California Is On Fire And I Can't Wait For Winter

Over 165 homes have been destroyed so far.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,452567,00.html

According to a few places, some celebs - most notably, Christopher Lloyd - lost their homes. His was gone yesterday, from the Tea Fire in Montecito.

 

IN addition, 100+ homes in Montecito..

 

i tried to get closer to the sylamr fire last night around 1am to get some good pics but i couldnt get anywhere near it. cops GALORE.

 

I just said...

And the ash is back down in Long Beach again.

 

Man I feel for you guys down south all that ash sucks where's the rain when you need it. My cousin is working out of San Monica I have sent him a couple tex's have not heard back from him I am sure he is the thick of things.

 

sad sad sad

 

After the fire swept through a 600-home mobile-home park in Sylmar, only 124 were left standing.

http://www.fresnobee.com/384/story/1015229.html

 

someone needs to put those fires out already.

you would think that they could come up with a good way seeing how the ocean is pretty close. I mean, hell, they can put a man on the moon but cant figure out forest fires? wtf

 

Dry as hell vegitation, hilly / mountainous terrain (a lot of which is hella hard to get in / around), crazy-ass winds (80-100 MPH in some cases), smoke so thick you can't see 10 feet in front of you...

Not the easiest to put out fires. Combined with burecratic bullshit (the whole CALfire spotter deal, them not being able to fly at night, etc.), it's kinda gay.

They're just gettin' worse, though - as the years go on. More and more people are building in areas that are prone to these, and they'll just have to live with that. It's tough shit, but they need to deal with it if they choose to live there. (Like me! lol)

 

they can make an oil pipeline from alaska to the states, but cant make an oversized sprinkler system? might be expensive, but not as bad as losing tons of houses and keeping loads of FFs on call 24-7 for days on end.

i believe it can be done.

 

Then why haven't you pioneered the idea? You'd make millions.

 

I still can't believe Himmel broadcast his own home on fire.



Nice videos Alex.


Thank god there are no bad fires in SD County again...so far.

 

A friend of mine lives (lived) next door to him. He found out his house was on fire... through the TV.

Danke.

 

P.S. I saw your brother outside Jamba Juice on Monday night. Random right?



Are there any fires around the county?

 

Haha, nice. He's in Phoenix right now, though. Gets back just before my surgery on Tuesday.

Not that I know of. If it's not on SignOnSanDiego.com - it doesn't exist. (In San Diego, at least.)

 

Good luck with that surgery!



Let's hope nothing starts up tomorrow.

 

Thanks man! And definitely. I heard the Santa Ana winds were supposed to die late tomorrow. We'll see.

I'm out. Peace.

 

i will look into. thanks for the motivation