Wildfires

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Wildfires

KateisLost · Moonlight mod

i am sorry to hear about the wildfires Island

what caused them? how much do they have contained?

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

KateisLost wrote:

i am sorry to hear about the wildfires Island what caused them? how much do they have contained?

They're still investigating... one might be a downed power line. One fire is about 5% contained and I'm not sure of the other one. A couple of hours ago it was not contained at all. hmm

KateisLost · Moonlight mod

i saw a story about this on the news, it showed fires burning everywhere!!!! it looked really scary!

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

It's scary. I'm feeling anxious and stressed right now.

KateisLost · Moonlight mod

Island_Reigns wrote:

It's scary. I'm feeling anxious and stressed right now.

i am sorry Island how far away are the fires from where you live?

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Thank you Kate!

The one that's burned 14,000 acres is about 15 miles away and the other one is about 25 miles away.

LionQueen · It Doesn't Matter Who We Were Before ...

Island_Reigns wrote:

It's scary. I'm feeling anxious and stressed right now.

I know. But hang in there ... smile

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

LionQueen wrote:

Island_Reigns wrote:

It's scary. I'm feeling anxious and stressed right now.

I know. But hang in there ...

Thank you

. I'll try!

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Now there are 7 fires throughout the county. cry

I'm going to try to get some sleep. I'll post more updates later.

FMA_AishaKitty · not sleepy

sorry IR

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Thanks Aisha!

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Well things have gotten much worse. I'm not on evacuation watch but my friends are. They have already packed up and headed out to parents' houses rather than wait for a mandatory evacuation. Plus the smoke is just so bad where they are that it's better for them to go to a clearer area.

The officials are saying that it's going to be worse than the fires we had 4 years ago.

Desmond_Pen · Date: Oct 22, 2007

Can you go stay somewhere and get away from it all?

KateisLost · Moonlight mod

i am sorry to hear that Island! i hope your friends homes will be ok and i hope they can get the fires under control soon!

Desmond_Pen · Date: Oct 22, 2007

KateisLost wrote:

i am sorry to hear that Island! i hope your friends homes will be ok and i hope they can get the fires under control soon!

I hope you keep your power, so you can keep us updated.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Desmond_Pen wrote:

Can you go stay somewhere and get away from it all?

Right now my area is pretty safe. The fires are south and north and east. So everyone is heading west but so are the fires. hmm

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

KateisLost wrote:

i am sorry to hear that Island! i hope your friends homes will be ok and i hope they can get the fires under control soon!

Thank you! Their areas did end up being evacuated afterall so it was good they left early.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Desmond_Pen wrote:

KateisLost wrote:

i am sorry to hear that Island! i hope your friends homes will be ok and i hope they can get the fires under control soon!

I hope you keep your power, so you can keep us updated.

Me too. There was a power surge earlier so I'm hoping we don't get complete power loss.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

I went to the grocery store and there were a bunch of people in RV's and with travel trailers in the parking lot. The latest numbers were that 250,000 people have been evacuated throughout the county.

We've got 1000 fire units coming in from AZ, NV and N.CA to help.

So hopefully they'll be able to get some control. They said that all the fires are less than 5% contained.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Here's a map of the fires going on right now. Plus there is another fire that is West of the Harris fire. I live a little to the right of the San Diego sign.

Sir Snootch · "Gamers don't sleep. They just nap between levels."

OUr prayers are with you and everyone out there. I really hope that the government steps in vry soon to help fight this. I know one report was saying that the biggest problem fighting the fires rigth now is that the wind is o bad that the planes and copters that are used to drop the massive amounts of water on these things can't fly.
I know it's mother nature, and there's only so much you can do, but you'd think after 4 years ago, and with the tech that we have these day there'd be something more wwe could do to not only fight these, but to help prevent them. Ol' smokey can only do so much to help.

Desmond_Pen · Date: Oct 23, 2007

Island_Reigns wrote:

Desmond_Pen wrote:

Can you go stay somewhere and get away from it all?

Right now my area is pretty safe. The fires are south and north and east. So everyone is heading west but so are the fires.

Then there's the ocean. Kinda pinned in weirdface

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Sir Snootch wrote:

OUr prayers are with you and everyone out there. I really hope that the government steps in vry soon to help fight this. I know one report was saying that the biggest problem fighting the fires rigth now is that the wind is o bad that the planes and copters that are used to drop the massive amounts of water on these things can't fly.
I know it's mother nature, and there's only so much you can do, but you'd think after 4 years ago, and with the tech that we have these day there'd be something more wwe could do to not only fight these, but to help prevent them. Ol' smokey can only do so much to help.

Thank you! It's really nice to hear that people are praying.

You're right, the wind is the worst part of it all. I wish there was some way to prevent them. You would think that with downed powerlines probably being the cause, that they would work on getting the underground power going. It probably has a lot to do with funding and not having enough money to fix the problems.

Sir Snootch · "Gamers don't sleep. They just nap between levels."

The thing is the govmt. has the money, but blah blah.. let me just say that there' money that could be used for things like that instead of things not needed..

HINT HINT Dubya... Bring them home, and use the money for these kinds of things.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Desmond_Pen wrote:

Island_Reigns wrote:

Desmond_Pen wrote:

Can you go stay somewhere and get away from it all?

Right now my area is pretty safe. The fires are south and north and east. So everyone is heading west but so are the fires.

Then there's the ocean. Kinda pinned in

Yeah that's the scary thing. There's no way to head east because the fires are blocking the major highways that go east and there's no way to head north because those highways are closed off in certain parts.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Sir Snootch wrote:

The thing is the govmt. has the money, but blah blah.. let me just say that there' money that could be used for things like that instead of things not needed..

HINT HINT Dubya... Bring them home, and use the money for these kinds of things.

Yep!

Desmond_Pen · Date: Oct 23, 2007

Gotta go to Mexico!

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

They've got fires in Mexico too. It's crazy! We're just totally surrounded.

Island_Reigns · Yay Lost!!

Well the fire that I saw last night coming over the hill came down the hill overnight. It's now about 3 miles away. The southern part of my community has been evacuated because the fire is moving south west of here. So we are still not being evacuated but have things ready just in case.

Two more friends have been evacuated. One lives about an hour north of me and the other lives a couple of communities south. None of my family members have been evacuated though so that's a small blessing.

Is it only Tuesday? weirdface

It's been a really long 2 days!