On 10/24/07 10:44 AM, “Greg Swann”
Are you okay? Talked to Brian and he indicated the danger now confronts you.
Thanks — we’re not in danger, but the air quality sucks. The fire is about 15 minutes or so mostly east and a bit south from us.
It’s so bad, the Fire Captain said they were confident they could successfully have it surrounded on or before NOVEMBER 4TH!
Not good.
The fires in the north, as I said earlier, are now working, much of the time, in concert with each other.
The wild card is the now fickle winds. We’re apparently transitioning from Santa Ana to normal weather. It makes it far more dangerous for the firefighters. An example in the last few minutes was a fire engine that had to back up at emergency speed from a home’s driveway, as several firemen jumped literally into a small brushfire threatening to trap and destroy the engine.
The winds’ velocity has slowed, but are now unpredictable. Again, not good.
Bottom line — looks like we won’t gain the upper hand on this thing for another week maybe.
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Jboyer Convent Station Guy says:
Good to hear that you are safe so far. We were just talking about some sort of relief efforts for California fire victoms at our local Rotary Club.
Hope the winds bring you some rain and humidity.
Jim
October 24, 2007 — 6:59 pm