Some of stories that are beginning to trickle out from the effected areas are pretty amazing. Neighborhoods banding together to save each other's houses, etc.
I think when these fires finally become part of history, their legacy will not be one of destruction, but of human triumph. On 10/25/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am about 10 miles from the westernmost corner of the Witch Creek fire. > We > were never in any real danger here, although my wife and daughter did > spend > two nights with a friend just a little closer to the ocean. My wife kind > of > freaked out because a neighbor said she saw the fire coming up the canyon > behind our house. But that was a mistake; the fire was never very close. > > You can see a good map of the burn area here: > > http://www.signonsandiego.com/firemap/ > > If you see the symbol for I-5, just above where it says "San Diego", that > is > more or less where I live, underneath that I-5 sign. > > Not to minimize the damage that has been done, but it could have been a > LOT > worse. A lot has been made in the national news about the fact that > several > hundred thousand acres burned. Bad stuff, but mostly that land is barren > wilderness in the hills east of the residential areas of the county. The > Witch Creek fire unfortunately did burn through several residential areas > as > it moved west. Ramona, Rancho Bernardo, Poway, and Rancho Santa Fe were > hardest hit, as far as I know. > > Tremendous credit goes to the firefighters and other emergencies services > teams (props to Sorge) who prevented significant loss of life and what > could > have been far greater destruction. Even yesterday the head of the fire > dept > was saying they expected that the fire could burn all the way to the > coast. > Had that happened, it could have been $10 billion (or more) in damage > instead of $1 billion. > > The fires are not even contained at this time, but the winds have shifted > onshore, temps have cooled, and humidity is up again. In other words, > Mother > Nature has spared us the worst of her wrath. The fire crews still have a > lot > of work to do before they can declare victory, but the fires are now > moving > mostly away from populated areas. > > > > > On 10/24/07, Dana wrote: > > > > I think Robert is in the general vicinity. > > > > On 10/24/07, Erika wrote: > > > > > > Is there anyone on this list living or working in that area? Looks > > > terrible > > > on the news. :( > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:245143 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
