Burning Down The House...A Report from San Diego (1093 hits)
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Submitted by JonnyX (View user info) at 2007-10-23 15:42:07 EDT
Over 345,000 people have been evacuated in San Diego so far...I was almost one of them.
The sky is no longer orange, and the constant smell of smoke in the air is no longer omnipresent.
Today, the fire lines have receded, somewhat, and some people are being allowed to return to their homes...some people are being allowed to return to what's left of their homes.
The weird thing is that the fires often jump from house to house - one house will burn down, and then, on the next street over, an ember from that house will touch off another one.
Sometimes they can save it, sometimes they can't.
Every resource we have is dedicated to saving structures, which means a lot of the open spaces and farms are being left to burn. Most of the animals have been rescued, but some have not.
It's not just one fire, there are several, all going in different directions - we're getting gusts of wind up to 50 mph in some places, which makes things...difficult, to say the least.
Schools are closed, businesses are closed...we're all just sitting at home, waiting for the Reverse 911 call telling you to leave, NOW. I know some people who have already got that call, fortunately, they've announced that those areas are now safe, and it's alright to go back in.
But a lot of people haven't got that call, they're still waiting.
The football stadium is holding 9000 people right now - my local school has 1200 refugees. We have a lot of volunteers taking care of them though - there's even a whole area dedicated as a kennel, for all the dogs that folks have.
The TV is full of constant images of raging fields of fire, racing up a ridgeline, entire streets of houses burning to the ground, desperate helicopters and tanker planes dumping water on a seemingly futile quest to stop the relentless advance.
We're surrounded in every direction, except for the Pacific.
Amazingly enough, very few deaths have been reported...but all our efforts are going to triage the veins of flame that are shooting up all around us - they'll be time to count the dead and destroyed later...if there IS a later.
Sleep comes hard, if at all - days of adrenaline put one into a fugue-like state. It's like drinking pot after pot of black coffee - you know it's not good for you, but you daren't stop, lest the embers land on you.
The talking heads continously read off the stream of data on the video screen - do this, don't go there, don't forget that, stay off the cell phone, stay off the roads, be ready, but wait...
Forget FEMA, the only talking head I wanna see now is this guy...
User Reviews
Submitted by bruzwuld (user info) at 2007-11-11 09:31:54 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
The major TV networks etc provided full coverage of all important matters relating to the San Diego evacuation. I'm sure everyone had feelings of heartfelt sympathy for those most severely affected. However, the short piece you wrote is so dull and uninteresting in the way that it's worded, that I can only give it a -2.
Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2007-10-27 22:49:37 EDT (#)
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Booo.
Submitted by Sphagnum (user info) at 2007-10-27 14:05:13 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-10-25 21:51:33 EDT (#)
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Submitted by iddqd (user info) at 2007-10-25 09:56:26 EDT (#)
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i wonder how many rapes, bashings, robberies and shit smeared on walls there were in these shelters?
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2007-10-25 21:39:35 EDT (#)
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Halloween costume idea: Tape a bunch of Charcoal briquettes to your head and torso and go as San Diego County.
GO BEARS WOO!!!
Submitted by PayMeLater (user info) at 2007-10-25 02:42:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by pillowcase (user info) at 2007-10-24 23:18:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Quit Being Such A Dumbass You Stupid Little Whore Jonnyx You Dink.
I Hope I Get To See You In Hell Then I Would Stab Your Eye With A Needle And Watch You Deflate You Fat Mother Fucker I Want You To Suck Me Off.
P.S. I Want You.
R.S.V.P~~~ Seriously Though.
Submitted by Fatterrific (user info) at 2007-10-24 20:49:36 EDT (#)
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too melodramatic.
Submitted by kuroneko_sama (user info) at 2007-10-24 19:12:05 EDT (#)
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auto "stop making sense" +2
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-10-24 15:39:18 EDT (#)
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It's better today, but there is still a lot of fire - now its turned around and is heading towards Julian - NOOO, THE APPLES!!!!!!!
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-10-24 14:02:15 EDT (#)
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You're just pissed at me cos I turned your make out session down cos you're too old. Chill out, pops.
Submitted by beat_raven (user info) at 2007-10-24 12:55:42 EDT (#)
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MOVE NORTH!!
