Comments on: California Wildfires force Evacuation of 250,000 in San Diego

By: When the Church Prays

When the Church Prays — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:16:49 +0000

http://whenthechurchprays.blogspot.com/

Please click the link to access a website for the Christian Church to pray for a miracle to end the California wildfires.

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:14:12 +0000

What the hell are you talking about? I’m a suburbanite but I’ve lived in the country and met the people who live in “outlying” areas. They are not whiners. They are self-reliant and strong. They help each other. They form the backbone of this country. If we don’t have “country people” then we don’t have enough America. I’ve never met more patriotic people than the salt of the earth living out in canyons and the country.
My prayers are with the victims of these fires.

By: Itsme

Itsme — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:07:13 +0000

Well, according to Glenn Beck it might be for the best:

I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today. Transcript, via MMFA

By: jack

jack — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 05:13:24 +0000

People really shouldn’t be living out in the fire areas. In a fallen world, arson is something to expect, it’s not preventable, it’s never going away unfortunately.

By: Another Drew

Another Drew — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:26:22 +0000

Well, as a resident of Los Angeles County, I guess now would be the time to file a claim with FEMA. Can’t wait to use my FEMA card at the local nudie bar. Or, I could recover from the stress of this situation on the beach in Kona.

By: Gayle S.

Gayle S. — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:48:10 +0000

Not only is there smoke everywhere, but there is also a lot of dirt/dust flying in the air. SoCal just had the driest winter in recorded history this past year, and what we all feared might happen over the summer has hit us now. Most construction was closed down because of winds, which were hurricane force in most areas all day. Plus, the terrain here is very hilly or mountainous, depending on where you are, with no roads or narrow roads leading into some of these areas! Plus California, whether north or south is just a darn big place! All these fires are really spaced out away from each other, even though those TV maps make them look close together. It’s bad out here!

By: Darleen

Darleen — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:37:21 +0000

oh, here’s a pretty good interactive map of the fires

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5720745

GEEZ, I didn’t even know of the Ontario one …

I have a feeling the arson idiots are out tonight.

By: Alia

Alia — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:05:40 +0000

My mom is trying to get a hold of her mother now - she’s in Acton, which is reportedly threatened by the Buckweed fire. And my grandmother just finished rebuilding after losing her home a couple of years ago to a fire (although I don’t believe that loss was wildfire related - I found out about that after the fact, so I’m not sure).

By: Darleen

Darleen — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 23:57:51 +0000

gusts have been ranging from 50-80 mph

fire jumping the freeways happened in Oct 2003; indeed, this is many ways reminiscent of 2003 when fires raged through San Berdo mountains, crossing the 15 and racing towards Mt. Baldy - burned No. San Diego County (through Ramona and Fallbrook) and even came close to Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley.

At the time I was living in Rancho Cucamonga and was just a couple blocks south of the mandatory evacuation area (when picking up daughter from a friend’s house in that area, we could look north on Carnelian St. and see 40′ - 50′ flames racing down the mountain). Ash fell like snow on the local streets and the sky burned black and orange, giving a surreal feeling like one was an extra in a post-apolocalptic sci-fi flick.

There’s very few So Cal areas not getting at least some smoke. Standing outside it smells like a dense campfire blowing right in your face making your chest hurt and eyes sting.

The winds have died down some, but are expected to pick back up after sunset.

By: Christoph

Christoph — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:22:03 +0000

I pray for your safety people of California. I can’t really do much else, but it’s the wet season here in my province (British Columbia) and I hope you request and we assist you with fire fighting crews as we have done in the past. Whether this will be done or makes sense this time I don’t really know, but it makes sense to me.

And by all means, take proper safety steps yourselves.