10-22-2007, 07:03 PM
Legio IX Hispana in So Cal... Safe, all safe.... about a dozen and a half fires from north of LA down to the San Diego/Mexico border!
250,000 evacuated in S Diego County!
Smoke and ashfall.. nearly everywhere. Wind driven fires 30-40 mph.. gusts higher... and with the number of coastal canyons and valleys oriented approximatley east/west the westerly winds get funneled and pick up speed...
An inversion layer keeping the smoke low, the fire being driven westward under the smoke, making it nearly impossible for the large airplane water bombers to work! C-130's, a couple of 727's and numbers of smaller craft and helicopters.. grounded by wind and visibility problems!
Lots of ground work, firetruck, hoses and crews... 1000+ fire trucks in action iin San Diego County. Essential military personal have been ordered to report. One dead in S Diego, and 13 at UCSD Burn Center Hoispital including 4 fire fighters
But a quarter million folk being evacuated!
Jeff and Gwen of Historic Enterprises (some here have purchased kit from them) have evacuated from Ramona, outside of S Diego. Horses, pets, computers.. to a nearby rodeo grounds.
Many thousands of horses evacuated from the back country to Del Mar Racetrack and the Polo Grounds
The football stadium in S Diego as an evac center! .. huge parking lot. Red Cross gearing up and ready.
A hospital evacuated.
Fire near our manufacturing shop in Tecate!
Yikes!
More later!
250,000 evacuated in S Diego County!
Smoke and ashfall.. nearly everywhere. Wind driven fires 30-40 mph.. gusts higher... and with the number of coastal canyons and valleys oriented approximatley east/west the westerly winds get funneled and pick up speed...
An inversion layer keeping the smoke low, the fire being driven westward under the smoke, making it nearly impossible for the large airplane water bombers to work! C-130's, a couple of 727's and numbers of smaller craft and helicopters.. grounded by wind and visibility problems!
Lots of ground work, firetruck, hoses and crews... 1000+ fire trucks in action iin San Diego County. Essential military personal have been ordered to report. One dead in S Diego, and 13 at UCSD Burn Center Hoispital including 4 fire fighters
But a quarter million folk being evacuated!
Jeff and Gwen of Historic Enterprises (some here have purchased kit from them) have evacuated from Ramona, outside of S Diego. Horses, pets, computers.. to a nearby rodeo grounds.
Many thousands of horses evacuated from the back country to Del Mar Racetrack and the Polo Grounds
The football stadium in S Diego as an evac center! .. huge parking lot. Red Cross gearing up and ready.
A hospital evacuated.
Fire near our manufacturing shop in Tecate!
Yikes!
More later!
Hibernicus
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
LEGIO IX HISPANA, USA
You cannot dig ditches in a toga!
[url:194jujcw]http://www.legio-ix-hispana.org[/url]
A nationwide club with chapters across N America
