and told me they saw flames, as in THE fire. Plus you can smell the smoke outside... not good breathing weather.

It's got a long way to go before getting to me (read: I think they'd get it under control before then), which is good, but there are a lot of potential disasters waiting to happen.

Oh, and the Palos Verdes fire is in a very posh area.

Anyway, you can zoom in on the map and click on the icons and get info about certain areas. If you refresh it periodically, you can see when the Times updates it.

INTERACTIVE MAP

Post by **YmoBeThere** » August 29th, 2009, 7:31 pm

We had mudslides in my old neighborhood(Calabasas/Woodland Hills) and earthquakes, but the fires tended to be to the north and west of us. The number of fires recently just seems too high to me. I used to have to worry about them, after this week no longer.

TillyGalore · Post by **TillyGalore** » August 29th, 2009, 7:33 pm

Just what you need, another freekin' fire. Better stock up on marshmellows, chocolate bars and graham crackers. ;) ;)

OZZIE4DUKE · Post by **OZZIE4DUKE** » August 29th, 2009, 7:34 pm

TillyGalore wrote:Just what you need, another freekin' fire. Better stock up on marshmellows, chocolate bars and graham crackers. ;) ;)

And more smokey smell ... NOT!

Post by **wilson** » August 29th, 2009, 7:35 pm

Sue71 wrote:Yeah, the La Canada fire is getting close to me (Pasadena), as fires go. It's a town away. It's close enough that I can see the plumes of smoke as I drive in the area and someone else was driving this morning and told me they saw flames, as in THE fire. Plus you can smell the smoke outside... not good breathing weather.

It's got a long way to go before getting to me (read: I think they'd get it under control before then), which is good, but there are a lot of potential disasters waiting to happen.

Oh, and the Palos Verdes fire is in a very posh area.

Anyway, you can zoom in on the map and click on the icons and get info about certain areas. If you refresh it periodically, you can see when the Times updates it.

INTERACTIVE MAP

One thing after another. Be especially careful if you should notice any leopards lying with kids.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » August 30th, 2009, 11:37 pm

Communications towers and observatory are probably going to be knocked out tonight.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » August 30th, 2009, 11:51 pm

Mt. Wilson webcam

Post by **wilson** » August 31st, 2009, 12:03 am

Sue71 wrote:Mt. Wilson webcam

What a great mountain.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » August 31st, 2009, 12:04 am

wilson wrote:
Sue71 wrote:Mt. Wilson webcam
What a great mountain.

Normally I'd say yes, but not at the moment.

Post by **wilson** » August 31st, 2009, 12:05 am

Sue71 wrote:
wilson wrote:
Sue71 wrote:Mt. Wilson webcam
What a great mountain.
Normally I'd say yes, but not at the moment.

I can't make the webcam work. Continued vibes for minimal damage and chaos.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » August 31st, 2009, 12:08 am

I can't link the pic (tried- it's too big). Keep trying on the webcam. It took a few tries for it to work for me. But honestly, with how close the fire seems to be, I'm not sure how much longer it'll be running for.

Ima Facultiwyfe · Post by **Ima Facultiwyfe** » August 31st, 2009, 7:29 am

Jimmie Kimmel quote:
"California has so much debt they can't repay, they've decided to just set the whole damned state on fire and collect the insurance!"

Stay safe, hon.
Love, Ima

TillyGalore · Post by **TillyGalore** » August 31st, 2009, 8:30 am

The other night, the moon was orange. Wonder if that was a result of the fires. I know that has been the case before.

DukeUsul · Post by **DukeUsul** » August 31st, 2009, 11:53 am

Mt. Wilson Observatory is very famous, and it would be ashame if it were seriously damaged. Some very famous research has occurred there, including Edwin Hubble's detection of the expansion of the universe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Wilson_Observatory

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » August 31st, 2009, 12:22 pm

Sue71 wrote:Mt. Wilson webcam

They need more antennas.

TillyGalore · Post by **TillyGalore** » August 31st, 2009, 12:40 pm

Sue71 wrote:Mt. Wilson webcam

I tried to open the site and the observatory is shut down due to the fires.

Sue, I hope you and Chloe are okay.

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » August 31st, 2009, 12:43 pm

Yikes! That's kind of close. Do you keep copies of your important documents in a central place in case you need to evacuate? (Just asking. . . although they advised everyone to do this when I lived in CA, I never got around to doing it or the earthquake kit, either.)

DukieInKansas · Post by **DukieInKansas** » August 31st, 2009, 1:15 pm

CameronBornAndBred wrote:
Sue71 wrote:Mt. Wilson webcam
They need more antennas.

They are getting harder to see due to smoke. It appears they may have stopped updating the pictures - it still shows the 9:53 shot even when I refresh the screen.

Sue, I hope things are staying far from you. Hope they can get containment of the fire soon.

Sue71 · Post by **Sue71** » August 31st, 2009, 2:00 pm

We're good right now, thanks all. As soon as you step outside, it smells like a giant barbecue pit. And it's smokier (visually) than yesterday.

The fire doubled in size overnight. It's 1/4 mile from the Observatory now. Not a great situation for SoCal.

knights68 · Post by **knights68** » August 31st, 2009, 2:04 pm

I'm vibing for ya (no wait, that sounds bad in some way! lol)

Hope you keep safe!

Why do you think CA has so many fires? Is it the underbrush laws or what have you that leads to this? Or is it just luck of the draw, a fluke, or something else beyond mans control?

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