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[Gambra]

Not sure where this should go but jesus things are getting way outta control. It's being described all over the shop as a Californian thing but it seems to be creeping up on San Diego in particular. Eep.

Wildfires force California exodus

Full map of extent of fires near San Diego

 

[Lord Damian]

Not sure where this should go but jesus things are getting way outta control. It's being described all over the shop as a Californian thing but it seems to be creeping up on San Diego in particular. Eep.

Wildfires force California exodus

Full map of extent of fires near San Diego

i have cousins in San Diego county. scary shit alright. haven't heard from them for a while now, hoping they are ok.

 

[Gambra]

Judging by the mpa it seems to be in some of the suburbs in the south of the city already. Hope yer cousins let you know they're ok

 

[jane]

This was posted on an archaeology email list I'm on by a guy who I think is in Arizona. It's very scary. Then the list owner posted to say that she's packed and ready to evacuate as well. Amazing the difference when you have, one, no flood waters to contend with, and two, resources. Although I reckon 'camping in warm, sunny weather in a football field' is not the same as a hurricane bearing down on the Superdome, and obviously, people were stuck there for a lot longer...Still, resources have a lot to do with it. I'm sure as well a lot of lessons were learned from New Orleans. Awful that those lessons had to be put to use so soon, or at all ,really. and let's hope those scenes stay so positive and they don't start running out of water and stuff. In New Orleans it probably seemed like a neato camping trip at first, too.

Scary as fuck.

The news tonight reported 514,000 people have been evacuated in San
Diego
and 950,000 in Southern California, which makes this the largest
evacuation in
American history since the Civil War. President Bush is arriving in San
Diego
on Thursday and FEMA is on the scene making hollow announcements. When
NBC
and ABC national news arrived today, they expected to see a scene
similar to
New Orleans at Qualcomm Stadium (our football field). Instead, they
found
roving bands of clowns, jugglers, kids playing checkers, medics taking
care of all
the infirmed, and 10,000 happy people tailgating in the parking lot.
We
expect 12,000 people tonight. The only problem the emergency shelters
are having
is a shortage of porta potties and showers, which will be solved by
overcoming personal shyness and opening the Chargers' shower
facilities. The losses to
property is not precisely known, but at least 1,250 houses have
burned, over
250 commercial buildings, at least one City of San Diego, Historical
Landmark, the 1870 Sikes Adobe burned, and thousands of people lost
everything. The
outpouring from the public is astonishing, as much so as the
organization and
willingness to carry out official direction.

The San Diego Archaeological Center in San Pasqual Valley was
completely
surrounded by enormous firestorm flames, but the fuelbreak spared the
building.
The nearby Battle of San Pasqual (Mexican War of 1846) State Park
visitor
center lost part of the public toilet and a building wall.

The Wild Animal Park animals are safe and the condors have been
relocated to
a safe sanctuary. The elephants and giraffes are out in a field that is
a
very long way from brush or flamable materials. Needless to say, the
place is
closed indefinitely.

EDIT: Dunno why I thought he was in Arizona...

 

[Lord Damian]

Judging by the mpa it seems to be in some of the suburbs in the south of the city already. Hope yer cousins let you know they're ok

just talked to their sister who lives up here and apparently they're ok...an incredible amount of smoke, soot and ashes in the air, but the fires are far enough away from them that they don't think they'll have to evacuate.

 

[Ciansy]

Christ, I ought to crawl out from under my rock every so often and check what's going on in the world.

 

[Gambra]

Christ, I ought to crawl out from under my rock every so often and check what's going on in the world.

It's a scary place alright.

 

[SONYMEGADRIVE]

half a million? yikes. had no idea it was that bad

now i got this stuck in my head:

 

[avernus]

Insane! I can't imagine the fear of living in that. Swings and roundabouts, though. San Diego burned me, now San Diego burns.

 

[Lord Damian]

half a million? yikes. had no idea it was that bad

now i got this stuck in my head:

closer to a million, as it turns out.

 

[Corey]

"Ok. We gotta go.What do we need?"

"I need your clothes. Your boots. And your motocaycle."


God help the state.

 

[evil bandit]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/24/fox-news-al-qaeda-is-causing-the-ca-wildires/

 

[Lord Damian]

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/24/fox-news-al-qaeda-is-causing-the-ca-wildires/

LOL - you can get a free pack of matches with the purchase of a pack of smokes....errrr...can i not just buy a pack of matches for 5 fucking cents?

 

[Corey]

I did it.

 

[Corey]

No i did'nt.

 

[Corey]

Jane did.