SoCalDem
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Sun Aug-30-09 01:25 PM
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Miami covers 55 sq. mi. ...54.6875 sq.mi. is on fire in So Cal |
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35,000 acres..
It's mostly uninhabited so far, but as a size reference, Miami would be a goner..:(
Most of our city's equipment left to help out, so here's hoping we (or other communities) do have any fires :scared:
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Sun Aug-30-09 01:29 PM
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my friend in San Diego had to leave her house last time and narrowly escaped
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Sun Aug-30-09 02:11 PM
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2. news said the circumference of the fire is 110 miles! |
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Sun Aug-30-09 02:15 PM
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3. pics from fire from LA times |
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Sun Aug-30-09 02:18 PM
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5. That last picture is the one. |
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That's what the sky looks like down here, folks.
You look up, you can't miss it.
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Sun Aug-30-09 04:19 PM
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10. That's approx 1,000 sq miles, btw. |
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Sun Aug-30-09 04:21 PM
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12. No, 1000 is way too high. Feeling too lazy to look up circum of circle & area formula |
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Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 04:25 PM by Liberal_in_LA
It's the weekend!
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Sun Aug-30-09 04:51 PM
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14. Sigh. Pi * r^2 and its derivative. |
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Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 04:57 PM by BlooInBloo
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Sun Aug-30-09 07:33 PM
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16. ok ok... I did the math. Calculated 796 square miles: Circum^2/(4*pi) |
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Edited on Sun Aug-30-09 07:35 PM by Liberal_in_LA
based on 100 circ.
Seems way too high. Maybe the newsperson mispoke when they said 110+ circ/. or maybe they are referring to the fire danger area
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Sun Aug-30-09 02:17 PM
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4. Very smoky here in Big Bear Lake. Keeping our fingers crossed. n/t |
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Sun Aug-30-09 02:20 PM
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6. I read OCFA sent up some help. |
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I think just 24 deputies. I'm sure all cities are scared to lose personnel with the heat wave. The last fire that caused voluntary evacuations for us was arson, so I'm hoping everyone is on high alert looking for any sick person wanting to wreak havoc.
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Sun Aug-30-09 03:10 PM
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7. RoseBowl last night... |
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Sun Aug-30-09 03:30 PM
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:cry: My sister and b-i-l lived in Pasadena (while we lived in Oceanside). We are all back East now. This is horrible. I know some of my favorite hiking spots in the Angeles are burned to a crisp.
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Sun Aug-30-09 03:27 PM
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You may get some rain from Cat 4 hurricane Jimena :grouphug:
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Sun Aug-30-09 04:21 PM
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11. Surely you meant, "here's hoping se . . . DON'T have any fires"? |
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You are scaring me. I am in L.A.
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Sun Aug-30-09 04:22 PM
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13. I assumed there was a typo |
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Sun Aug-30-09 05:06 PM
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15. Dammit.. this keyboard cannot read my mind.. I DID mean hope we do NOT have any fires |
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every fire truck we have (well probably not ALL) went screaming down the street behind us this morning about 2 AM..all headed for the freeway.. There must have been about 10 of them all "convoyed" & on their way. We all share resources..:)
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Mon Aug-31-09 02:37 AM
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17. Again tonight, we went down the street to watch the fires. |
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There are more small spots of flames, but the huge burning areas are not on our side of the mountain. We see a lot of smoke from the northern side.
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