Just wanna hear that all out 2GNT brethren in that neck of the woods are okay, not on fire, and safe!

well so far so good, we haven't been evacuated. The fire in escondido is starting to loom closer(we're just barely north of escondido, in san marcos).

Most all my family is safe, although i do have a real close friend with us now because he and his wife were evacuated. They live in hidden meadows which was evacuated due to the fallbrook fire.

i read the thread title and thought to myself... "what about SD_eclipse??"

cheers... hang in there.....

Pics nearby my home:

Bump for most worthwhile thread in the pits in some time...

im in long beach so we're not near the fires but we're still affected. my school mandated that recess be inside because a lot of kids with asthma are having breathing issues. we can easily smell it here and we have to keep the windows closed or ash gets everywhere.

my roommate had to go home to castaic/santa clarita because her both her parents homes were in danger of the fire. Her boyfriend is also a firefighter so she's stressin. i feel hella bad.

My car is full of ashes, I'm starting to have some throat pain, but besides that it's all good. What pisses me off the most is that we are missing one week of school, and the week after this I'm traveling to the east coast.

Hope every one else down here is doing well too.

http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&om=1&msa=0&msid=117631292961056724014.00043d0e9ca465cefeeed&ll=35.960223,-117.443848&spn=4.827737,8.876953&z=7
^I'm in the center of the fires on this map. It was hard to go outside yesterday, and also pretty bad today too. It rains ash all day and smells like charcoal. Lots of people getting evacuated

I live at the beach but it doesn't mean any clean air at all, the Santa Ana winds blow everything around. The sky looked close to this not quite as bad (I think this pic must be of Malibu)


I'm just staying indoors. The PM10 was off the charts yesterday (real-time air pollution measurements for here in long beach)
http://polb.airsis.com/HistoricalDetail.aspx

Yeah I had to take the day off today, tape up all the doors and windows, and just sit next to an air cleaner. I'm good though. The ghetto's a long way from those nice expensive houses in the forests. Good luck Ez, SD, Kaiser and everyone else up there.

Other than the ash edx and dawg mentioned, fine. Makes riding the bike no fun at all, but needed due to the traffic.

Every time I look out my window I am reminded of this song:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=43rgB93AvSM

Very scary. It's getting closer to us.

Best of luck to you guys/gals out there. Our thoughts are with you.

Got a sister in SD, so far the fires have stayed about 15 miles away from her location.. Good luck to all you guys, keep safe.

Originally posted by Weezle745
Every time I look out my window I am reminded of this song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=43rgB93AvSM Very scary. It's getting closer to us.

what the crap?! that is hella weird

I was out in SoCal visiting about two or three years ago, so I am glad to hear everyone is ok.

Just be safe out there guys, if you have to run for the hills (oh, wait, the hills are on fire) ok if you have to run to wherever there ISN'T fire, then just get to safety, don't try to be too proud or a hero or anything. We need you guys in one piece.

Best of luck to all of you. I couldnt imagine what you guys are going through.

Originally posted by EcLIpsInEmCEe7

Originally posted by Weezle745 Every time I look out my window I am reminded of this song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=43rgB93AvSM Very scary. It's getting closer to us.

what the crap?! that is hella weird

Not weird at all. Socal burns every 8-15 years as the vegetation grows back. Its a natural weather pattern everyone local knows about called the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_wind.

Just got a little extreme this year due to higher wind speeds and more fires at once.

Originally posted by noboost

Originally posted by EcLIpsInEmCEe7

Originally posted by Weezle745 Every time I look out my window I am reminded of this song: http://youtube.com/watch?v=43rgB93AvSM Very scary. It's getting closer to us.

what the crap?! that is hella weird

Not weird at all. Socal burns every 8-15 years as the vegetation grows back. Its a natural weather pattern everyone local knows about called the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_wind. Just got a little extreme this year due to higher wind speeds and more fires at once.

^Yes, I think it's something we're somewhat familiar with. It was this time of season just a few years ago when my neighborhood in SB was burning down, and the Santa Ana winds were blowing so strongly that the flames were all horizontal. I remember looking across the street at one of the houses on fire, and it looked like a blow torch aimed at the house next door. So that house would catch fire, and then the one downwind would do so, and then the next. It was crazy

what makes it even worse now is investigators believe it's arson. I hope they catch the perpetrators.

am safe, not on fire.

juan

My girlfriend hightailed it out of Norhtridge yesterday. She said the general concern wasn't so much the fire as the smoke. She woke up three times wed. night with a bloody nose and decided, screw this shit.

By the by, any So-Caler's wanting to make a run north to sit it out for a while are welcome in my home. We don't have much space or groceries, but I know where the beer is kept :P

Oh hi guys.

Damn, I saw this on the news. Scary shit. Well I mean it does happen often, just that when you click on google maps, like all these lil fire icons cover the whole map. :P Hope everyone's ok. Good thing I'm not around, otherwise I would have gotten an asthma attack too.

Oh wait, I'm in a third world country where smog is the norm. :P

Just wanted to make sure the quake didn't swallow anyone. You guys can't seem to catch a break lately. Hope all is well with everyone.

Well, my newly cleaned engine bay, and powder coated VC are sprinkled with ash. I just filled her up yesterday, and got a quick carwash, but hadn't had time to clean under the hood. I guess when I come back from Philly, I'll be getting a new air filter. Oh and I just got some brand new wipers :thumbsup

All is gewd, atleast in my side of the woods. My city is land locked, and one of our boundaries is the pacific, so everything around here would have to burn down, before we saw flames.

Originally posted by Fallen4ng31
Just wanted to make sure the quake didn't swallow anyone.

A 5.6 isn't a very big quake. We have small earthquakes hourly here. The news media probably didn't have anything better to do last night. When it's a 7.0 or better, then you can worry.