Helicopters are grounded and the winds picked up. Bad scene. Sheriff Deputies are Firefighting with garden hoses.
Sheriff Lee Baca is on T.V. "reassuring" residents that there are adequate resources to fight the fire. Uh oh. Officials in my experience only "reassure" when it has already hit the fan.
Well we have Santa Ana winds through Tuesday so this will get interesting.
Goin,
you know the way to courtesy parking HB.
you can always come over early for the prerally training...
just sayin'
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No worries. We're drinking lots of beer if the fire gets to us we'll be able to put it out.
of course, you are always ready...
with a solution
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The sun is an orange fireball and it is smokey even here.
You can smell the smoke very strongly.
Ack.
Family: Please check in so we know you are okay.
Been up much of the night watching the OC fire run amok over our hills. Too close for comfort. Wife's Irvine office is being evacuated. It didn't look so bad when I left for work this morning. Traffic was horrible, though, with all the road closures. Took the motorcycle to get through it. Now I will take the Burb home, in case we have to split with our stuff, or in case a neighbor needs help. Dangit - had a busy week planned.
Winds here in Huntington Beach (20 miles north-west of OC fire) are gusting up to 50 mph, trees are loosing branches and palms are dropping dead growth. If it blows here like this, the hills and canyons must be worse, humidity must be in the single digits, temperatures are rising, maybe as high as 90 today.
The smoke from the OC fires are blowing big time over Newport Beach which is due west of the action.
kevbo/milo-karen,
how are you guys doing up north?
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The wind is something else...crazy. My bike and I weigh about 600lbs, and the wind blows it around like it was a toy. Add sand, pollen, ash and soot to that, and it's an allergy cocktail that packs a real punch..
The wind is something else...crazy. My bike and I weigh about 600lbs, and the wind blows it around like it was a toy. Add sand, pollen, ash and soot to that, and it's an allergy cocktail that packs a real punch..
Uwe,
Park the bike brother..low visibility and so cal drivers, not a good environment for two wheelers. We can be up in Orange in 30 minutes if you need us.
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Park the bike brother..low visibility and so cal drivers, not a good environment for two wheelers. We can be up in Orange in 30 minutes if you need us.
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Thanks, Man...taking the Suburban, seems to be better suited for this kind of climate.
The wind here in Laguna Beach goes from virtually 'still' to 'maniac crazy' lifting patio chairs and tables turning...SMOKE is terrible...yellow grey everywhere!
Firetrucks are 'patrolling' around...checking out the fire roads and brush nearby, I think checking on the dryness and possibilities, they're 'on it' for sure, I feel rather safe but I'm packed for a quick getaway just in case.
My Bambi is another story...she's right up in the area near Uwe, not near homes, so I don't know if the storage area would be a top priority...
"There's always somethin"...Emily Latilla
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