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Fire Update

There are 10 major fires now. The fixed wing planes are good but we only have two. They keep bringing in firefighters but there are now 8500 firefighters here. I don't know when we can't get more or can't support more.

This site says they're thinking of closing the Angeles Crest Forest. They did that two years ago and it cut down on new fire starts. (Personal note: my daughters went for a school trip that year IN the Angeles Crest Forest. I paced for a week while other parents thought I was overreacting.)

In the comments below, someone speculated about terrorists but arsonists are so bizaare that we need not look further most times.

UPDATES: Citizen Smash updated the fires throughout the day yesterday. Read in a group, you can feel what it's like living here, with new fires springing and areas that seemed safe harbors (like the 10 lane Interstate 15) under threat.

Byron at Slings & Arrows wrote a summary of the fires in his area, as he wiped ash from his computer screen. Later, a new fire started and was moving down the ridge towards his home. I got an email at 7:30 pm that he was ok, but a post 15 minutes later indicated the fire was still advancing, albeit slowly.

Da Goddess, from San Diego, also has updates and pictures.

Aphrael has the map and can only speculate which of his family members have lost their homes.

Welch (Douglas, not Matt) has some excellent links to satellite pictures and an interactive map.

Posted by Justene Adamec at October 27, 2003 02:25 AM | TrackBack