That's just Arnold's smoking tent. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_artic le_id=487391&in_page_id=1770
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Igor Roshchin > Sent: 23 October 2007 22:54 > To: [email protected] > Subject: OT Impressive image -- fires in So. California. > > > Some people may have heard about new fires in Southern California. > Fires are burning in Malibu, Orange County, and San Diego and county. > > Here is a very impressive picture: > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/CAfires_from_space.jpg > > (I copied it from > http://www.nbcsandiego.com/slideshow/news/14396456/detail.html as > it is under flash-viewer, and cannot be referred to directly > and it might be pushed out later today.) > > It is an unprecedented fire in San Diego county that started > on Sunday. There are several fires in the county, surrounding > the central part of the city, and spreading in various sides, > some merging with each other. > It looks like the exact number of people evacuated is not known, > as different news sources and officials report different numbers: > between 300,000 and 500,000. > Over 1000 buildings are burned. > All universities and schools and many companies are shutdown > since Monday, and expected to be that way at least until Wednesday, > and possibly through the end of the week. > Most events are canceled or postponed. > > Most air-broadcast TV stations in San Diego have direct news > broadcast > about 18-20 hours per day. > > Last night, the nearest evacuation zone boundary was about 3-5 miles > from our place, so we packed the most valuable documents and photos > before going to bed, to be ready for quick evacuation if ordered. > > This morning the Witch Creek fire that was the most threating to us > has seemingly slowed down, while another one (Harris) that is in the > SouthEastern side of the county is spreading more. > Those who are interested in the detailed and timely updated > map can look > here: http://tinyurl.com/37dvp2 > > Igor > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