It's pretty up here - and our fires are out.
~Crystle
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-10-24 11:28:17 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-10-24 09:57:24 EDT (#)
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Am I the only one who notices that pillowcases "funny little song" has a grammatical error in it? It makes me want to stab something.
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no but you're the only one anal enough to bring it up.
Submitted by BranDo (user info) at 2007-10-24 10:10:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Watch out, you might get what you're after
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
I'm an or-di-na-ry guy
Burning down the house
Hold tight, wait 'till the party's over
Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house
Here's your ticket, pack your bag, time for jumpin' overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin' fire with fire
All wet, hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown, dream walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house
It was once upon a place, sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work, baby what do expect
Gonna burst into flame
My house, s'out of the ordinary
That's right, don't want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house
No visible means of support, and you have not seen nothin' yet
Everything's stuck together
I don't what you expect, staring into the TV set
Fighting fire with fire
Be well.
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-10-24 09:57:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Am I the only one who notices that pillowcases "funny little song" has a grammatical error in it? It makes me want to stab something.
Submitted by MudWhistle (user info) at 2007-10-24 09:16:42 EDT (#)
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be safe dickhead
http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-10-24 07:31:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I think it's HILARIOUS how they're downplaying it here in MD. 'Oh, they have all the fires contained and everyone's a-okay'. Oh, and evidently, Camp Pendleton is perfectly fine, with only one small fire and no closures or interruptions.
CROCK OF SHIT.
Submitted by PhillipTheGreat (user info) at 2007-10-24 02:47:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:47:23 EDT (#)
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How is LA doing? Anyone heard from Experima?
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I'm in the valley, and although it's smokey and hot, we can't see the fire currently...
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-10-24 00:40:57 EDT (#)
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A great way to stop a fire from engulfing your home is a concrete wall.
Then again, when you're GOOD at fire, you can go through concrete. Then again, that isn't a prequisite for being good at fire.
Submitted by pillowcase (user info) at 2007-10-23 22:25:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
You post on here, you've got nothing at all to say.
You think your cool, but we all know your ghey.
You don't spell check
You don't proof read.
You post your crap up here for the world to see...
But theirs nothing we can do.
cept give you a -2!
cept give you a -2!
Don't take it personally,
but -2 die
Don't get all teary,
your post makes baby jebus cry
But theirs nothing we can do......
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
Your post screams out "help me"
I'm not that bright
I'm sure you're smarter then this
but capitlize your "I"'s
But theirs nothing we can do.....
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
Fetish says "har har peener"
Mickginny says "kill yourself"
Bart leaves a no comment
hm hm hm hm rhymes with "peener"
But theirs nothing we can do......
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
Post something Funny,
Not plagerized
If you Cut and paste e-mails
God kills a baby bunny.
But theirs nothing we can do......
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
Don't you dare post poo,
like you just did
Wait till you have something to say,
to earn a +2.
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cept give you -2!!!!!!!!!
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CEPT GIVE YOU A -2!!!!!!
CEPT GIVE YOU A -2!!!!!!
Submitted by Coyote (user info) at 2007-10-23 21:42:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I don't really care, as long as the Stone Brewing Company survives.
Tell me the Stone Brewing Company survived.
Submitted by HotWillie (user info) at 2007-10-23 21:26:11 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-10-23 21:07:37 EDT (#)
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One type of Phallic SIIMMMBol is a COCK!!!
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-10-23 20:44:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Blah blah blah 9/11 Founding fathers blah blah.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2007-10-23 20:15:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-10-23 20:13:42 EDT (#)
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oh, and of all the taling heads, guess which one had all the doom and gloom - that's right, fucking FOX news...those cocksuckers
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2007-10-23 18:22:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Not much I can do from here, other than say hang in there.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2007-10-23 17:28:52 EDT (#)
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I just came back from the grocery store - no ice, no water, shelves half empty - it's like fuckin Beirut...
Monty, be careful up there...if we can all just hang on until Thursday, the weather should break.
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-23 17:00:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:53:20 EDT (#)
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You should park your house in a safer neighborhood.
