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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:28 [#00919765]
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holy shit fire storm.
I haven't seen the news footage, but 500+ homes burned, 250,000 acres charred, and NO idea when it can be contained.
Hope mickey is ok.
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LeCoeur
from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:29 [#00919770]
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flights..........
cancelled cancelled and diverted =/
glad i'm not werkin' tamale!!
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DaWeeze
from WANTED IN 16 STATES! on 2003-10-26 20:32 [#00919772]
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Wasn't there something about arson as the cause?
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Zeus
from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:32 [#00919774]
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yeah, theo over on watmm had to sign off today, as he said the flames where approaching his town on all sides but one...
i hope the fire can be stopped, and he doesnt lose his home :(
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virginpusher
from County Clare on 2003-10-26 20:34 [#00919777]
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Shit like this is quite fucked indeed. :/
So many lives being jeopardised. People abandining things they cherish and love. Things they put thought and love into.
So many memories going up in flames. :(
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LeCoeur
from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:40 [#00919791]
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i heard the arson story as well........but i think it was another fire if i'm not mistaken. wasn't it set by a firefighter?
i could be totally wrong and i'm not talking about these wildfires specifically.
i heard the ash was all over the airport in san diego.....so they finally closed it.....peepz don't understand either....complaining about why flights are cancelled......REALITY CHECK folks!!!
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Jello Fat
from Somalia on 2003-10-26 20:40 [#00919792]
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The really fucked part is that we are surrounded by fire. San Diego, San Bernadino, Camp Pendleton, LA...it's a giant circle.
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-26 20:42 [#00919799]
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yeah, but people bitch about anything.
The ATC responsible fore traffic in the SoCal area was evacuated, which backed up traffic. They have another center taking up the load.
lots of diversions around the area though
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2003-10-26 22:00 [#00919903]
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I'm so glad I dont live there right now. Sure they get sunny 72 degree weather year round, but then something like this happens and reminds you why living there comes with a price.
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-26 22:54 [#00919962]
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that would be like an earthquake hitting the northeast and I go.
that good east coast living comes with a price.
it's a natural disaster, not a daily thing.....
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exillon
from San Francisco (United States) on 2003-10-27 00:00 [#00919973]
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I'm hearing the fire was started by some cunt who got lost in the woods who decided to light a fire to "signal" for help.
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mappatazee
from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2003-10-27 00:07 [#00919975]
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Well? Did they say if it worked or not?!
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-28 11:32 [#00922019]
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so, about 3 days later, the fire is even bigger, and though the wind has subsided a bit, the situation is no better
man, what hell
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Dolleater
from Afrika Bambaataa on 2003-10-28 11:42 [#00922040]
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*chokes on smoke*
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Portland
from San Diego (United States) on 2003-10-28 12:01 [#00922060]
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alot of my family got evacuated. i did not. its really smokey and raining ash. its horrible outside. the sun was blood red yesterday and you could see sun spots on it.
very scary.
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-28 12:25 [#00922099]
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end of days
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2003-10-28 14:13 [#00922248]
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man that blows... i hope everyone is able to get out alright... no one should have to die by burning to death..
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zaphod
from the metaverse on 2003-10-28 14:34 [#00922274]
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god, that sucks. california's getting pretty fucked over lately, and this won't be any help. i hope no one gets burned to death.
i guess its a good thing i didn't go to CSULB.
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-30 12:47 [#00925784]
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Well, they identified the firefighter who died a few days ago.
He was part of a fire company dispactched from my home town of Novato, in Northern California. :(
Bless those guys
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-10-30 12:56 [#00925804]
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This is awful. 20 people dead or something like that, and an incredible amount of trees and forest gone, a trillion acres gone, just like that. What do you do with all that charred land?
It's all Arnold's fault.
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Oddioblender
from Fort Worth, TX (United States) on 2003-10-30 13:12 [#00925825]
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i've heard that the destruction count is now up to at least 1,800 homes and at least 10 deaths.
pretty insane - and that smoke isn't doing anything good at all for air quality - it's closing in on Los Angeles soon....
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Anus_Presley
on 2003-10-30 13:13 [#00925831]
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i haven't seen too much TV as of late. did they say how it starrted?
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-30 13:16 [#00925839]
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2,400 homes burned is the count this morning.
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Zephyr Twin
from ΔΔΔ on 2003-10-30 13:45 [#00925884]
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jesus christ... all those people without homes... I'm not even going to pretend I could imagine what it must be like to have nothing... =(
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Ophecks
from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2003-10-30 13:54 [#00925892]
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2400 houses, that's gotta be 7000 people or something, without a home. Unbelievable! And they aren't really slowing it down YET, are they?
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Portland
from San Diego (United States) on 2003-10-30 13:56 [#00925895]
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its raining here now. so that should help.
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BlatantEcho
from All over (United States) on 2003-10-30 13:58 [#00925896]
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yeah, the Santa Ana winds stopped (hot dry air @ 40+ mph)
but offshore breezes picked up. Supposed to get rain and cooler temps, that should turn the tide. hopefully.....
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