Angeles Crest Fire--Pics from across the LA basin

CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:13 PM
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Angeles Crest Fire--Pics from across the LA basin

This one is from my home; we're at least 40 miles away...

These are from the Kenny Hahn Recreational Area, in Inglewood:

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malaise

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:18 PM
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1. WOW!

40 miles away? Look at that smoke. Stay safe :grouphug:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:21 PM
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4. I'm not actually sure of the distance...

That was my guess.

We are very safe here...no chance of the fire reaching us.

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:20 PM
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2. Hi Peggy - here's the view from Burbank

Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 08:20 PM by Beaverhausen

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:23 PM
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5. My dear Beaverhausen!

Oh, those are great pics! Thanks for sharing them...

It's a scary big fire when you can see the smoke this far away...

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:26 PM
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8. late last night, the sky was glowing red over these mountains. It was like looking toward Mount Doom

:scared: Will probably look worse later tonight.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:28 PM
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11. Yikes!

Now, that would be a picture worth getting...if you can!

I know, I know...once a photographer, always a photographer...

Now YOU stay safe, you hear?

:hug:

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:33 PM
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13. Oh, we are fine. But they are reporting that Mt. Wilson and all of the TV, radio & cell phone towers

is about to get hit. We may lose major communications here shortly.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:36 PM
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14. I hadn't even thought of that...

All the wildlife...

And now the communications.

Freaking awful, all of it.

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hlthe2b

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:26 PM
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7. This photo encapsulates the horror to me.... (Be safe, all)

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:27 PM
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10. well, hopefully they can run to a safe spot. I know there are many bears, deer, coyotes and more...

...who are in danger up there. It's hard to even think about it.

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hlthe2b

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:29 PM
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12. As well as... (I've helped evacuate horses in Colorado)...

It is wrenching to think of all the lives that could be lost.

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:37 PM
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15. oh no! Where are you getting these pics?

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hlthe2b

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:46 PM
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17. Amazing AP wire slide show from hills north of LA--Acton, CA

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Calif-Wildfires/ss/events/us/081409wildfire

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tabatha

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:27 PM
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9. Those are Pyrocumulonimbus clouds

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrocumulonimbus_cloud

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:40 PM
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16. that's interesting. They were talking about the "convection" effect this morning

there was relatively little wind fanning this fire, but it was growing from this other effect.

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tabatha

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:47 PM
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18. more info:

http://www1.fotolog.com/treebeard/23544901

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LiberalAndProud

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:20 PM
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3. How can you breathe?

Do stay safe.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 08:24 PM
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6. No problem breathing...so far!

The wind is off the ocean, from the west, and the fire is to the NE from me...

The skies are clear here.

We are safe, and thank you...

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dgibby

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:38 PM
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22. I'm glad to hear you're safe.

I was stationed at the Naval Regional Medical Center '69-'70, then a short course at the Navy Hospital in Long Beach in the '80's.

Calif. is a beautiful state, but the natural disasters are a big price to pay. If it's not fires, it's floods and mudslides, not to mention earthquakes.

CNN was reporting yesterday that there's a lot of fuel feeding those fires because it had been about 70 (?) years since some of those forrests had burned.

Do they do controlled burns there anymore or take herds of goats in to clear out undergrowth and brush?

Stay safe, and keep up posted.:hug:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:48 PM
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24. My dear dgibby!

Ah, so you're familiar with the area...

We are VERY safe. I live in Manhattan Beach, which is far, far from there...

We're about 20 miles from the LA skyline, and the Angeles Nat'l Forest is beyond that.

I haven't heard about any controlled burns; given the state of CA's economy, I rather doubt it.

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

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kestrel91316

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:38 PM
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21. The smoke moved into the San Fernando Valley this AM in a bad way, but

then the winds shifted slightly in the afternoon and we got a reprieve. And it's been well over 100F, too.

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dgibby

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:44 PM
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23. I feel for you.

Forrest fires scare the bejebus out of me. My hometown in the Alleghany Mountains of western Va. is surrounded by two National Forrests. It would be hard to evacuate without a big head start. I used to have nightmares about that.

Stay safe. Would you be able to evacuate your practice in a hurry if necessary? How close are the fires to you?:hug:

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kestrel91316

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Mon Aug-31-09 11:31 AM
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35. I'm down in the city, nowhere near any fire danger, at least a mile from the

nearest chaparral. Not to worry.

The only time I have ever had to "evacuate" was last summer when we lost electricity (and AC) for a couple of days in 117F heat. Brought my mascots home and shut the clinic. Sole casualty: one can of Siphotrol Premise Spray for fleas, which didn't like the 110F+ temps indoors and leaked.

Even after the Northridge Quake I was only closed one day until out power came back on.

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katanalori

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:51 PM
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26. Hello

West San Fernando Valley - ash is now falling onto back patio. No smoke here. Thoughts are with our fire fighters tonight.

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Lionel Mandrake

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:09 PM
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19. K & R n/t

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kestrel91316

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:36 PM
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20. Those aren't thunderheads, either. Those are smoke-caused, and

have to be at least 25k ft high, from my best guess looking at them with the naked eye.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:49 PM
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25. I tried to show them with the hills for scale...

They were UP THERE.

And for sure, they are caused by the smoke...

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nadinbrzezinski

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:52 PM
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27. I am sure glad this year it is not my turn to breath in all that crap

stay safe kid-o

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:54 PM
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29. We are pretty close to the ocean here...

And with the prevailing westerlies, we have reasonably good air quality...so far!

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

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WCGreen

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:53 PM
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28. I could never live out there what with my delicate condition...

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 09:56 PM
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30. Not in that neighborhood, you sure could not!

Out here by the beach, you could...

Most of the time, anyway.

The Santa Ana winds (out of the NE) would be trouble.

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Beaverhausen

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Sun Aug-30-09 10:10 PM
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31. Damn. Two firefighters killed

:cry:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Sun Aug-30-09 10:15 PM
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32. Oh, NO...

That always hurts so damn much...

:cry:

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Hekate

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Mon Aug-31-09 03:42 AM
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33. Looking South from Santa Barbara we can see your smoke...

All of you, stay safe. :grouphug:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Aug-31-09 10:00 AM
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34. It's a monster fire, for sure...

We are safe here, where I am...

But in the fire zone? Not so much, I'm afraid.

Thanks, sweetie...

:hug:

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The Straight Story

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Mon Aug-31-09 11:34 AM
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36. They let you out of the lounge?

:rofl:

Kick for great pics (now you just need to write some poetry for them).

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Aug-31-09 12:23 PM
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37. My dear Straight Story!

Nobody let me out!

I come and go anywhere I want to, silly!

:P

Thanks for the kick...

Glad you like the pics!

I did write a poem about the heat...here's the link:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9010237

:hi:

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Spazito

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Mon Aug-31-09 01:46 PM
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38. Here is a live video link to the Mission Fire...

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/livenow?id=6991679

These fires are horrendous, stay safe everyone in California.

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Aug-31-09 02:04 PM
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39. Thanks for the link...nt

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UrbScotty

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Mon Aug-31-09 05:09 PM
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40. My dear CaliforniaPeggy...

It breaks my heart to think of those who have lost their homes - or may soon lose them.

I am glad you are okay for the time being.

:hug:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Mon Aug-31-09 06:02 PM
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41. My dear UrbScotty...

My heart is breaking for them as well...

And all the wild things...

We are very safe; the fire is across the basin from here and there is no danger to me and my husband at all...

Thank you, sweetie...

:hug:

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