Gilformen Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 ive been keeping up with the news covering the wildfires in southern california, both my grandparents and one of my aunts live in san diego. i just hope theyre going to get through this ok. anybody else live near there or have family around there? heres a link to a story: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wildfir ... ires_N.htm 32,606th to 99 magic || 15,388th to 99 dungeoneering || 12,647th to 99 farming14,792nd to 99 range || 24,954th to 99 herblore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoomagoo Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 i live in san diego and yah we got evacuated. Many are staying at the stadium, but alot of us just went to a family members house farther away. 26M Crafting XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Necromagus Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 ForsakenMage is in Riverside, so she should be safe for now... no idea about any other forumites. Good luck to all of those closer to the flames I guess. My Tip.It Times Articles (10 and counting) || The Varrock Library Author Index projectDo you dare to dream? - Part 19 added. || The Hospital (WIP) - New story!Necromagus looks like a viking ... with glasses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 L.A so they're pretty damn safe. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runeman231 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have relatives in California, but luckily they live in San Francisco. These massive fires are scary! :ohnoes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errdoth Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I'm in huntington beach, and the air outside is all ash-y and stuff, plus we have the santa anas, so it's dry as well, and we have to stay inside at school, too, because there's all sorts of crap flying everywhere; and one of the big palm tress fell in the school parking lot. Hell, my lit/lang teacher brought a humidifier and air purifier to school today. We were all hanging out in her classroom during lunch. (Oh, and one of my dad's really rich friends had three of his houses burn down. He had a house in malibu (where the first file started), so he went to his house in lake arrowhead, and there's a fire there now, too, and then he went down to irvine, and his house there got evacuated too. Pretty crappy day for him.) And these aren't as bad as the ones we had up in simi valley a couple years ago. It was literally raining ash, all the way where i am) Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
das1330 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Well my brother lives in the city of san Diego, and from his apartment he can see the fire slowly creeping towards the city over a mountain. He told me that he tries not to go outside because the smoke is so bad its like fog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamecaller Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I find it pretty funny that one of the richest communities on Earth (Malibu) has been lit ablaze and everyone is saying how we should donate money...But no one is concerned at all about the poor people that got hit by Katrina and are STILL screwed from it. :P Nice! "If I did break into a hotel room to steal my trophies, this is how it happened." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenin64 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 i live in san diego and yah we got evacuated. Many are staying at the stadium, but alot of us just went to a family members house farther away. isn;t that where they;re keeping the zoo animals? Command the Murderous Chalices! Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow- Death to Moby Dick!BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubeMage128 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I live in Rancho Penasquitos, just half a mile south of the cutoff for the mandatory evacuation zone for the witch creek fire, which is probably the most dangerous fire right now. The air is pretty thick with smoke, and half of my community has already evacuated. As long as the wind doesn't turn against us, we should be okay, but we have everthing packed up and ready to go just in case we need to evacuate. The entire county is in chaos, and I'm very thankful for how lucky I am right now. It's just strange how the same exact thing happened exactly 4 years ago (Down to the very same week), yet we didn't learn anything from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 It's just strange how the same exact thing happened exactly 4 years ago (Down to the very same week), yet we didn't learn anything from it. How could we learn from it? It's like a equation: Wind + Heat + SoCal = Fire. Can't stop it from happening. :P Unless you mean more helicopters and such, which I agree on. Luckly I live roughly 10 miles from the mountains (which isn't on fire) but the smoke is covering the entire area. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyM Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 My parents are there on vacation, I talked to my mom yesterday, I hope they are ok [Admin Edit: Attempting to publicly humiliate a user in your signature is inappropriate] Quit Runescape... Dec 2001 - Jan 2008 on and off... mostly off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnumb Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 My grandparents are 15 miles away from the largest fire :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pama2901 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 all the smoke and ash made me leave sick from my school...kinda makes me annoyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craiglowery Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I dont live near it but some other family members live right along the edge of the fire. They got evacuated, but their house was saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomy Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 all the smoke and ash made me leave sick from my school...kinda makes me annoyed woah woah, sad you had to leave school for a bit? :-s what kind of person are you? :uhh: Doomy edit: I like sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maleficus1055 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I live in Riverside and we are fine I just hope it doesnt spread. All of our school's outdoor activities have been canceled because of the air though. Tumblr. Follow me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powman3 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have friends and family down in San Diego. I know they'll be okay. The thing is that there were three fires that happened all at once. Ironic, eh? I think someone planned this. EDIT: Coachella Valley here, we're extremely safe from the fire, everyone here and Riverside County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrpez Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I live in Orange County and my cousins from San Diego evacuated to my house. The fire near their house in San Diego has been put out and they went back today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pama2901 Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 all the smoke and ash made me leave sick from my school...kinda makes me annoyed woah woah, sad you had to leave school for a bit? :-s what kind of person are you? :uhh: umm...the kind of person who gets sick enough to have to leave school and go back to my smoke free home? *gasp of horror* :ohnoes: im so evil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 I have friends and family down in San Diego. I know they'll be okay. The thing is that there were three fires that happened all at once. Ironic, eh? I think someone planned this. Nah, there's multiple fires going around. It's just the fast winds that united them into big ones and spread them fast. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy500fan Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Good thing they keep on building those houses made out of wood. Now I am no building or fire expert, but it seems to me there should be a better way. Maybe build a house out of concrete. Sure fire does damage to it eventually, but if you have a wildfire it's going to burn up everything around it pretty quickly and move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoomagoo Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 i live in san diego and yah we got evacuated. Many are staying at the stadium, but alot of us just went to a family members house farther away. isn;t that where they;re keeping the zoo animals? no they have cots set up for evacuees at the stadium 26M Crafting XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 Good thing they keep on building those houses made out of wood. Now I am no building or fire expert, but it seems to me there should be a better way. Maybe build a house out of concrete. Sure fire does damage to it eventually, but if you have a wildfire it's going to burn up everything around it pretty quickly and move on. Concrete would be worse for the earthquakes. We are on top of a major fault after all. :P This chain of fires taught me something though: Never buy a house up in the mountains or near them. "The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you never hear it you'll never know what justice is." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errdoth Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 If it interests anyone, I just found this: This Last.fm Signature Overlays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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