Just thought I would check in and see if everyone in SOCAL was doing ok with those fires.

 

The SF Valley is fine, but I did see about 60 "structures" on TV last night that were completely engulfed in flames

Thanks for thinkin of us!

 

CNN is reporting more than 100 homes lost in the Santa Barbara county area. Hopefully no one on here has lost there home, but that's still a lot of homes lost and a lot of people looking for help.

Top line from the article:

A wind-driven brush fire roaring through the canyons of Santa Barbara County has burned more than 100 homes, injured 13 people and charred more than 2,500 acres, a county spokeswoman said.

 

The link from fark.com
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comm...IDLink=4018745

and that points to The Santa Barbara Independent
http://www.independent.com/news/2008...orning-update/

but this thread is only the 2nd I've heard of fires.

 

Wow, it was all over the news last night...they said about 100 homes had burned. The footage was unreal and very scary...entire neighborhoods in Montecito engulfed in flames, houses collapsing...

My heart goes out to the people in the affected area. Hope it was just loss of homes, and no people.

 

It was network news...channel 2 or 4...the eleven o'clock news.


But you're right...we spend so much time here that I usually hear about things here first.

 

I have two friends who live there, one at the beginning of the fire whose house still stands, but not his neighbors and had the fire been buring for an hour the fire dept would never have been able to get to his home, my other friends home also survived, but not his neighber.

Heh, maybe I should sell my friendship like a magic potion? Naw.

 

Just got word a fire just broke out in corona near 71 and 91 fwy. this is very close to rigger mikes place. i will post more as i get information.

 

Now why would you need a freeway?

 

I really completely missed all of this, i didnt listen to the radio or watch the news at all yesterday. I really hope everyone is ok