LA is on fire (August 09 version) - Page 4

morethanpretty · 09-02-2009, 06:33 PM

Anyone remember if Bullitt is fightin fires this year?

kerosene · 09-02-2009, 08:44 PM

I was wondering about that, too.

Shawnee123 · 09-02-2009, 09:22 PM

Me too.

Griff · 09-03-2009, 05:45 AM

Yeah, me too. I thought that he was out of the business though. Did anyone try to contact him?

classicman · 09-03-2009, 07:54 AM

I pm'd him awhile ago... Was just thinkin about him too. Didn't he say he was gonna move or something?

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-03-2009, 08:02 PM

Well, the Station fire is interesting local news, but I'm well west of the action, upwind by the prevailing winds. This is a large fire without the hot desert Santa Ana winds fanning it, or it might have given tons of trouble to the LA 'burbs. We've gotten a very hazed horizon and we've seen the top of the smoke cloud (very far to the east, but anomalously located, not blowing away, otherwise looking a lot like any cumulus cloud) but that's been it. Hardly even a smell of smoke, and no ashfalls.

smoothmoniker · 09-03-2009, 10:41 PM

The second half of this story begins in about 4 months. This is expected to be an El Niño year, which means massive rainstorms for LA. All of the ground cover and root systems that normally hold our mountains in place just burned to the ground.

There are going to be catastrophic mud slides in the affected areas if El Niño hits.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-03-2009, 11:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

snip~ We've gotten a very hazed horizon and we've seen the top of the smoke cloud (very far to the east, but anomalously located, not blowing away, otherwise looking a lot like any cumulus cloud) but that's been it. ~snip

xoxoxoBruce · 09-04-2009, 11:08 AM

More pictures at Boston.com.

TheMercenary · 09-04-2009, 11:20 AM

Great pics. That site of Boston.com has some really great pics on lots of different subjects.

Queen of the Ryche · 09-04-2009, 12:27 PM

Views from my aunt/uncle's driveway Monday night, and from my cousin's street Tuesday afternoon:
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TheMercenary · 09-04-2009, 12:51 PM

Latest reports now say they confirm it was arson. Great.

Queen of the Ryche · 09-04-2009, 12:56 PM

Sana Ana wind season (even though they haven't hit yet, it's that time of year) and all of the crazies come out with their matches - The ones in Yucaipa and Riverside were confirmed as arson too. I say tie them to the stake and light a match........

DanaC · 09-04-2009, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Latest reports now say they confirm it was arson. Great.

I was gonna post to ask if this was just a natural occurence or arson

Queen of the Ryche · 09-04-2009, 03:02 PM

The Station Fire started in the Angeles National Forest, 39 miles out from "the city," about a mile from the nearest ranger station or picnic area - no power lines, no lightning, just a scenic turn out. My guess is a stray cigarette out a window. Happens a lot up there. (Good make out spots. So I've heard...)

09-02-2009, 06:33 PM	#46
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	Anyone remember if Bullitt is fightin fires this year? __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

09-02-2009, 09:22 PM	#48
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Me too. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-03-2009, 05:45 AM	#49
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Yeah, me too. I thought that he was out of the business though. Did anyone try to contact him? __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-03-2009, 07:54 AM	#50
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09-03-2009, 08:02 PM	#51
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Well, the Station fire is interesting local news, but I'm well west of the action, upwind by the prevailing winds. This is a large fire without the hot desert Santa Ana winds fanning it, or it might have given tons of trouble to the LA 'burbs. We've gotten a very hazed horizon and we've seen the top of the smoke cloud (very far to the east, but anomalously located, not blowing away, otherwise looking a lot like any cumulus cloud) but that's been it. Hardly even a smell of smoke, and no ashfalls. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-02-2009, 08:44 PM	#47
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	I was wondering about that, too.

09-03-2009, 10:41 PM	#52
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	The second half of this story begins in about 4 months. This is expected to be an El Niño year, which means massive rainstorms for LA. All of the ground cover and root systems that normally hold our mountains in place just burned to the ground. There are going to be catastrophic mud slides in the affected areas if El Niño hits. __________________ to live and die in LA

09-04-2009, 11:08 AM	#54
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09-04-2009, 11:20 AM	#55
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Great pics. That site of Boston.com has some really great pics on lots of different subjects. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-04-2009, 12:27 PM	#56
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Views from my aunt/uncle's driveway Monday night, and from my cousin's street Tuesday afternoon: __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

09-04-2009, 12:51 PM	#57
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Latest reports now say they confirm it was arson. Great. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-04-2009, 12:56 PM	#58
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	Sana Ana wind season (even though they haven't hit yet, it's that time of year) and all of the crazies come out with their matches - The ones in Yucaipa and Riverside were confirmed as arson too. I say tie them to the stake and light a match........ __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

09-04-2009, 03:02 PM	#60
Queen of the Ryche is fleeing the scene Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Beautiful CO Posts: 1,510	The Station Fire started in the Angeles National Forest, 39 miles out from "the city," about a mile from the nearest ranger station or picnic area - no power lines, no lightning, just a scenic turn out. My guess is a stray cigarette out a window. Happens a lot up there. (Good make out spots. So I've heard...) __________________ Once, in an interview, Chuck Norris admitted that he was not the most awesome thing ever. He declined to elaborate; but I believe we all know that he was referring to the existence of chocolate covered bacon. I'd rather be judged by twelve than carried by six.

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