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Smoke

Postby midger » August 29th, 2009, 6:06 pm

Here in RS you can't smell or see any smoke or ash--We decided to send it all north to Ridgecrest. :o

I was in towards LA earlier today and could really see the smoke when I was in West Covina and on towards LA. Hope they get a handle on it soon.
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Re: Smoke

Postby BradW » August 29th, 2009, 8:30 pm

Yep, I think we have all of it here in Ridgecrest :( Although, it seems to come and go. It was really dark here during the late afternoon. Hope you guys are safe, it looks to be a nasty one.

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Re: Smoke

Postby Flyjunkie » August 30th, 2009, 7:56 am

We get it off and On here the San Fernando Valley....

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This is a Shot from Woodley Ave in the Sepulveda Flood Basin looking East, at the Station Fire..
On Friday we had a Column of Smoke coming over the Shop and it was nasty looking...
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Re: Smoke

Postby midger » August 30th, 2009, 4:10 pm

We're getting smoke now, but it may be from the Oak Glen fire--don't really know, but don't want it burning anywhere.
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Fire in Oak Glen (Yucaipa area)

Postby midger » August 30th, 2009, 5:18 pm

We just saw the tanker fly over. You can read about this fire on:

http://www.rimoftheworld.net/
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Re: Smoke

Postby Wildman » August 31st, 2009, 6:54 am

The Station Fire is now around 100,000 acres and moving where it wishes. It is now moving into the wilderness areas near the San Gabriel drainages. The areas that most folks fish are still untouched but no garuntees that will be so in a day or so. It stretches from La Crecenta to Littlerock and continues in a N/E direction. The deaths of two LA County firefighters have put a somber pall on the folks who still have to work this thing. Smoke plume stretches all the way to Las Vegas. No relief in sight.

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Re: Smoke

Postby Gary C. » August 31st, 2009, 7:20 am

Thanks' for the update Jim, please keep us informed on how things are going.
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Re: Smoke

Postby Eric » August 31st, 2009, 8:33 am

Jim when I read about the two fireman who gave there life to protect us last night my thoughts turned to the work you ,mike and joe do to protect us. Make sure to stay safe my friends.
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Re: Smoke

Postby rayfound » September 1st, 2009, 7:26 am

Smoke in every direction now in riverside. Ash on my car this morning.
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Re: Smoke

Postby rayfound » September 1st, 2009, 12:52 pm

Click this link. Just do it.

http://vimeo.com/6335740
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Re: Smoke

Postby Papasequoia » September 1st, 2009, 1:46 pm

That was pretty cool. Somebody sent me this one earlier that shows both day and night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qqxjO5n ... r_embedded
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Re: Smoke

Postby COCarp » September 1st, 2009, 2:51 pm

Well all that smoke has now trickled to CO! The whole front range is one huge cloud of smog!
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Re: Smoke

Postby mtnguru » September 1st, 2009, 9:56 pm

This may give some of you an idea of where exactly this fire is extending....http://www.northtreefire.com/gis/virtual.php

Oh and another crazy time lapse...http://brandonriza.com/Video/HTML/ZeroPercentContained.html

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Re: Smoke

Postby dna » September 3rd, 2009, 2:21 pm

Been getting ash on my car the last few mornings in West LA...
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Re: Smoke

Postby theokieangler » September 4th, 2009, 8:00 am

Don't know if you have run into these pictures of the fire yet, but pretty wild stuff.
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