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So. California Burning to the Ground-Again!

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Brewtus;969118; said:
Here's the best interactive map I've found so far of the San Diego area. Does anyone know of something similar for Orange County?

San Diego Fires - Information
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Orange county actually only has the one major fire. Here's an interactive map of the Santiago fire.

Here's an interactive of all the SoCal fires.


Link to a place with loads of useful links
 
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CCI;969132; said:
My dad lived in Souhern Cal fo 40 plus years and when he retired he could not handle the crazy fires & eathquakes in the LA area. So he moved to lake Havasu, Az.

best of luck to all in the danger zones
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It's oddly lucky for me I guess. I've lived in various parts of California, all of them along the San Andreas fault, for 15 years. I have, to this day, only felt one earthquake worth mentioning. It was while I was in Norcal and the house I was living in had a bedrock foundation but the house still lifted up and shifted to one side by about 1-3 inches one night, flinging me off the couch where I had fallen asleep. No major damage however, aside from a few things falling off the shelves around the house. That was it, no aftershocks to speak of or that could be felt.
 
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Sounds like Qualcomm Stadium is well prepared!

Among the volunteers was a corps of doctors, nurses and emergency medical technicians who set up shop in the stadium's four major restaurants on the club level, which are climate-controlled.
There, some 600 senior citizens and sick people were being cared for, cordoned off from the general hustle-bustle common throughout the rest of the stadium.
The stadium also had makeshift pharmacies stocked with prescription drugs through donations from Costco and Target, Biagi said.
Though some concession stands were being used to prepare hot dogs, most of the food was donated by restaurants, corporations and private citizens, he said.
"We have more than enough food," he said.
The 96 bathrooms -- 50 for women, 44 for men, 2 for either sex -- were in working order, he said.
In addition, a shelter was set up for 200 pets brought to the stadium by evacuees, while an infant area was stocked with plenty of diapers and volunteers manned a daycare center, he said.
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CCI;969132; said:
My dad lived in Souhern Cal fo 40 plus years and when he retired he could not handle the crazy fires & eathquakes in the LA area. So he moved to lake Havasu, Az.

best of luck to all in the danger zones
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Damn vampires in Santa Carla!!

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Well, other than just being a truly suckass day at work, the smoke in the air wasn't nearly as bad as yesterday. It was to the point where you went outside and your eyes watered, it was hard to breathe and shit was falling from the sky, today it was a lot more tolerable. The winds seemed to have shifted, so we didn't have a whole lot of that. There's a layer of ash on the ground that makes our parking lot look like an ash tray. The fire by the office actually grew, but the winds are pushing it away from Irvine, so that's a good thing.

Scary shit going on in San Diego though. over a half a million people evacuated from their homes. Apparently we're getting federal aid but that's not supposed to be here til Thursday, so I am curious to see what the hell is going to happen.

One thing is for sure, if you have tickets for this weekends Chargers game you might want to make alternate plans.
 
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Frankly, I'm starting to get a little concerned. Everyone is being helpful and supportive around here. I'm not even sure this is BuckeyePlanet anymore. On that note:


Waaaaaaaah

My city's burning down

Waaaaaaaah



:p
 
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Bucky Katt;969830; said:
Frankly, I'm starting to get a little concerned. Everyone is being helpful and supportive around here. I'm not even sure this is BuckeyePlanet anymore. On that note:


Waaaaaaaah

My city's burning down

Waaaaaaaah



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It was taking so long, I almost made that comment myself just to get it out there! I was beginning to wonder if the lot of ya had gone soft! :biggrin:
 
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OCBucksFan;969834; said:
Looks like the wind has died down in a lot of areas, a couple of the San Diego fires are close to 30% contained, Sign on San Diego has a list of known destroyed structures here
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I just found out my aunt and uncle have been without power in their home since Sunday. The area around the Pala Casino has been evacuated and, technically, due to their location(just south over the san diego county line but northwest of the actual fire in that area), they are supposed to leave too. They have prepared for it, moved cars, possessions, etc but have not done so yet. They live on a mountaintop ridge basically. They can't actually see the fire that required the evacs but their neighbor, on a ridge above them, can and it is not moving in their direction. They are wary, but safe for the moment. I am upset that I had to hear about it from my mother who lives in Mexico!
 
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To paraphrase Sam Kinnison, "move to where the water is."

Seriously, they live in a frickin' desert, and we're supposed to subsidize it. Vegas and Phoenix are going to run out of water in the next decade, and they want the government to build a trillion dollar aquaduct to steal water from the Great Lakes. Seriously, move to where the fucking water is.

This doesn't mean that I'm not sympathetic on an individual basis with what these people are going through. I feel for them, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't question the sanity of building giant sprawling cities in the middle of the desert with no long term planning for their water supplies.

The NYT Sunday magazine had a great feature article about the west's water problems last week. While it didn't address the surge in fires directly, it did talk about the larger problem that it's simply fundamentally questionable whether that region can sustain its current population given forecasted water supplies.
 
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