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23 Oct 2007, 12:35 pm

I can't believe the devestation ! !!

The numbers keep piling up. Over a quarter of a million people evacuated. Over a thousand homes burned to the ground.

Animals in a zoo have been moved inside for safekeeping.

Smoke plumes billowing out into the Pacific Ocean, miles offshore...

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23 Oct 2007, 12:41 pm

I heard about this.

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23 Oct 2007, 1:05 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Smoke plumes billowing out into the Pacific Ocean, miles offshore...

As I drove through Santa Monica this morning, I could see the smoke from the Malibu fire hanging over the ocean.

I keep my inhaler with me at all times when the Santa Anas are blowing.

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23 Oct 2007, 1:15 pm

They're showing pics of the sky looking orange from the smoke.

If you have asthma, that must be hell.

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23 Oct 2007, 1:36 pm

They're now saying between 300,000 and 500,000 people have been evacuated.

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23 Oct 2007, 1:41 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

They're now saying between 300,000 and 500,000 people have been evacuated.

That's what I heard as well.

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23 Oct 2007, 2:04 pm

Why dont the national guard or whatever you call them put it out? :lol:

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23 Oct 2007, 2:16 pm

If big brother can control the path of hurricanes... it would be nice if they could stop the wind & send us some strong rain.

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23 Oct 2007, 2:48 pm

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If big brother can control the path of hurricanes... it would be nice if they could stop the wind & send us some strong rain.

Maybe they could get some of those black helicopters to drop some water, eh?

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23 Oct 2007, 3:46 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Wrackspurt wrote:

If big brother can control the path of hurricanes... it would be nice if they could stop the wind & send us some strong rain.

Maybe they could get some of those black helicopters to drop some water, eh?

You know I think at this point the firemen(woman) will take any help they can get. My area alone has had five fires burning all around us in the last three days, one a block away threatening our neighborhood yesterday afternoon. A new one popped up across the valley since I last posted. I'm praying everyone stays safe.

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23 Oct 2007, 4:02 pm

I hope you're safe, Wrackspurt ! !!

They've been saying these fires are throwing embers up to a mile away!!

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23 Oct 2007, 4:16 pm

My neighborhood stands not only because of the fireman, but because of these two (there are really two each). Flying carrying slopping water must be hard enough, add in 80+ mph winds...

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23 Oct 2007, 4:35 pm

It's bad. Some of them were caused by arsonists too, including the one that's nearest to my neighborhood. Luckily we live far enough away that we don't have to worry about evacuating. *Knocks on wood*

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23 Oct 2007, 4:35 pm

That last looks like doomsday ...

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23 Oct 2007, 6:06 pm

I hate it when stuff like this happens.

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23 Oct 2007, 11:07 pm

manalitwist wrote:

Why dont the national guard or whatever you call them put it out? :lol:

Because they're in Iraq?

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