Oh great ... another fire in the hills above Hollywood

[ronnykmarshall]

I'm just hearing about it on the radio.

[Beaverhausen]

1. Its on its way up the hill that I'm on the other side of

dang- well I heard they already caught the asshole who started it. Poor baby got badly burned.

[Beaverhausen]

2. Oh no! They are worried about the animals at the LA Zoo!

Now I'm really pissed off.

[ronnykmarshall]

3. Have they got it under control yet?

I'm getting ready to head out for home. Haven't heard anything about traffic problems yet.

[Beaverhausen]

4. not at all. traffic on the 5 and 134 are bad.

not going to be a fun summer, that's for sure.

[Beaverhausen]

5. 5 is closed around Los Feliz - 134 closed near there also

I used to live closer to that area. Glad I'm not there.

I'm really worried about the zoo.

[JVS]

6. Burn Hollywood burn!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwwXRdtqhvg

[ronnykmarshall]

7. Oh that's fucking shitty.

People's homes and live could be in danger and you're making light of it.

Real classy.

[KitchenWitch]

11. Not cool!

Not only are peoples homes and lives up there, the air quality is going to be for shit the rest of the week.

:grr:

[Shakespeare]

12. As I sit here listening to the helicopters haul water to the fire....

...it strikes me how utterly not-cute that is. :thumbsdown:

[havocmom]

24. ES&D

Is my response to that

[zonkers]

8. I can see it from here in Silverlake, RM. Nasty.

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Damn!

When I left work in Monterey Park, I smell the smoke and see it from there. It's much more than the last one.

We've got the news on and it looks pretty bad.

[Beaverhausen]

10. This area hasn't burned in so long. I'm really scared for the animals at the zoo.

Not to mention all the wildlife in the park. Hopefully they are running to safety!

[Redstone]

13. Fires are an essential part of the ecosystem in that area. You think, maybe that God did not

want so many people to live in a place that has yearly fires, no water, and the occasional earthquake?

Hey, you're going to live in a place where the hills burn, you gotta expect that the hills will burn now and again.

Heartless? Maybe. But truth.

Redstone

[Shakespeare]

14. Well, it doesn't help that we've had under 3" of rain for the year.

Our annual average is 14"

Come on out sometime, Redstone--we'll go for a walk in my canyon (Runyon Canyon, just up the road from where the fire is), and I think you'll understand why some of us love this place so much. As long as we try to live with the environment, and not try to beat it into something it isn't--and we're getting better at that--I think a little harmony is possible.

[Redstone]

16. I've been out there. I do indeed understand. I was beside myself with worry two years ago

when there were those horrible fires in Moorpark, where the woman I love second only to Mrs R lives..I was on the phone with her every day for a week, making sure that she and her family were OK.

I am not unsympathetic, especially to you. But you folks out there live in an area where fire is a natural and essential part of the ecosystem.

And you have to live with it, just as people in the Midwest have to live with tornadoes, and people in Florida have to live with hurricanes, and people in New England have to live with blizzards.

I have more respect than you could imagine for your efforts to live with the environment, as you put it, but your environment WILL burn now and again...that's Nature's way where you live.

Three words of advice: Clay-tile roof.

Redstone

[trackfan]

15. The fire has started looking real bad in the last couple of hours.

I can see the flames from my window right now - from several miles away.

[Redstone]

17. May I suggest that you gather together the things that are important to you, such as

family pictures, financial documents, and so on, and be ready to get your ass out of there if the fire heads your way?

You can replace anything except for your life.

Redstone

[trackfan]

22. Yeah. We always have a plan ready for that possibility.

This fire is quite far away though, so I'm not too worried about anything direct. Since we are in a high risk zone here, and it has been so dry, we always have to worry about wind-blown embers, but I can't smell the fire, which is somewhat reassuring.

[Kajsa]

18. Ronny ,Gwbsamoron and Shakespeare, please

get yourselves ready in case you need to evacuate.

This includes anyone in that area.

I just saw a crawler on ABC, stating mandatory evacuations
are ordered for the entire area.

Redstone gave some great advice.

Please take care, guys!

:grouphug:

[KitchenWitch]

19. I echo this sentiment!

Be safe, everyone!

:hug:

[Shakespeare]

20. Thanks, Kajsa. I'm far enough west that I should be fine...

...and I believe Ronny is, too. It'd have to jump the 101 to get close to me, and I don't think it's in danger of doing that yet. I sure do feel for the folks over in Los Feliz, though. It's really bad. :-(

[Kajsa]

23. I do, too!

That's such a unique area.

We have the Greek Theatre and the newly reopened
Griffith Observatory right in the park!

I'm glad you're going to be OK.

:hug:

[ronnykmarshall]

25. I'm in the west as well, so we're ok.

I'm worried about my friend Cindy. She and her husband live in the area. I haven't heard from her yet.

[elshiva]

21. Sorry.

:( God help people to escape. This is NOT God's will.

[kwassa]

26. A true Californian

doesn't trust any trees that don't burn, any land that doesn't move, and any air that he can't see.

I lived in LA near LaBrea and Wilshire until '95, got the '94 Northridge quake, fires all along the top of the Santa Monica mountains down into Malibu in .... 92?, and of course, the riots in '92 that came all the way up into my neighborhood and burned lots of stores. I would come out in the morning and there would be ash on my car that looked like snowflakes.

My brother-in-law has a house in Los Feliz, on the edge of the park. I hope he is doing alright.

[kwassa]

27. Email that brother-in-law has been evacuated, no other news.

[Kajsa]

29. I hope everything's OK.

Please keep us posted.

:hi:

[kwassa]

33. I haven't talked to him, but he was evacuated last night

and no houses have burned, and the fire seems to have moved off to a different area.

[Kajsa]

35. That's good news.

n/t

[grace0418]

28. Oh geez, my brother's beautiful home is so close to the Griffith Park Observatory.

He's here in Chicago doing a play. I hope everything is okay. That's awful. I will call him right now.

[Kajsa]

30. I hope his house is OK.

Please keep us posted.

[grace0418]

31. I just called him. His wife is flying into LA today and everything

is okay so far. Oddly enough, she's flying there to check out the final repairs from when a mudslide on their property damaged houses below them a few years ago. Today they have to worry about fire.

Thanks for the well wishes. I'll keep you posted. :hug:

P.S. I have to say that I will cry for him if that house is destroyed. I know it's just a house but it is so gorgeous, it would be very sad to see it go up in smoke. Still, as long as no one is injured or killed it's all good.

[Kajsa]

34. I hope the best for them, too.

:hug:

Yes, keep me posted.

[Beaverhausen]

32. I work near this fire- I can hardly breathe. Very smoky in my building

I just hope no homes are destroyed.

It looks like there won't be much wind today, so the firefighters should be able to get it contained soon.

Major props to all the firefighters working in this very high heat and low humidity!!!

[Parche]

36. Fire

Stay safe my 'club' brother!!!! :hi: