Fires in SOCAL

[a1]

First in Montecito, then just today Corona and Yorba Linda which is only a few miles from where I live. I see the smoke building up from the distance and Canadair CL-415 flying formation to drop water and flame retardant.


Horrible conditions now. Winds and gusts with lots of dry weather.

[ShaneG_old]

Best of luck there, :-/ thoughts and prayers to you and your neighbors.

[a1]

Best of luck there, :-/ thoughts and prayers to you and your neighbors.

Don't worry. The fires are around 20mi away from where i am at. I could see the smoke building up from location clearly though. :-/

[Fozzer]

Following the various Cal Wildfifes over the years during my daily Cal Sim Flights, and my daily news from Kron4 and LA News, this one appears to have come rather late in the year this time!

I'm following it closely on the Kron4 news at the moment..

Ta for the photos, Alex, in the Photos Forum.
This appears to be a shot looking towards the Sam Bernardino Mountains, in the distance...>>> http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2 ... 1226796372
I remember the fires on the San Bernardino Mountain tops a year, or so, ago and the fires in the Napa Valley, Livermore, and the devastating fires at Lake Tahoe and San Diego..!
Now you've got them at Big Sur and Santa Barbara!

...and still Folks build their homes in amongst flammable Trees... ...!

....keep us up to date with the news and photo's, Alex......!

F....G-BPLF... 8-)...!

[a1]

Oh dear...

Major freeways leading to and from the places that are burnt are closed down. All evacuations have been made yesterday and evacuations are on hold at the moment. There is just not enough space to hold all the people being evacuated. The DC-10 tanker made a couple passes around a neighborhood to give some fire protection but it is just not enough. P-3 Orions are doing to same but it just isn't enough. The CL-415 have been put back so the big aircraft can work.

[Fozzer]

Orange County.
Riverside.

Corona:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corona,_California

Check out the 2008 Corona Freeway Complex Fire.

F...G-BPLF... 8-)...!

Videos:

http://www.latimes.com/video/

[Apex]

Got a friend in LA somewhere, he's OK, not too close, but described the sky as "apocalyptic orange".

[a1]

[quote]Got a friend in LA somewhere, he's OK, not too close, but described the sky as "apocalyptic orange".