fatdad wrote:You know, the minute they reported on the news this morning that there were Santa Anas and really low humidity, I knew it would just be a matter of time before some psycho went outside with his fire bomb. It's like ringing a dinner bell.

I was thinking the same thing last night.

Vic Hanson wrote:Is this the same fire? Here is an L.A. Times story.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2 ... anure.html

Vic

Yes.

Started by a pile o shit.

That is different, for a change.

No real damage done so far, except to some growers.

The price of lemons and avacados might go up some.

Some of the growers used their own workers and equipment to put out the fires. They claim the firefighters refused to go into groves because of the huge eucalyptus trees that line the groves and function as wind breaks. It was to dangerous.

It is dead calm outside right now and hopefully the fog will roll in, like last night.

So, Guy, you're still safe?

MarthaP wrote:So, Guy, you're still safe?

Never in danger, really.

The DC10 is making "drops" right now.

That is really a big plane and it's so low.

The fire is about 2 miles away.

When it gets a little more to the east I will be under the smoke plume.

late

My comment is a couple days late and a dollar short, but there still remains a 'political
undertone' to all these horrible fires.

Thanks to the environmentalists, the forested areas were allowed to build to "tinderbox" conditions.

Thanks to the nut cases, the "tinderboxes" are bound to become raging infernos.

Good luck and may the force be with you!

AND those SC-MLC nut cases aren't helping things either !@!!


The only thing that puts a smile on my humble face is Rob's llamas !!!

For crying out loud. ...

lcarreau wrote:My comment is a couple days late and a dollar short, but there still remains a 'political
undertone' to all these horrible fires.

Thanks to the environmentalists, the forested areas were allowed to build to "tinderbox" conditions.

Thanks to the nut cases, the "tinderboxes" are bound to become raging infernos.

Good luck and may the force be with you!

Politics?????

The politics of fire???

I don't think that you can point to "environmentalists" as having anything to with a fire burning in the chaparral.

And this one was started by a "pile of shit" literally.

"Thanks to the environmentalists, the forested areas were allowed to build to "tinderbox" conditions"

I disagree. the tinderbox conditions are the result of many factors, namely a drier climate, forest fire suppression by the USFS, "humanoids" (arsonists, people careless with fire, manure pilers, etc.), and other factors. Singling out environmentalists, smokey the bear, the Sierra Club, or whatever is incorrect imo. It's a combination of many factors, and if you want to narrow it down, then perhaps overpopulation is a more accurate root (source) cause. The sixth great mass extinction is what's going on.

Dougb wrote:The sixth great mass extinction is what's going on.

The extinction of chaparral?

Overpopulation (i.e. not letting natural fires do their thing) and an ever drier climate are probably the main contributors.

Yeah, but it's still a 'Catch 22.'

"Overpopulation" caused some folks to move OUT away from the cities.

But, were they ever safe? Living on the outskirts has disadvantages.

Who's supposed to be "taking care" of the Chaparral? Is that the BLM ???

(I was just looking at the big picture).

drjohnso1182 wrote:

Dougb wrote:The sixth great mass extinction is what's going on.

The extinction of chaparral?

hardy har har, hee haw, yeah, just chaparral. God yer funny. Look at the station fire pics posted http://www.mtwilson.edu/16Sep09.php, thank god all that pesky brush is gone. Wait till the western sierra burns. It's only a matter of time. Yep, just chaparral is all that's going extinct. And our children's future.

When you click on that link, it says: PAGE NOT FOUND!


What happened, did the page burn up in a blazing inferno ??? ??

lcarreau wrote:When you click on that link, it says: PAGE NOT FOUND!


What happened, did the page burn up in a blazing inferno ??? ??

take the comma off the end of the URL and paste it up

Thanks, a guy like me lookin' for valuable information on the California thread doesn't have
time to 'DICK' around.