Damn.. the wildfires in S.Ca have merged..Big Bear appears safe

[SoCalDem]

so far.. but with them merged, they can do a LOT of moving...and fast...

they are hoping that in places the two fires might burn "into each other" and cut down on some of the damage..

An elderly couple is missing since Tuesday, and may have been caught by the fire :(..

Please..let it rain...with no lightning.. (I know that's asking for a lot )

[MADem]

1. Are they anywhere near Huntington Beach??

I have some geezer pals out that way that I worry about....

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. Nowhere Near

Huntington Beach is on the coast. This is about 90 miles inland.

[MADem]

4. Good....well, not good, but you know what I mean... NT

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

2. Rain?

You're kidding, right?

The next chance we have at significant rain is probably December.

[Howardx]

5. you got that right

this heat is killing me!

[SoCalDem]

7. Afternoon thunder storms are actually predicted..(in the mountains only)

:fingers crossed:

[SoCalDem]

6. Link & pics & video

scroll down for video link.. (won't let me copy the link)

http://ktla.trb.com/news/ktla-yuccafire,0,6626804.story?coll=ktla-newsspecial3-1

Yucca Valley -- A 53,000-acre wildfire crept through tinder-dry Mojave Desert brush and Joshua trees Friday to within a half-mile of another blaze in the San Bernardino National Forest, threatening to merge into an unpredictable wave of flame that could burn its way toward a mountain full of dead trees.


Latest Emergency Fire Information

The Sawtooth fire that destroyed more than 150 homes and buildings earlier this week was 20 percent contained but it was burning through dense, dead brush in a desert canyonland that has not burned in recent decades, authorities said at a morning briefing for firefighters. A half-mile away, the 8,300-acre Millard fire (which is the result of four smaller fires) was burning in the San Gorgonio wilderness, a forest area southwest of the Sawtooth blaze. It posed a threat to about 75 scattered homes and was just 5 percent surrounded. "The fires are very close together ... it's likely that will occur today," fire spokesman Rick Vogt said.

"If they come together, there's a potential for significant fire behavior," said Glenn Barley, a spokesman with the California Department of Forestry.

He said large fires can create their own weather patterns.

snip..

[Beaverhausen]

8. More links- Pioneertown

http://www.pioneertown.com/f-index.htm

I love that area and I'm sad to see it burning.

If you click the "update" link on the right hand side you can get a lot of info on the fires.

[Howardx]

9. anyone just feel a couple quakes?

i did

[mom cat]

10. Those were just "pre rapture" jitters.

sarcasm

[jackstraw45]

14. Rumble to us Jesus!

:rofl:

[Beaverhausen]

11. No- where are you?

[jackstraw45]

13. Check the map....

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

[BeHereNow]

12. Flew into LAX today- saw the smoke; it was ugly.

I used to spend a great deal of time in that area.
The shots on television made my cry; especially of
the Pioneertown and the Rimrock area.
Damn it to hell.
I hope the elderly couple are safe-
I can think of some neocon couples who belong
in the inferno of hell burning there...perhaps we could
make a few switches?
BHN

[LWolf]

15. Oh, shit.

Having been on evacuation alert on a regular basis during my 3 decades in so cal, my heart goes out to all in harm's way.

I'll be thinking cool, wet thoughts for the golden state.