OT-wildfire rages outside Los Angeles

magicfan4life05 · Post #1 » by **magicfan4life05** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:59 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/15/califo ... index.html

Thousands ordered to flee as wildfire erupts near Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Five-thousand residents were ordered out of their homes in Sylmar, California, early Saturday as a fast-spreading wildfire burned along on the northern boundary of Los Angeles.

The flames erupted late Friday in the steep terrain of the Angeles National Forest on the outskirts of Sylmar, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The blaze covered 1,500 acres and threatened at least 1,000 homes just three hours after it was first reported, according to Los Angeles Fire spokesman Armando Hogan.

Flames jumped the 210 Freeway in Sylmar, forcing its closure, Hogan said.

I hope everyone here is ok, I was watching CNN and heard many many people are being evacuated north of LA.

lakersfanatic · Post #2 » by **lakersfanatic** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:12 pm

I guess it's fire season all over again. The Santa Ana winds are not helping much as well.

Sofa King · Post #3 » by **Sofa King** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:02 pm

Who cares about earthquakes. Fires are a yearly occurance here.

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:19 pm

heard about this last night, how you guys holding up?

Sofa King · Post #5 » by **Sofa King** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:33 pm

I'm great. Sitting in my living room watching TV and eating breakfast. May play some Gears of War 2 soon. How you doing?

Luckily the fires aren't effecting all of Southern California.

lakersfanatic · Post #6 » by **lakersfanatic** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:03 pm

I'm working right now .. but standing on the companies outside porch i can see the rising smoke from here.

Post #7 » by **crazyeights** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:04 pm

I was wondering why there were orange clouds yesterday....

lakersfanatic · Post #8 » by **lakersfanatic** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:34 pm

Crap! two more fires just broke out in Anaheim hills where i work
Smoke everywhere..i can smell and see ashes falling...

AceFresh · Post #9 » by **AceFresh** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:39 pm

Sofa King wrote:I'm great. Sitting in my living room watching TV and eating breakfast. May play some Gears of War 2 soon. How you doing?

Luckily the fires aren't effecting all of Southern California.

wow.
So far my day has been like this [ate pancakes while watching the news]
and about to play GOW2 too haha

Anyways, on a more serious note.
Hope everyone stays safe.

hermes · Post #10 » by **hermes** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:42 pm

i'm fine SF, its cold here and the Hawkeyes just won

Gus McCrae · Post #11 » by **Gus McCrae** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 10:39 pm

i'm in brea, there are some peeps evacuating the complex right now and people on the other side of the complex are watering their houses down. luckily it looks like the fires dying down a bit. I'd say the flames are about 500 yards from my house but definitely not as bad as they were. The Morgan Stanley building on Lambert and 57 looks like it may get hit though.

I'm packing up just in case, it smells like $hhht from all the ash and smoke. i was hoping to have some drinks and watch basektball, hopefully that will still happen

Erik Eleven · Post #12 » by **Erik Eleven** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:37 pm

Good Luck, SoCAL24! Stay safe.

amb1ent · Post #13 » by **amb1ent** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:40 pm

http://iscaliforniaonfire.com/

Gus McCrae · Post #14 » by **Gus McCrae** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:49 pm

Erik Eleven wrote:Good Luck, SoCAL24! Stay safe.

thanks Erik! things look to be dying down.

Mindflayer · Post #15 » by **Mindflayer** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:53 am

Got woke up at 4:30 this morning by a loud speaker telling the nieghborhood to be ready to evacuate if needed. All's good except the ash and smoke now. I am concerned about friends who are now much closer to the fire.

Chubby Chaser · Post #16 » by **Chubby Chaser** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:58 am

These fires are getting crazy. Unfortunately one of my friends' parents house was burned in the fire in Yorba Linda. Sucks. They are claming that these fires were set by an arson. What an a** hole. :evil:

Minhee · Post #17 » by **Minhee** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:09 am

Chubby Chaser wrote:These fires are getting crazy. Unfortunately one of my friends' parents house was burned in the fire in Yorba Linda. Sucks. They are claming that these fires were set by an arson. What an a** hole.

I have some friends in that area as well and I have yet to get a callback from them...i don't know if they are ok. Sorry about your friend. If this is seriously an arson I hope that a88hole get what is coming to him.

Sofa King · Post #18 » by **Sofa King** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:21 am

To quote a friend, "It's like Silent Hill outside."

You can see a quarter block in front of you now. Eerie.