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Post by Bonny on May 15, 2014 17:08:20 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever seen anything like this before:
www.utsandiego.com/video/play/70126/
DH and I are up at our cabin which is about 100mi away. I did a hike today to about 9000'. Looking west I could actually see the ocean (somewhat rare due to the normal marine layer) but the view south was very smoky and hazy. I could see one black funnel which is probably the Fallbrook fire.
Fire is a way of life in the West but this is really early for the fire season. 
ETA: Some other pix:
www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/may/14/san-diego-county-wild-fires/
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Post by mollyanna58 on May 15, 2014 18:36:23 GMT -5
That is so cool and so terrible at the same time.
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Post by skubikky on May 16, 2014 5:59:16 GMT -5
And here in Western New York we're having a lot of rain and flooding in the low lying areas.
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Post by Nazgul Girl on May 16, 2014 6:01:06 GMT -5
That doesn't look like a fun place to be right now.
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Post by Bonny on May 16, 2014 9:47:41 GMT -5
Scary Stuff. Hope your cabin, and you all, stay safe Bonny. Thanks demi. Last year's "Mountain Fire" at 24,000 acres and 1.5 mile from town last July was close enough. But there's still a lot of very dry fuel up in the National Forest. It could happen again.
Waiting to hear from one of my tenants. Our house in San Diego's N. County is fine but the husband works at Camp Pendleton where two fires are burning.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2014 10:02:14 GMT -5
We had a fire start 2 days ago on the backside of our mountain. It was small and the winds were going away from the mountain so it never moved up. It was put out in about 4 hours.
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Post by Bonny on May 16, 2014 10:24:56 GMT -5
We had a fire start 2 days ago on the backside of our mountain. It was small and the winds were going away from the mountain so it never moved up. It was put out in about 4 hours. Yeah, given the weather conditions I'm surprised we're not seeing more fires down your way. With 9 fires in the N. County it sure lends credence to the suspicion of arson. I know two have been ruled other causes but that's a lot of fires in a pretty concentrated area.
But I'll guess the Carlsbad one was started by a fire at the homeless camp where they found the body.
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2014 12:21:18 GMT -5
If North County burns, where are all the pimps and hos going to move to? Just like if East County burns, who will make all the meth?  |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2014 12:40:45 GMT -5
I am very concerned about fire this year. We already live in an official "extreme fire area."
All of the trees here are already dry and juniper burns very, very well and hot because it is full of oil.
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Post by Bonny on May 16, 2014 14:56:14 GMT -5
If North County burns, where are all the pimps and hos going to move to? Just like if East County burns, who will make all the meth? What town in N. County has a rep for pimps and hos?
And I expect that NE County has PLENTY of meth operations...and probably stills too in Fallbrook! 
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Post by Bonny on May 17, 2014 9:39:19 GMT -5
Walked into town today and it was really smoky. Happened to see a Riverside Co. Fire Truck parked in the shopping center parking lot. They confirmed the smoke was from the San Diego fires, the closest of which is still 60 miles away. It's actually good news in that it means the winds have shifted back to on-shore which means cooler and wetter winds vs the hot dry desert winds.
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