LA is on fire (August 09 version)

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2009, 12:04 PM

The hills above us are on fire. Like, massively on fire. We're not quite in the evacuation zone, but the smoke is rolling over us, and staying trapped in the valley. Woke up this morning gagging and coughing.

LA Times coverage is the best for updates.

classicman · 08-31-2009, 12:09 PM

Sheesh! Didn't realize you were THAT close! Please be careful.

Cloud · 08-31-2009, 12:14 PM

Yeah, I have some other friends (on another board) who can see flames from their backyard. Smoke and ash.

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2009, 12:18 PM

You can see the flames from pretty much everywhere in LA. This fire is on the big mountain you see in the background on every postcard of the city.

skysidhe · 08-31-2009, 12:21 PM

yeah be careful smoothmoniker!

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2009, 04:24 PM

A few more pics:

limey · 08-31-2009, 05:37 PM

Holy fnck smooth

! Did you take those? Run ... run away from the hills mate!

DanaC · 08-31-2009, 05:46 PM

Amazing pictures. How can something so destructive look so beautiful?

Please be careful Smooth. Don't take any chances if it gets any closer, get the hell away.

Cloud · 08-31-2009, 05:58 PM

Just now from my friend John:

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We started getting texts and phone calls that our street was getting evacuated for the fire. We rushed home from work in 3 cars, grabbed the cats and our suitcases and have all come back to the office. Apparently, they're going to start some backfires in an attempt to stop the main fire.

Clodfobble · 08-31-2009, 07:00 PM

OhManOhMan please don't let your amazing new house get burned.

I mean yeah, y'all are gonna get out if you have to, that's just common sense. But I love your house vicariously, and I don't want it to get hurt.

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2009, 07:34 PM

It's a stucco house with a tile roof, and no vegetation nearby. You would basically have to douse that thing in gasoline to get it to catch fire ...

... he said, foolishly taunting fate.

lookout123 · 08-31-2009, 07:42 PM

? They must make your stucco differently than they do here in Arizona. Stucco houses aren't all that flame resistant in my experience. I mean, my neighbor is pissed about his house, but really - what did he expect would happen when I said, "here, hold my beer..."?

smoothmoniker · 08-31-2009, 07:45 PM

stucco is basically crushed rocks.

Griff · 08-31-2009, 07:50 PM

Good luck man.

ZenGum · 08-31-2009, 08:43 PM

Best wishes, Smooth.

Are you prepared to stay and defend your home? Or are you packed ready to evacuate, with copies of your insurance papers?

08-31-2009, 12:04 PM	#1
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	LA is on fire (August 09 version) The hills above us are on fire. Like, massively on fire. We're not quite in the evacuation zone, but the smoke is rolling over us, and staying trapped in the valley. Woke up this morning gagging and coughing. LA Times coverage is the best for updates. Attached Images __________________ to live and die in LA

08-31-2009, 12:09 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Sheesh! Didn't realize you were THAT close! Please be careful. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

08-31-2009, 12:14 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Yeah, I have some other friends (on another board) who can see flames from their backyard. Smoke and ash. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-31-2009, 12:18 PM	#4
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	You can see the flames from pretty much everywhere in LA. This fire is on the big mountain you see in the background on every postcard of the city. __________________ to live and die in LA

08-31-2009, 04:24 PM	#6
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	A few more pics: Attached Images __________________ to live and die in LA

08-31-2009, 12:21 PM	#5
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	yeah be careful smoothmoniker!

08-31-2009, 05:37 PM	#7
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	Holy fnck smooth! Did you take those? Run ... run away from the hills mate! __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

08-31-2009, 07:00 PM	#10
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	OhManOhMan please don't let your amazing new house get burned. I mean yeah, y'all are gonna get out if you have to, that's just common sense. But I love your house vicariously, and I don't want it to get hurt. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-31-2009, 07:34 PM	#11
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	It's a stucco house with a tile roof, and no vegetation nearby. You would basically have to douse that thing in gasoline to get it to catch fire ... ... he said, foolishly taunting fate. __________________ to live and die in LA

08-31-2009, 07:42 PM	#12
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	? They must make your stucco differently than they do here in Arizona. Stucco houses aren't all that flame resistant in my experience. I mean, my neighbor is pissed about his house, but really - what did he expect would happen when I said, "here, hold my beer..."? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

08-31-2009, 07:45 PM	#13
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	stucco is basically crushed rocks. __________________ to live and die in LA

08-31-2009, 07:50 PM	#14
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Good luck man. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-31-2009, 08:43 PM	#15
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Best wishes, Smooth. Are you prepared to stay and defend your home? Or are you packed ready to evacuate, with copies of your insurance papers? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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