2009 California Wildfires

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Aug Sat 29, 2009 11:44 pm

Every single year there's about two or three bad wildfires that are insane. This year, there's one literally coming over the mountains and I can see it from my house. I believe that this is by Altadena since I'm closest to Cal State LA so I have a feeling that it's this one. Either way it's kind of beautiful glowing in the night even though it's going to get out of control soon.

I hope those around that area or in the areas of the other fires are careful and such. I had a fire on the 710 Freeway close to my house earlier this summer but that wasn't too bad.

Post by **Len90** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 2:24 am

Wow that looks pretty scary. I would have a tough time sleeping at night if I saw that from my window. Hope the firefighters gain the upper hand on this one soon, but it doesn't look good for at least the next couple of days.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 10:18 am

Yikes! I'm with Len, I don't think I could sleep if I saw that from my window. Stay safe Ms. Swann!

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 11:53 am

SWANN you're in our prayers!!! Please keep safe! Remember stuff can be replaced...YOU CAN"T!!!

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 2:43 pm

Thankfully it's not anywhere near me. I live close to Cal State LA and this is towards JPL. Here, I went to Google maps to see how far it's from me. It's about twenty minutes away so I'm still safe!

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 5:26 pm

Thank GOD!!

Post by **Len90** » Aug Sun 30, 2009 9:01 pm

Glad to see that you are pretty far away from it. However, that smoke is not good to be breathing... stay indoors! I think it doubled in size again today. From what the news says out here in NY/NJ this is a big fire that is threatening a lot of homes.

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 2:03 pm

It's kind of bad here at my school (the smoke) so I'm doing what I can to stay indoors.

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 2:08 pm

I can't imagine what it's like there...I'm in Las Vegas, and we're getting the smoke here. It is really bad on this end and there have been unhealthy air advisories out all weekend (although today is starting to clear up a bit). Stay safe!!!! Thoughts and prayers are with everyone in the area!

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 3:30 pm

I have a friend that drove up to Pasadena on Saturday and took these pics:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darthweef/ ... 197601618/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darthweef/ ... 197601618/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darthweef/ ... 197601618/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darthweef/ ... 197601618/

Post by **Len90** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 10:21 pm

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/1856/

Here is a good site that posts updates on this massive beast. 105,000 acres. Dr. Ravenscroft, those pictures are almost like they are something straight out of a movie. YIKES!

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 10:35 pm

Those are some scary pictures!! If I didn't know I would think that was a cloud bank not a SMOKE bank!! You are all in our prayers!!

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 10:45 pm

Those pictures are very scary! I am praying that this fire can be controlled soon!

elizabethswann · Post by **elizabethswann** » Aug Mon 31, 2009 11:33 pm

I was thankful to spend most of my day indoors and away from all that smoke. Even while I was eating dinner in Burger King I could see the smoke rising and clouding up the sky.

Post by **Dr. Ravenscroft** » Sep Tue 01, 2009 11:14 am

Here is a time lapse of the fire back when it was at 0% containment:
http://www.brandonriza.com/Video/HTML/Z ... ained.html

Just shows how bad it is when you see it sped up.