Submitted by Dexter-Brown (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:42:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Dealing with the same thing in orange county with the santiago fire - we never got the evacuation order but still had lots of smoke and ash and flying embers. Some of the news crews covering this are unbelievable. Last night a channel 7 van cut in front of me and parked to get footage of a burning palm tree. One fucking tree! The fire dept. had to finally push them back.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:41:21 EDT (#)
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oops, wrong post.
sorry.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:40:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
oh man, i was hoping you'd died in your trailer.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:35:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Good Luck.
Submitted by DudeThatsBOSH (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:31:00 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
damn dude
Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:25:59 EDT (#)
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What Captain Thorns said. Smile.
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:23:27 EDT (#)
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I don't really pay attention to news, so it's good to see a first-hand synopsis of what's going on out there on the West Coast. Glad you're doing okay.
Submitted by ChristPuncher (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:22:36 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
IN DEPTH REPORT FOUND HERE --- http://www.ubersite.com/m/112660
GO BEARS WOO!!!
Submitted by DirtyHarry (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:21:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Fey (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:20:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Be safe.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:16:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
The vulnerable and ever innocent user formerly known as Crystle who was banned by the bitchy pair of scourge and mudwhistle says:
"latest news headlines are that as the winds are whipping the fires up again, local area women are melting faster than they can evacuate.."
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:12:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-10-23 12:47:23 PDT (#)
Ranking: 2
How is LA doing? Anyone heard from Experima?
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it's fine here. don't worry! i'm just ill today.
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:12:16 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I just heard they're not ruling out Arson in these fires.
Not to be an alarmist, but wouldn't a massive, organized arson like this be a great terrorist attack? CA has a massive economy. Causing huge fires like this further depletes money and resources.
Probably just some fucked up white kid though.
Or a gopher.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:10:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:10:19 EDT (#)
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I was out hiking Sunday all day and saw the smoke starting from the Harris fire, and then later in the day, the Witch Creek fire..
I almost got trapped in Julian, all the roads were blocked except 79, so I ended up driving through Warner Springs up to Temecula and back around that way.
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:10:08 EDT (#)
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Amazing Point 1: Firefighters from all over the state have gone down there to fight this.
Amazing Point 2: A Red Cross worker said this was one of the most civil mass evacuations he's ever seen, with people helping each other out in ways big and small.
Every once in a while, California is able to overcome its flakiness.
Glad you're okay, Mr. X. I was gonna do a post today asking what you were up to.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:09:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
went through that in SD many years ago.... wake up and car and everything else would have layer of ash on it. crazy stuff
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:08:00 EDT (#)
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It sucks...Mother Nature is really pissed off at the Earth...and in California, in particular.
Submitted by forensicgirl3 (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:05:28 EDT (#)
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that's got to be a hell of a thing to see!
Glad to hear you're ok!
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:03:59 EDT (#)
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What do you mean the skies aren't orange and full of smoke?!
COME UP TO NORTH COUNTY WHERE THE END TIMES ARE NIGH
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2007-10-23 16:00:11 EDT (#)
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"...and bless JonnyX, and godchicken, and badassjulie, and experima.."
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:59:51 EDT (#)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:58:33 EDT (#)
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<repeatedly strikes left forearm with edge of right hand in sets of four blows, each set beginning near the elbow with subsequent strikes in the set moving along the forearm such that the fourth blow of the set lands near the wrist>
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Greatest dance move ever.
Even better than rubbing your boner against a girl while grinding.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:58:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
<repeatedly strikes left forearm with edge of right hand in sets of four blows, each set beginning near the elbow with subsequent strikes in the set moving along the forearm such that the fourth blow of the set lands near the wrist>
I'll give you the same advice I gave to New Orleans and that I use myself when the need arises: Nature is coming and you're not badder than Nature. Get Out! If you're too stupid to leave, then you get what you get for staying.
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:57:04 EDT (#)
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Glad to hear from you!
Submitted by Wildman (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:51:33 EDT (#)
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this alter had to leave his house on West Canyon, and go to his other house up north, because of the smoke
Submitted by Director (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:47:23 EDT (#)
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How is LA doing? Anyone heard from Experima?
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2007-10-23 15:46:24 EDT (#)
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I have seen a couple clowns spraying their house down with water. Is that efective or even legal in a case like this?
...if it was my house I probably would do the same...