Guys...Huge Fire east of L.A. fueled by 60 mile an hr. winds... Uncontrollable!!
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Source: Television coverage..
Uncontrollable Fire raging near L.A.
Read more: http://www.google.com/#q=etiwanda+fire&tbm=nws
Rancho Cucamonga, 25 miles from Los angeles going west.. Winds are so strong(60 miles per hr.) that fighting the fire at this point is almost impossible.At this time no water tankers are in the air..200 acres...Lots of mandatory
evacuations.. Close to 215 freeway..
This could be one of those disastrous fire events which occur about once every decade..
Lets hope not..
Update...Fire is Considered Suspicious..Early reports, not confirmed!!
villager
(26,001 posts)With these epic droughts, these conflagrations won't be once a decade, either.
MADem
(135,425 posts)I should think anyone building would build in solid concrete with a fireproof faux adobe finish--otherwise it's just kindling.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)There's been a lot of emphasis on defensive landscaping in the last several decades, including keeping the brush cleared. In some areas that's considered critical enough that if the homeowner doesn't clear tall grasses and dry brush after being put on notice, the county will do it and send them the bill.
Ironically, you want to make sure to clear out brush/weeds while it still looks green and pretty, because if you wait until it's all crispy your mechanical equipment can create sparks by hitting rocks and -- whoosh.
On the other hand, MADem I have not the slightest idea how to drive in a snowstorm but I bet you do.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Insurance on Cape Cod--even inland--is insanely expensive and not tied to past claims, either--the insurance companies, I think, are taking advantage and ripping everyone off because a few people have built in stupid places. In some areas, though, they just won't issue policies anymore, where the houses are sliding into the sea.
Do people use this stuff in fire country? Does it work?
I've been driving in snow for a whole lotta years! The best advice that I can give anyone is "Slow down, take your time--you'll get there if you do!"
Richard D
(8,692 posts)Fire season usually starts in September. So strange to have this now.
villager
(26,001 posts)...moving into the future...
Hekate
(90,189 posts)12 months a year until (and if) the drought ends.
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)April 30, 2014 9:46 AM
RANCHO CUCAMONGA (CBSLA.com) Crews Wednesday were battling an approximately 200-acre brush fire in the San Bernardino National Forest.
The Etiwanda Fire was reported around 8:08 a.m. in Etiwanda Canyon, just north of Rancho Cucamonga, the U.S. Forest Service said.
The brusher was being fueled by 60 mph winds, hot temperatures and dry vegetation as the region is under a red flag warning, officials said.
Day Creek Intermediate, Caryn Elementary and Los Osos High schools have been evacuated.
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/04/30/crews-battle-30-acre-brush-fire-near-rancho-cucamonga/
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The ocean is on fire?
busterbrown
(8,515 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)tofuandbeer
(1,314 posts)I live a few miles from the coast and it's already 87 at 10amwe're probably going to hit close to 100 today! No winds here, though.
Take care all!
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)It's been hot and dry for several weeks, barring one night of rain last week, and the Santa Anna winds are a-blowin'.
L.A. Times story:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-brush-fire-day-canyon-rancho-cucamonga-20140430,0,1964697.story#axzz30OM05gs4
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Fingers crossed for all the folks there.
Edited to say 200 acres isn't really "huge" -- yet. But if winds whip it up and it can't be brought under control quickly, it soon will be.
Then the key decision will be whether to let it burn itself out in the back country, the way they did with the Zaca Fire several years ago. They managed to keep that fire away from populated areas, but it finally reached a quarter of a million acres IIRC. We weren't even really close, but had smoke and soot dumped on us for months. Air quality was dreadful.
Divernan
(15,480 posts)I'm old enough to remember it, and his Wikepedia bio entry includes a photo of a statue of Benny:
Hope this fire is brought under control quickly with no loss of life.
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Loved the Marx Brothers' bit but I had never known where exactly the city was.
Not to diminish the tragedy in any way.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)wiggs
(7,788 posts)like any normal April weather.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)Maybe future fires will be positively effected
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FailureToCommunicate
(13,989 posts)dhill926
(16,234 posts)In a couple hours. Gonna be a bumpy ride with those winds. Hope they get a handle on it. Air quality will suck greatly.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)in San Luis Obispo County.
Brother Buzz
(36,212 posts)Call it what you want, but an offshore wind is an offshore wind, and it always spells danger...
"There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge." - Raymond Chandler, Red Wind (1938)
Hekate
(90,189 posts)We call them Sundowners here on the coast because as the wind flows down the mountains at the end of an already hot day it heats up. When you step outside and feel that, take a sniff of the air in case there's woodsmoke....
Initech
(99,912 posts)I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life and the Santa Ana winds are generally a nuisance around this time every year. They bring fires and lots of destruction with them. My parents almost lost their house a few years back when it was right in the path of a huge fire that nearly destroyed the whole neighborhood. But this year these winds aren't like anything I've ever seen. And I fear it's only going to get worse. Fuck you climate change deniers, fuck you very much.
calimary
(80,693 posts)FUCK YOU CLIMATE CHANGE DENIERS!!! FUCK YOU VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I'm SHOUTING!!!!!!
calimary
(80,693 posts)Shit. And so much dry brush in those hills and canyons.
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